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...farm, a straight-A student through school in Narromine, in northwestern New South Wales, McGrath was set to become a carpenter until his talent for propelling a 5.5-ounce lump of cork, string and leather carried him to Sydney and beyond. As a cricketing tourist, he's shown an uncommon appreciation for the peculiar attractions of foreign lands; to his wife, Jane, he's the rock that's stood by her through her battle with breast cancer. He's now 35, an age at which most fast bowlers' bodies have cried, enough. But it's unlikely McGrath will be lowering...
...these facilities is going to say, 'This is a hardened target, and I'm not going to have any confidence that I am going to be successful [attacking it].'" Plants have also improved training for guards and capped their workweeks at 72 hours to eliminate the not-uncommon tendency of overworked employees to fall asleep on duty. Previously, guards sometimes worked 80 to 90 hours a week...
...It’s not uncommon for people who take on a deanship for the first time to come to a gradual sense that this may not be exactly what they most want to do, and I think that’s what happened,” Kegan said...
Their hand-to-mouth existence is not uncommon in Cambridge, despite the last Census estimate that the city’s median family income is nearly $60,000 a year...
Going overboard is not uncommon for male home chefs. Food writer and blogger Derrick Schneider (obsessionwithfood com believes that's because men often bring their competitive zeal into the kitchen, aiming to master skills and impress eaters...