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[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

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It could have been broken, but luckily it turned out to only be a sprain. I got the boot off read more

It could have been broken, but luckily it turned out to only be a sprain. I got the boot off and I've been riding a bike, lifting and doing treatment to get stronger. I have no clue when I'll be back but hopefully within the next two weeks. I just need time, then I need to get back into shape.

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Forrester's company is getting business through Norcross's bank, so he's locked into the whole pay-to-play politics of this state.

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How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.

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Me playing and wanting to start would be selfish and not a team thing. If the timing isn't there, you read more

Me playing and wanting to start would be selfish and not a team thing. If the timing isn't there, you don't have a proper working machine. You've got a Ferrari with a Nissan engine and you can't have that now. It's like wearing white socks with dress pants.

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I was really happy that the girls didn't quit (when they got down). Our pitcher got lit up and lit read more

I was really happy that the girls didn't quit (when they got down). Our pitcher got lit up and lit up hard. Our kids could have very easily put their heads down and quit, but they didn't. Our kids executed very well.

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He did not know if he was allowed to celebrate.

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We're not trying to scare anybody. We're not trying to fool anybody. That's just the way this show is done.

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We are expecting them to go and visit their parole officers so that we can be informed of their presence read more

We are expecting them to go and visit their parole officers so that we can be informed of their presence in a community. It's outrageous.