Blackburn eventually caved into the wave of United attacks when Scholes wriggled into space in the area and drove in a shot.

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And the ceiling of a newly built weight room caved, throwing into doubt whether the Games could even proceed as scheduled.

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McCaw caved quickly but wrote a protective clause into his deal with Sprint that he would participate in any higher price eventually paid to other shareholders whenever that time came.

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But after 15 months, with one worker shot to death, 91 others sent to the hospital, three of Blankenship's armored cars trashed and those 11 bullets fired into his office, the union caved in, agreeing to less featherbedding and less job security.

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Often it came down to the man as the ultimate protector, the domestic superhero: if someone broke into the house, if the children were in trouble or out of control, if the roof caved in, if there was a tornado, if we needed him, he would rescue us.

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