My father felt the house shake and his water next to him shake.

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Bill Clinton got Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat to shake hands on the White House lawn, but no peace, and no prize, followed the unhappy Camp David summit of 2000.

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The White House is also determined to shake up the city's schools.

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It began as a low rumble, I thought it was a train or large machine on the road at first, but when the whole house began to shake I realised it could only be an earthquake or perhaps a large plane crash.

BBC: Cumbria quake: Your comments

Bright New York lights, big stage, national TV audience and Commissioner Roger Goodell in the house to call your name and shake your hand.

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Is the White House confident that she's going to get a fair shake?

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In fact, it may be the upper-house election, scheduled for July 29th, that offers Mr Koizumi his biggest chance to shake up Japanese politics.

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