Paul George (23 points, five rebounds), the league's Most Improved Player, applied suffocating one-on-one defense on Anthony, which allowed other defenders to latch onto the Knicks' perimeter players who'd grown accustomed to seeing open looks from outside.

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But his twin brother, Paco, an infielder for Team Spain, is still hoping to latch on with a major-league organization.

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Little wonder then that punters latch on to Dettori's horses - the so-called Frankie Factor.

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Wilson could be effectively flexible in getting things done but would sometimes latch on to a cause with a manic all-or-nothing fervor that led to spectacular defeats.

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In the early stages of the ten-week campaign, Mr Veltroni sought to latch on to developments in America by depicting himself as Italy's Barack Obama: the man who would surprise everyone by coming from behind.

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But Jelavic was not to be denied with his next attempt, the striker brushing off the challenge of Mulgrew to latch on to Weiss's quickly taken free-kick and sliding a shot past Forster, the ball rebounding off the right-hand post but spinning back over the line.

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The youngster showed good pace, and excellent balance on the slippy surface, to latch onto a through-pass and slide the ball under Brian Murphy in the Swansea goal.

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With his gift of gab, Obama could also offer the Iranian protest movement a tad more support in the form of a name--if not something for the Iranians themselves, then at least something Americans could latch on to.

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It's these second-time mothers who will perhaps feel most slighted when they enter a hospital participating in the Latch On NYC program.

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