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PETERSBURG -- He spoke very matter-of-factly, his blue eyes soft but piercing behind his thin, black-rimmed glasses. The Army Special Forces veteran remembered times of camaraderie in Vietnam during his three years there. Raymond Bullock, a Chesterfield native, remembered one Christmas where he and his buddies used sandbags to create a snowman in order to feel at home.
When Christmas came, we took sandbags and made a snowman out of them," said Bullock. "[We] Painted him white.
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS - Minutes after finishing Stage 4 among the lead pack of riders, a confident Levi Leipheimer spoke matter-of- factly about another day in the yellow jersey.
Mission accomplished," he said. "Today went as good as we could have hoped.
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When Kim O'Neal first saw Patrise Holden in a Washington Metro station handing out flyers to advertise her business, she saw a pretty face, a neat appearance and a professional demeanor. She didn't notice the 3 ½-foot tall, 30-pound oxygen tank Holden was pulling beside her.
In fact, she mentioned that she was wearing oxygen, O'Neal said. She was a very pretty person. I saw her pulling that oxygen tank, but I didn't see that. She had a nice manner.
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MILWAUKEE -- Pirates manager Clint Hurdle made what at first seemed to be a startling admission.
We try to steal signs," Hurdle said, matter of factly.
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Stephen Sweeney, the beefy, bench-pressing state Senate president, briefly reminded me Tuesday of another bulked-up Jersey icon: Randy "The Ram" Robinson, the sad-sack anti-hero of "The Wrestler.
Early in the film, The Ram and his opponent, Necro Butcher, hold a brief, pre-match meeting to choreograph their wrestling moves and crowd-pleasing stunts. The session is to minimize surprise and harm. The Ram suggests they get a beer after the show. Things end matter- of-factly, except Necro makes one last gory addition to the script: He wants to zap The Ram with a staple gun.
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ON Independence Day, the Daily Mail's Jared Hunt reported matter- of-factly that the state finished its budget year $330 million in the black.
Half of that surplus will be salted away for a rainy day.
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On the morning Greg Rhodenbaugh was introduced as Missouri's swimming coach in the spring of 2010, a supporter matter-of-factly asked the longtime Arizona assistant when she could expect his first championship team.
Bouchard:
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She says it so matter of factly that the words almost slip by without comment. Can't let that happen. They go right to the heart of this story.
Kristen Richardson and Mike DeYoung had been dating for a couple of months when she invited him to see her apartment.
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The number came up casually, as though it were a well-known figure, most likely because Virginia Tech's coaches made a point to remind their players.
We've had the [Commonwealth] Cup for, like, 2,551 days now," Hokies cornerback Jayron Hosley said matter-of-factly. "So it's been in our possession a long time and we're trying to keep it there.
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OXFORD -- This was proof art imitates life. Much of Quinten Roll- in's upper left arm is covered by a tattoo of a basketball rolling through flames.
In basketball you either get burned in this game or you burn somebody else out there on the court," Miami University's freshman point guard said matter-of-factly.