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We have seen scattered back-page stories about those in the scientific community saying that global warming is a sham.
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The most far-reaching English league football fixture would be Newcastle v Plymouth – though 30 seasons ago I recall a minor back-page stir when the respective residents of the distinct and very distant St James' Parks, Newcastle and Exeter, met down south in a fifth‑round replay the travellers being rudely dispatched by 4-0.
Epic tales of the Wessex footballing crowd | Frank Keating 2011
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On Sunday, the New York Post's back-page headline read GRIM SWEEPER, with a photo of the cloaked dude and his scythe hovering behind the Knicks bench.
The Credits Roll on New York's NBA Season Jason Gay 2011
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In response to public demand, Futures will be returning to Nature in September 2007 as a weekly back-page feature, as well as continuing each month in Nature Physics.
Writing Maxine 2009
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"Fab-less Gunners" ran the back-page lead in one Malaysian newspaper.
Nicklas Bendtner misses Arsenal's Asian tour as transfer nears 2011
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Recently the NYT, LAT, and all of its brethren, including the Huffington Post, pretended that Gaza was not really happening, or if it was, that it deserved back-page coverage.
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Back in the day, when I wrote my regular back-page column, Frolic & Detours, I wrote often about family, including a piece dedicated to my mother, when she was a mere 85.
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And though there will be surely be back-page quotes and operatic disputes and 36-hour disasters, these overlooked Yankees can take confidence in at least one optimistic fact:
A Deserved Underdog Status Jason Gay 2011
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Still, does anyone expect the Jets to sail through the season without another back-page crisis?
Jets-Vikings: The Hyperbole Bowl Jason Gay 2010
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If you look closely at the format, you'll see that this section resembles one of the old NY magazine back-page contests of the "Maybe he's dead" variety.
The Obamaklatura James Taranto 2010
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