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Voters, especially in this country, like to imagine that they can have a beer with their President, even though any attempts to do so will probably result in a half nelson from the secret service.
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In the best actor race, The Departed will secure Leonardo DiCaprio a spot alongside Peter O'Toole (Venus), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) and Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson).
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On-loan Liverpool striker Nathan Ecclestone should have put Charlton ahead before half-time but Nelson rushed off his line to prevent him finding the net when one-on-one.
BBC: Sport - Football - Notts County 1-0 Charlton
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The Astir has played host to the likes of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Jane Fonda and Nelson Mandela for well over half a century.
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The New Zealand keeper probably welcomed the exercise after he was largely inactive in the first half, crouching down just once to prevent Nelson Valdez's 25-yard shot from trickling in.
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The Lions lost prop Euan Murray (ankle) and fly-half James Hook (head) inside the first 15 minutes at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
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They finally moved in a year and a half ago, shortly before their son was born, and Ms. Nelson said it was worth it to be able to stay and raise their family in the city.
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After making half a dozen trips to the Arizona AG's office in the summer of 2001, Nelson scored her first victory: a search warrant for Cope's home.
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The gale blowing in off the Indian Ocean continued to howl around the upper reaches of the brand-new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, but the crowd created a party atmosphere in the second half.
BBC: Southern Kings 8-20 Lions
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Nelson, director of Virginia Tech's Metropolitan Institute, estimates, for example, that half of the real-estate development built by 2025 will not have existed in 2000.
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If you ask Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday , you will get wildly different answers--and that is because Doubleday is selling his half of the team to Wilpon at a price that is to be set not through an auction, but via appraisal and mediation.
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