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The real Essien, driving towards the United area five minutes later, would have found a way round, past or through Nemanja Vidic's cold-blooded obstruction, for which the Serb received the first of two well-merited cautions.

Chelsea ride their luck but Carlo Ancelotti is not fooled by win | Richard Williams 2011

The home side, struggling in the Championship and hammered 7-0 at Chelsea in the FA Cup on Sunday, have secured a well-merited if narrow lead to take to the Emirates Stadium in a fortnight.

Arsenal were 'below par' in all areas at Ipswich, admits Arsène Wenger 2011

It was improbable that it should matter that all 13 parts of the FX series "Lights Out" showed up in the mail in January—a splashily colored package with a picture of a battered boxer on the front cover that looked much like all splashy promotion covers for TV series destined for well-merited oblivion.

What a Knockout of a Series Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011

After the well-merited and widespread praise for the first part of Mullin's diaries last year, it's perfectly possible that he will outsell the Dear (former) Leader as well.

Diary 2010

For a Labour government to set aside social democracy's well-merited suspicion of finance capital was truly criminal.

The book that has the Tories running scared 2010

This was followed, in 1587, by the first of the “Faust books,” under the all-inclusive title History of Dr. Johann Faust, the notorious Magician and Necromancer, how he sold himself for a stipulated Time to the Devil, What strange Things he saw, performed and practised during this Time, until at last he received his well-merited Reward.

The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

It has a well-merited suspicion that vested interests based in London will do it down.

The middle class will get you, Mr Cameron 2010

The elected president then offered himself some days of well-merited rest.

sarkozy – cia – rothschilds – mafia 2008

But, it is time to start working on sending these plants to a well-merited and much-needed early retirement program as soon as feasibly possible.

A. Siegel: Another TVA Ash Spill 2009

Cook is the nation's second-largest county, marked by the biggest court system, a sprawling health care system, stratospheric taxes, even greater unfunded pension liabilities and a well-merited reputation for ineptitude and political cronyism.

James Warren: Replacing Quigley on Cook County Board a Lesson in Democracy, Sort of 2009