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Examples
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That match is another D-L pressure point: the 2003 World Cup meeting between South Africa and Sri Lanka, which South Africa tied on Duckworth-Lewis after mistakenly believing they had reached a winning score.
Being Duckworth-Lewis: cricket's weather-break mathematicians 2011
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D-L defend their formula energetically, and with some exasperation.
Being Duckworth-Lewis: cricket's weather-break mathematicians 2011
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As chronicled in their book, the events that set in chain D-L's rise to global renown began in 1992 with what Duckworth describes as "the disaster" of England's World Cup semi-final defeat of South Africa; who, having been well-placed, were left after a rain-break needing to score 22 runs off a single ball.
Being Duckworth-Lewis: cricket's weather-break mathematicians 2011
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It was only the next morning, stumbling in pig-headed D-L defiance along a never-ending Oxfordshire towpath, drenched in sweat, pursued by geese, already sliding haplessly into inexcusable lateness, that I began to sense a trap.
Being Duckworth-Lewis: cricket's weather-break mathematicians 2011
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The D-L system, honed in private by this pair of cricket-loving mathematicians, was one of several put to the ICC as a fairer solution to weather interruptions.
Being Duckworth-Lewis: cricket's weather-break mathematicians 2011
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Actually, had it not been for D D-L, I'd have given the award to Viggo Mortensen for his work in Eastern Promises, a truly great performance. ap0ck on May 15, 2008
Tommy Lee Jones Takes Hold of Hemingway's Islands in the Stream « FirstShowing.net 2008
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He looks shocked and scared because that is a fake arm that D D-L has and he just inserted a finger up his ‘meat puppet’ boy …
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I wanted to hear with my own ears what the Tibetan think of me a Han Chinese, Han Chinese in general, and if possible, what they think about the issues of D-L, T-I, and more specifically, the event from March 10-15.
Lhasa Anecdote (3) - The friendly Tibetan people Sun Bin 2008
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Ann talks in crisp bullet points, whilst D-L continues her longwinded pontifications about the Scooter Libby trial.
Althouse coffeehouse. Ann Althouse 2007
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Oh, I loooove the little fussy schoolmarm "hmm" Professor D-L starts off to counter Professor Althouse's "glamourous" smoking remark.
Althouse coffeehouse. Ann Althouse 2007
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