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Such comments are unlikely to endear him to Liverpool's under-fire players, which is a shame as they're crying out for a bit of the mongrel that is the Afghan Hound lookalike's stock-in-trade.
Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend Barry Glendenning 2010
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'Liverpool players back me,' says under-fire Roy Hodgson
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But if the spectacle of a pink-jacketed consort throwing herself across her under-fire husband was not history replaying itself as farce, it was certainly tragedy replaying itself as slapstick.
Rupert Murdoch and his robot sidekick steal the show as Cameron sweats it out | Marina Hyde 2011
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Iran's under-fire President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday sat side-by-side with world leaders at a summit in Russia, defiantly proclaiming the age of empires had ended and attacking the United States.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Tuesday June 16) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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While under-fire retailers are laying off staff, the resources sector has the opposite problem—a labor shortage.
Australia Cheers, Jeers Jobs Data Cynthia Koons 2012
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• 1 Oct 2001, the Sun: Karren Brady has told under-fire Birmingham boss Trevor Francis: 'We're not going to sack you.'
Said & Done David Hills 2010
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We have forgiven you your misspeaking about your under-fire landing in Bosnia.
Clinton says she expects lead in popular vote, primary delegates 2008
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For that, credit should go to Mr. Capello, the under-fire coach, whose strict regime and strange team selections have come under scrutiny at this tournament.
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The under-fire company faced calls from Louisiana lawmakers to make an immediate $1bn investment to protect threatened wetlands and estuaries on the Louisiana coast.
Barack Obama and BP warn of risks in oil spill 'open heart surgery' 2010
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