Once booked, scout around for an alleyway marked Lane 355, off West Jianguo Road in the French Concession area of the city.

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Whatever the reason, Mr Brown is well advised to think hard and to scout around for advice before committing himself.

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The problem is that operating markets on the basis of barter is a pain: you have to scout around looking for the rare person who wants what you have and has what you want.

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Last year a scout wandered around in a field for half an hour, her shouts drowned out by the rustling of the stalks, before she could find her way out of the maize.

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Patricia Vaccarino, owner of Xanthus Communications LLC, a public-relations firm in New York and Seattle, doesn't allow her four employees to pass around Girl Scout cookie or other order forms while on the clock.

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Less than four feet long and two feet tall, Gemini-Scout is nimble enough to navigate around tight corners and over safety hatches a foot high.

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With Nectar, you no longer have to scout for electrical wall outlets or carry around a power cord.

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Ranger Delbert Jeffery, who had traveled the route days earlier, again stopped to scout the rapids before deciding whether to portage around or canoe each one and choose a likely route.

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Just ask the Boy Scout troop leader or the church volunteer that created a WordPress site to raise funds or to rally the community around a cause.

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