• Dunne's exit, which came after an innocuous collision with Stephen Hunt, meant City's already makeshift defence had to reorganise further.

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  • Fulham, who were without striker Bobby Zamora, had failed to clear Gower's corner before Wayne Routledge's miscued ball fell to Sinclair and his seemingly innocuous effort was turned in by Fulham's top scorer.

    BBC: eng-prem

  • Harte's cross seemed innocuous but when Smith dummied to shoot at the near post, it caused havoc.

    BBC: Leeds deny Southall fairytale return

  • The Penguins moved into the top spot in the Eastern Conference even without star center Evgeni Malkin who missed his fifth consecutive game and played the final two periods without defenseman Kris Letang, who didn't return after the first intermission following a seemingly innocuous collision with Boston's Brad Marchand.

    NPR: Penguins Beat Bruins 2-1 To Run Win Streak To 9

  • And that would be bad--far worse than the rather innocuous ills wrought so far by oil's escalating cost.

    FORBES: Why Worry?

  • Iran's response has been to tolerate the more innocuous entertainment channels but sometimes jam foreign networks broadcasting local-language news.

    WSJ: Censorship Inc.: In Skies Over Iran, a Battle for Control of Satellite TV

  • "Many small, in-stream structures look innocuous, " said Lynn Starnes, the service's assistant regional director for fisheries in the Southwest region.

    CNN: Migrating fish get help in uphill battle

  • No fewer than ten different studies have attempted to assess the bill's economic consequences, with results ranging from the innocuous to the cataclysmic.

    ECONOMIST: Pollution law

  • But if the goal is to have a great handling car on the cheap, to have it look fairly innocuous during everyday driving and to have a car that's practical and fairly frugal on gasoline, the RSX is an all-around winner.

    FORBES: Overview

  • On Ms Suu Kyi's release from house arrest, a sports paper jiggled around with some innocuous headlines from English football.

    ECONOMIST: Myanmar��s startling changes

  • So it is probably not surprising that George Bush's new nominee for that post, James Holsinger, is an entirely innocuous choice.

    ECONOMIST: A focus on children's health will help Hillary Clinton

  • Those innocuous traits led investigators to initially believe the computer access from China using Bob's credentials was unauthorized -- and that some form of malware was sidestepping strong two-factor authentication that included a token RSA key fob under Bob's name.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Edward Clug's "Guilty" (to a Chopin Nocturne) amounted to an innocuous, improvisationlike foray for Mr. Matvienko, clad in a black shirt and pants.

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  • That's 240 per year. (McDonald's counters that it has lost just 90 franchisees in 2002, many for innocuous reasons like retirement.) Cold comfort for anxious franchisees: While 30% of all restaurants fail within the first year, just 8% of brand-name franchise locations go under, says Christopher Muller, associate professor of restaurant management at the University of Central Florida who studies franchises.

    FORBES: Self-Employment

  • The Essex opener, who ended a run of disappointing Test scores with a century in England's victory in Durban, gently popped up a catch to square leg off an innocuous Morne Morkel delivery.

    BBC: Alastair Cook believes second Test is in the balance

  • "When people overtly lie about something, they can take something innocuous and make it into a bigger problem, " says John Caughlin, the study's lead researcher and professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

    WSJ: Lying to a Spouse: Relationship Advice on How It Can Be Healthy

  • Duffy was hurt in a seemingly innocuous collision with Irish Amateur team keeper Adrian Walsh, and collapsed in agony on the pitch at Malahide United's Gannon Park home.

    BBC: Shane Duffy leaves hospital a week after almost dying

  • After an uneventful opening, Chelsea launched an innocuous-looking attack with Deco heading on a ball that hugely favoured the home keeper, but when James's kick met air instead of ball due to a large bobble off the turf, Drogba was able to run on and slot into the unguarded net.

    BBC: Portsmouth 0-5 Chelsea

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