"I know when you play a bad international, I accept it and put my hand up, but as a team we didn't perform either, apart from probably Jason Robinson, " he stated.

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In public, he put up nary a fight, only agreed to hand over his stock with a price protection for himself if the company ultimately went for a higher price.

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The lyrics put up a good fight, but you have to hand it to the score: a cauldron of harmonic mush, with barely a hint of spice or a note of surprise.

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Were you to put up your hand, palm fully exposed as if making a stop sign, that could put you at a distinct disadvantage: impersonating a law-enforcement officer, or at least a crossing guard, without any weapons to back it up, and the driver for all you know with unaddressed anger-management issues behind the wheel of a 7, 000-pound Escalade.

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As I stood up after the lunch, a man came over to me and put his business card in my hand.

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"While I'm taking a picture of all the chaos going on around us, one of these snake charmer guys came up and put his arm around me, and in his hand he has the head of a cobra, " Santelices, 35, remembers.

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And it was on hand at the early stages of rebuilding, as it won a contract to put up steel for the site's signature tower, One World Trade Center, in 2006.

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For example, it might put up half the money for a 30-40% interest in future production depending on who has the upper hand in the negotiations.

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