| I got on the flight even though there were a bunch of standbys milling around the ticket counter. |
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| Only twelve players are selected along with three reserves and three standbys. |
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| When they called the flight, to my relief I was one of the standbys who made it aboard. |
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| The gate attendant announced that they were no longer accepting standbys, because they already had 50, and the flight was sold out. |
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| Sure, you can still find shredded wheat, bran cereals, muesli, and other healthy standbys. |
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| Some dishes on the menu change monthly, but standbys include grilled salmon with braised greens, somen noodles, snow peas, sesame and ginger. |
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| Producers can fall into the same reasoning, so standbys and understudies rarely get the job when a star needs to be replaced long-term. |
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| We are involved in world competition and we have to forget about those old standbys we thought we could live with. |
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| The menu is almost too ecumenical, as if it had been focus-grouped: down-home noshes, charcuterie, bistro standbys. |
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| Not only do we have diversion from prescription use, but we have the old standbys. |
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| This dish, so simple to prepare, is one of the standbys of Indian meals. |
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| It had Chinese waitresses serving African standbys — jollof rice, fufu, fish stew, okra — and almost every table was taken by African men or mixed couples. |
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| Old standbys like walkathons, spellathons, and candy and light bulb sales are common. |
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| In the fast moving world of PC graphics technologies, the old standbys are now the new residents of the bit bucket. |
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| According to the National Association of Concessionaires, the old standbys show no sign of fading. |
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| However tremendous savings can be made for free or almost. they are about changing behavior like switching off lights, switching off the standbys or installing low consumption light bulbs. |
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| Tantalize your taste buds with gourmet fare that showcases exotic ingredients, old standbys like pizza and ice cream or spa cuisine for a healthy alternative. |
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| Hard chrome and electroless nickel are old standbys that are likely to remain major players for some time to come. |
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| And don't forget those old standbys, multivitamin tablets. |
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| But Republicans are strangely silent about what spending they would like to cut, apart from those inadequate old standbys, earmarks and government waste. |
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| Our team of chefs took this classic technique and applied it to a wide variety of dishes that not only maximize the glories of a braise, but also stand out from the classic standbys. |
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| Along with the old standbys of resting after a long run and setting realistic goals, the magazine went on to list habit number eight: Run for Others. |
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| Sure this album features old standbys Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Kerri Hilson, and the likes, but unfortunately these big names aren't enough to save the album. |
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| It is a good idea to try new portal resources on a regular basis just to reinforce the information you receive from your shortlist of favourite standbys. |
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| But it is the way Mr Lethem combines these familiar standbys of the hardboiled mob novel with the unprecedented exuberance of Lionel's Tourettic riffing that provides the real thrills here. |
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