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This week's protests may be the most chaotic scenes Hong Kong has experienced since a violent, anti-British riot racked the city in 1967 – and many residents are taking it as evidence that the "one country, two systems" framework is fundamentally flawed, a recipe for political gridlock and social unrest.
The 12 Inter players called up to represent their countries over the previous fortnight had racked up an incredible 92,645 air miles but they had played an average of 50 fewer minutes per head than their Juventus counterparts.
In cash terms, household debt is way above that racked up by the government – even though the right only bangs on about the latter.
Congressman Tom Cotton (Arkansas): Cotton has racked up an impressive amount of national attention as a fresh Republican face, and he's done it without saying anything especially insane.
The current top 40's only million-seller, this almost offensively likeable strings'n'singing bonanza has racked up 208m YouTube views in 12 months.
In the covered patio garden, you will also spot a stillage and bar, ready to be racked with beers for the monthly ale festivals held over summer.
When Galahad, out of a job, racked by hunger and winter cold, decides to catch a pigeon from Kensington Gardens and eat it, he is chased away by an old woman who threatens to get the police.
Moss Side, racked with drug-related gun violence in the 1990s and still a poor, troubled area where people are pinched and on edge, is a corner of Britain that seems most in need of political leadership.
As Beglin lay on the floor taut with agony, players from both sides pursued the referee in a panic, while in commentary Barry Davies quickly appreciated the gravity of the situation, his delivery racked with urgency.
Not necessarily because Bennett's team racked up the most points, but because it took up Murray's offer of a charity "bribe" to come top and stumped up a very generous £300.
Baumgartner has already racked up a string of records, including in 1999 jumping from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, then the tallest buildings in the world.
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