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Romancing the star: O'Loughlin makes Jennifer Lopez swoon in The Back-up Plan, in theaters today.
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Back-up procedures were inadequate to stop a bullet train from Beijing bound for the eastern city of Fuzhou and running at 99 kilometers an hour before it slammed into the back of another train bound for the same southeastern city and moving at only 16 kilometers an hour.
China Blasts High-Speed Rail System James T. Areddy 2011
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'Back-up Plan' is impregnated with rom-com cliches - USATODAY. com
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REVIEW: 'Back-up Plan' is impregnated with rom-com cliches
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'Back-up Plan' is impregnated with rom-com cliches
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* Back-up quarterback Logan Thomas finally saw some action in the fourth quarter, but unfortunately, he fumbled his first snap.
Hokies defense bends, but doesn't break plus some more notes and quotes Mark Giannotto 2010
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Back-up diesel generators didn't work, so battery power became necessary to keep coolant water flowing.
Karl Grossman: Nuclear Emergency in Japan Karl Grossman 2011
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Date Night ($5.3 million) and The Back-up Plan ($4.3 million) rounded out the top five.
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Back-up copies were on computers that had also been washed away.
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The Back-up Plan follows the romantic-comedy playbook to the letter.
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