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I wrote "For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart" because I would have liked a book like this when my first marriage nose-dived.
Steven Crandell: Parenting Apart -- Soccer and Wandering Through Life's Changes Steven Crandell 2012
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At New York City's Stuyvesant High School, long a leader in public education, applications for the Intel Science Talent Search have nose-dived from 164 in 1998 to 37 this year.
James M. Gentile: Make Educating Future Scientists a Top Priority James M. Gentile 2011
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"We've got bigger fish to fry now," said Sampson in acknowledgement of how Northampton's form has nose-dived since they triumphed at Anfield; the side has lost their past five league matches and sit second bottom in League Two.
Premier League bites back at Football League in Carling Cup fourth round Sachin Nakrani 2010
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I wrote "For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart" because I would have liked a book like this when my first marriage nose-dived.
Steven Crandell: Parenting Apart -- Soccer and Wandering Through Life's Changes Steven Crandell 2012
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I wrote "For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart" because I would have liked a book like this when my first marriage nose-dived.
Steven Crandell: Parenting Apart -- Soccer and Wandering Through Life's Changes Steven Crandell 2012
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Amy Barsby, 25, a post-graduate student at Queen's University, Belfast, suffered catastrophic multiple injuries when her glider nose-dived from a height of up to 1,000ft on 8 August last year.
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That relationship has kept open a crucial channel of communication as relations have nose-dived in recent years.
India Appoints New Foreign Secretary Tom Wright 2011
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Europe's second-largest tour operator by revenue nose-dived 28% Tuesday after it warned that full-year operating profit would be about £320 million $509 million, 15% below consensus forecasts.
Thomas Cook's Grounded Shares Renée Schultes 2011
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Last month, after saying sales in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe nose-dived earlier this year, L'Oréal conceded that conditions were "more difficult than expected."
L'Oréal Margins Narrow on Higher Costs Christina Passariello 2011
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I wrote "For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart" because I would have liked a book like this when my first marriage nose-dived.
Steven Crandell: Parenting Apart -- Soccer and Wandering Through Life's Changes Steven Crandell 2012
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