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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