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Instead, the Chargers lost after the ball bounced off Johnston’s hands in what he chalked up to a “lack of concentration.”

But this couldn’t be chalked up to an impaired or distracted driver.

She has also overseen a 25% drop in homicides, an impressive feat in a country exhausted by drug violence that she chalks up to her administration’s aggressive new crackdown on organized crime.

He chalks up his easygoing demeanor to the high-wattage professionalism of the cast, and his familiarity with the music.

The win maintained Brook's impressive start as England white-ball captain as he chalked up his sixth victory from as many matches in charge.