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Comedies are notoriously tricky travellers but look at the results so far: Bridesmaids has taken close to $50m – almost $20m of that coming from the UK – while Bad Teacher is racing towards the same milestone.

In recent weeks, the United States has openly berated Mexico for failing to stop a wave of drug-related violence that has taken close to 1,000 lives along the 2,000-mile 2,000-mile

The front-loading of the calendar, which puts most of the primaries in a bunch at the beginning of March, has not helped, but it is Mr Clinton's sheer appetite for money that has set the depressing example.It is his example, too, that lies behind the sort of constant spinning and repositioning widely indulged in by Mr Bush and Mr Gore: especially by Mr Gore, who has taken close instruction.

Three years later, El Camino Travel has taken close to 400 travelers to five different countries.

With feet as sensitive as a pick-pocket's hands, Messi has taken close control to new heights.

Thrive Capital invested $40 million in Oscar's Series A and has taken close to $730 million in subsequent rounds from various investors.

Since then, Zink has taken closer care of the nails on his right hand than most men care to admit.

QUESTION FROM CHRIS: You have taken close looks at Monticello as plantation and Jefferson's relationship with the Hemingses.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi antiterrorist forces stormed a church where gunmen had taken close to 100 hostages on Sunday in an afternoon of chaos that became a bloodbath.

In the past, some cartel cases have taken close to a decade to complete in Europe, largely because of lengthy investigation times.

By Monday morning, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the sci-fi adventure thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence, will have taken close to half a billion dollars in global ticket sales.