He was thrown out at second off the carom, and replays showed the usher barely made it out of the way.

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Reid, who helped make international stars out of Usher, Pink, OutKast and Toni Braxton on LaFace Records and then helped resurrect the career of Mariah Carey and signed Justin Beiber to Island Def Jam, is currently the head of Epic Records.

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In the ad, a twenty-something decides not to sign on the dotted line and sell his soul to the devil despite the prospect of hanging out with Kate Upton and Usher when he sees the completion of a billboard telling him he can get the stylish new Benz for that astonishingly low price.

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Sonu Kumar, a 26-year-old truck driver, says he depends on the honk to usher pedestrians and animals such as cows and goats out of his way.

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As they always do, NVIDIA will continue to have Day 1 drivers ready for marquee PC releases, and GeForce Experience (now out of beta) will continue to usher new PC gamers into the flock, removing the need to fiddle with endless graphical settings.

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It has since hosted several sold-out shows, with the likes of Cirque de Soleil, James Blunt and Usher gracing the stage.

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And they include Admiral Stephen Rochon, who wore the uniform for 36 years, then became the Chief Usher at the White House, responsible for keeping us running smooth, day in, day out.

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His advisers insist that Mr Obama is too clever to usher in a new age of over-regulation, that he will stop such nonsense getting out of Congress, that he is a political chameleon who would move to the centre in Washington.

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This is the kind of inspired thinking that is needed to help the advertising industry out of its identity crisis, and Mr.Brien may be just the person to usher in a new era.

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