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From there, the hosts - who had won four of the past five encounters with South Africa before Saturday - found only frustration in a first half littered with controversial moments and TMO interruptions.

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After initially winning another aerial battle, full-back Blair Murray - playing against the land of his birth - latched onto a clever Tomos Williams chip before the ball was moved for Rogers to cross.

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Rhodes went on to found De Beers, the diamond-mining behemoth, and became so influential that Rhodesia bore his name before it became Zimbabwe.

She is proposing that workers on post-Brexit health and social care visas wait 15 years before permanent settlement - up from five years currently.

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A flying Rees-Zammit, back in red after his failed foray into the NFL, produced a stunning finish for a late consolation try before Clarke grabbed his second to take New Zealand past 50 points.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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