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His outburst began with that breakaway early in the third quarter, as Miller slipped through a hole and took off, stutter-stepping his way past one Michigan defender and into the open field.

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Previous Lincoln scholars have treated the Lyceum Speech more as an outburst than an oration, at best the overwrought declamation of a gifted tyro.

When the water reaches a certain level, it drains into the Mendenhall Lake in a glacial outburst flood.

Even so, scholars say Beijing remains cautious about how to harness populist patriotism without triggering excessive outbursts of sentiment or undermining the party’s authority.

Mr Sandhu's address to the jury was then interrupted by an outburst from Mr Hussein who repeatedly shouted an obscenity denying it.

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