Mr Buck, who is 45, has been accused of running amok in the first-class cabin during a British Airways flight across the pond last year.

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Most spend barely half the officially required 6.5 hours a day in class, sometimes running their own businesses on the side.

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He proved his ability to appeal beyond the Republican base in 2002, when he won the Massachusetts governorship by bringing out large numbers of conservatives, running even in working-class districts, and holding down the Democratic vote in urban areas.

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Despite the middle classes being the dominant class in Brazil for two years running, Brazil has over one million people who live in the dark.

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Chances of running into world-class musical talent in the lounges and elevators remain as high as ever--even if the performers themselves aren't.

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The economy was moving forward and the middle class was running in place, running as hard as it ever had but, quite frankly, getting nowhere.

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Whether on the track, road or running cross-country she proved herself in all these disciplines world class.

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This will deliver a driving range similar to the Nissan LEAF on a single charge and similar performance, together with best in class running and maintenance costs.

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But not every young black American wants to be an athlete and presumably one of the main reasons for the falling numbers of top-class African-American boxers isn't that they're linemen or running backs in the NFL, or centres in the NBA. Rather, it's because they've taken Ali at his word.

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