After a short while researcher Hailey began to stroke the fake hand with a makeup brush while doing the same to my real hand hidden out of sight.

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He came up short of the green after taking a penalty stroke, then chipped to three feet for a bogey.

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McDowell dropped four shots from the ninth, including a bogey at the short 17th, but took a one-stroke lead down the par-five last.

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How Margaret Thatcher hated simply hated cutting short the careers of troublesome ministers and depriving them at a stroke of salary, car and prestige.

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But some commentators have accused him of being a bit too casual at times - and he certainly fell to a loose stroke on Friday when he popped up a catch to short-leg off Australia's admirable, though injured, spinner Nathan Hauritz.

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Some short-game instructors, including Dave Pelz, already teach that the stability of an anchored stroke is a significant advantage for most players.

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Watson reached his 15th Test half century from 95 deliveries in the 30th over but once again the barrel-chested opener fell short of a three-figure score when he misjudged a reverse-swinging delivery, offering no stroke to a ball which moved back into his pads.

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Trott reached his second Ashes century in as many Ashes appearances on the stroke of lunch, after which Ponting indicated to the umpires he had cleanly caught Cook at short mid-wicket off Xavier Doherty with the score 457-1.

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