Looking at the destruction, it's hard to believe some patients walked out of the medical center without a scratch.

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While the looters had cleared out the stock of Currys, Claire's Accessories and Phones4U, nearby Waterstone's had been left "without a scratch", she says.

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He explained how he had just gotten his chicken pot-pie out and the storm started coming and he went into the closet, and came out without a scratch.

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In the event, he made it through without a scratch.

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It allows athletes to fulfill their entrepreneurial spirit without starting a business from scratch, which is the area where Stone sees athletes losing the most money.

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Control-room operators, in a mock-up of a real off-shore control room, can be trained to deal with a range of tricky situations including explosions, leaks of poisonous gas and oil-well blow-outs, without the risk of so much as a scratch.

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