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Mr. Rosekind said investigators had recovered an aircraft component --which he declined to identify -- close to where a bystander's photo showed a piece apparently breaking off the tail of the plane when it was still flying.
Air Shows Draw Scrutiny Jim Carlton 2011
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But after being shown a bystander's video of the event, Millington conceded at the inquiry that those facts were incorrect.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Video from a bystander's cell phone taken from a distance showed parts of the bloody encounter in which Thomas can be heard screaming for his father.
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Mr. Rosekind also said investigators had recovered an aircraft component close to where a bystander's photo showed a piece seemingly breaking off the plane while it was still flying.
Death Toll Raised to Nine in Reno Air Crash Jim Carlton 2011
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Hal would not normally take more than a bystander's interest in Stern's disappearance, but in quick order he learns that Susan is having an affair and that their grown daughter, Casey, paraplegic since a childhood accident, works for a phone-sex service.
From Medea on the Bayou to Shenanigans in the Office Sam Sacks 2011
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Last July, Mr. Little was arrested after allegedly firing shots that struck a bystander's car, police said.
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But what unions don't do is criticise Ofsted back, so from a bystander's perspective the inspectorate retains its air of authority and impartiality.
Michael Gove's missed the obvious target for reform ? Ofsted Zoe Williams 2010
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During the attack, captured in part on a bystander's cellphone video, Albert is struck on the head by one of several young men wielding wooden planks.
Chicago, Obama, the Olympics, and the murder of Derrion Albert 2009
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Americans have bystander's syndrome, Genovese effect, not just on the streets of New York or Richmond, CA, but it would appear in every nook and cranny, in every area of American life.
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It's always deflection and manipulation, and usually at some bystander's expense.
Romney Spokesman Won't Say If Atheists Have Place In America 2009
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