At that point, if you're lucky, they'll happily take on a lesser role, swapping center stage for an understudy job.

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Its defense was excellent this season, and its young quarterback, an understudy-turned-headliner named Colin Kaepernick, is a dynamic thrower and runner.

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LeKae, who was an understudy or swing in four other Broadway shows, is making her Broadway debut as a leading lady and said everything in her life has prepared her for the role.

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Following their prayer sessions, Ms. Bradford said, she got a steady job as an understudy on a Broadway musical, "Black and Blue, " a review that opened in 1989 celebrating black culture between the wars in Paris.

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Quins took an early lead when Evans, Dan Carter's understudy for the All Blacks before heading to London, bisected the posts, but Stade rapidly hit back with a penalty of their own from Oelschig.

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An interesting selection dilemma has arisen in the goalkeeping department with Craig Gordon's understudy Allan McGregor recently dropped from the Rangers starting line-up.

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