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Rookie WR Marcus Easley, who went to UConn on an academic scholarship, on being a late-bloomer on the football field: I always felt like I had the ability, it was just lack of opportunity.
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Frazier said he made a breakthrough last season by dropping his hands in his batting stance, and agreed with a description of him as a late-bloomer.
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"I'd definitely say I was a late-bloomer, because I feel better now with my swing than I have at any time in my career."
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This late-bloomer is still gaining acceptance as an offensive force, so pardon the rest of baseball for being slow to getting around to the idea that he's a strong defender, too.
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"Oh sure," says Reinhart, a self-described late-bloomer.
Some say bypassing a higher education is smarter than paying for a degree 2010
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I am a lot of things and trans, transsexual, or late-bloomer is the least of me.
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Hopefully he becomes a late-bloomer and keeps dominating like he did this year.
The Joel Peralta non-tender explained Adam Kilgore 2010
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Debut author Robin Rotham tells a scorching tale of the ultimate virginal late-bloomer and the two men who are determined to have her.
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You know what I mean - as kids we're just sort of mixed-up jumbles of personality traits, then somewhere around 16-20 I was a late-bloomer; I didn't become a real person until at least 19, we start to understand reality/ourselves/how to relate to other people and all that important adult-y stuff.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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You know what I mean - as kids we're just sort of mixed-up jumbles of personality traits, then somewhere around 16-20 I was a late-bloomer; I didn't become a real person until at least 19, we start to understand reality/ourselves/how to relate to other people and all that important adult-y stuff.
Growing Up... 2009
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