Indulge me in a quick stat geek moment: the basic standard deviation formula marks greatness across eras by showing the degree to which you stand out from the crowd in a given year (a team with fewer patsies to beat up on will score higher than a team than a team feasting on more patsies, records being equal).

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"Whilst any use of racist language is abhorrent, what is reassuring for me is that in the 10 cases that have been referred to the IPCC, six involve other officers who have stood up and raised concerns, showing that we are an organization that will not stand for any racist behavior, " he said.

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But with opinion polls showing his popularity diving, on November 5th he said he would not stand for re-election.

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France's National Front has long been anti-euro as well as anti-immigrant, and Marine Le Pen's stand against the single currency contributed a lot to her strong showing in the first round of the presidential election.

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"Excuse me, your honor. may I remind the court that Mr. Shapiro kept the court waiting for 20 minutes showing up at 20 after nine when it was his witness on the stand and suffered no sanction, " said Clark.

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Stand your ground and talk through the anger or sadness that is showing through your professional demeanor.

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Chancellor Schroeder has continued to stand by his minister, but some Social Democrats have blamed Mr Scharping for the SPD's poor showing in local elections in Lower Saxony at the weekend.

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