He could run each sequence backwards and forwards, take it from the top, add, subtract.

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Let's take it from the top then and work our way down.

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The trio's CD Take It From the Top is a tribute to some of the great pianists who have influenced James' career, including Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington and Nat "King" Cole.

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Take it from someone who sits firmly on the top of the fence season after season.

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Not to take anything away from successful entrepreneurs but it all seems overblown and over the top.

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"It's always easier to come from the top and take a step down than to do what Xerox and HP are trying to do: Come from the bottom and take a step up, " says Susanne Schwartze, an analyst with M.

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"You feel like when he gets the puck, no one's going to take it away from him, " said John Tavares, whom the Islanders took with the top pick in the 2009 draft.

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The White House on Wednesday didn't specify actions it would take against China, but the strategy document is peppered with examples of Chinese theft of corporate secrets from top American firms, and officials said the administration has repeatedly raised the theft issue at senior levels of the Chinese government.

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