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In her 2009 memoir, Queen of the Court, Serena describes how the family would head down en masse to the litter-strewn public courts in Lynwood, and practice their games, "sometimes hearing guns going off from drive-by shootings nearby".
Serena Williams: In the court of the comeback queen | Profile 2011
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Upscale malls closed almost immediately, as protesters transformed the area into a noisy and litter-strewn tent camp with outdoor showers and portable toilets for the thousands of supporters sleeping on the sidewalk.
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I welcome words such as chav or scally if it makes it more comfortable to talk about some of the people who wallow in litter-strewn estates who have too long been defended by people who don't have to live near them.
Care homes: Take responsibility for visiting family or friends | Letters 2011
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Pictures of the litter-strewn river and its tributaries served as campaign posters for the new tax, and city officials promised that the law would decrease bag litter generally, and that the additional revenue would pay for environmental education campaigns and cleaning up the Anacostia River.
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We'll see who will win but that is of secondary importance compared to this mobilisation.12.22pm: The Guardian's Angelique Chrisafis has been out and about in Ettadhamen, a poor suburb of Tunis where hundreds were queuing to vote along "dusty, litter-strewn streets".
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In her 2009 memoir, Queen of the Court, Serena describes how the family would head down en masse to the litter-strewn public courts in Lynwood, and practice their games, "sometimes hearing guns going off from drive-by shootings nearby".
Serena Williams: In the court of the comeback queen | Profile 2011
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He picks up every abandoned lighter he finds on Baltimore's litter-strewn streets and flicks it relentlessly for a spark.
The Mission: She hadn't been to her father's grave since she was 13 but questions were drawing her back Karen Houppert 2010
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Amidst the ticket stubs and litter-strewn garbage on the infamous red carpet, I watched Monday as the production grips and gaffers hustled to dismantle the dreams and the disappointments of the 61st Annual Emmy Awards.
Michealene Cristini Risley: Emmy Awards and the Demise of Television as We Know It 2010
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Amidst the ticket stubs and litter-strewn garbage on the infamous red carpet, I watched Monday as the production grips and gaffers hustled to dismantle the dreams and the disappointments of the 61st Annual Emmy Awards.
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Chased out of the store and down a litter-strewn alley shortly before 11 a.m., the 35-year-old unemployed barber was strangled to death by a CVS employee who had seen him shoplifting, officials said.
Shoplifter Dies From Worker's Chokehold, Cops Say There Won't Be Charges 2010
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