One image showed a resident trying to put together a makeshift rope to lower himself off a balcony to escape.

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Bell looked particularly nervous against the spin of Harbhajan but a sumptuous drive past mid-off to the rope would have given him confidence.

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Ganguly followed immediately to get there off 82 and when he lofted Monty Panesar over the long-on rope and carted Tremlett through the covers to bring up the 100 partnership off 112 balls it looked grim for England.

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In March, Burger King kicked off its "Cut the Rope: Time Travel" promotion, delivering a toy Om Nom in 17 million kids' meals.

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Reid, a former boxer, was hunched and mumbling, playing rope-a-dope, vowing to fend off amendments all night.

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She has torn off her outer garments, which she twines into a rope so that she can pull him to safety.

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If President Clinton has been playing "rope-a-dope" and is now ready to spring off the ropes, it will give Democrats heart.

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He tied a piece of cotton rope to her collar and demonstrated how we were to yank her off the sofa cushion with a sharp tug.

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The rope was wrapped around the students' hands when it snapped, cutting off their fingers, a fire official told NBC News.

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They tryin' to write me off, so I got this diamond pendant with a thick-ass rope chain.

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In water 20 to 25 feet deep just off the Thimble Islands, Mr. Smith has set up two, 150-foot lines of rope that are submerged about three feet below the water's surface and held into place by chains and 400-pound anchors.

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