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You could see why it happened: with the Style Council, he nearly succeeded in wrong-footing himself out of a career, with all but the most ardent of fans manning the lifeboats around the time of the film JerUSAlem, which featured among its many knuckle-gnawing moments Weller as the Canute-like "Paul Welly", loudly protesting the sea's effect on his genitals ("Go back! For my parts do freeze!").

Even at the very beginning, on the first page, in the first sentence, Mr. Schama wrong-foots himself by speaking of Mr. Obama's Iowa primary victory as American democracy's return from the dead.

Home videos from 1992 show him sending his board up a ramp and over an eight-foot obstacle, even though he probably stood no taller than three feet himself, with his dad cheering him on.

After falling to the turf, Saleh was so disgusted by the incompetence that he slapped away the stretcher and got to his feet himself before a teammate carries him off the field.

The network will be "decentralized," although as of now Willimon himself is footing the bill for a staff.

His business was hit hard by the financial crash of 2008 – "I lost everything," he says – and as he tried to regain a footing for himself and his family, he began behaving differently.

Instead, he foots the bill himself, paying the sons of his former mujahedeen comrades to serve as his security detail.

Stewart would need to show that his idea could work before soliciting funding from foundations, or from his hoped-for readers, which meant that he'd have to foot the bill himself for at least a year.

Voters may be reluctant to contribute to a campaign once it looks like the candidate is willing to foot the bill himself, and such a decision could play into unfavorable narratives about Mr. Romney and his wealth.

Littlewood left, Bart took over the direction and footed the whole bill himself; he lost the lot.

Gyan back-flicked deftly into the midfielder's path, before the Marseille man did the rest himself, wrong-footing the Malian defence, before switching feet skilfully and firing home with his left at the near post.

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