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In six Tests standing in as keeper Pope averages 45.60 with the bat - the best average for an England keeper in 132 years.

From BBC

He was generous about giving out jobs, but he didn’t tolerate people standing around at work.

From Los Angeles Times

It strikes me that standing among Thomas’ wall-to-wall collection of eye-popping bric-à-brac — all of it painstakingly organized by color — is not unlike living in Hebron, a place haunted by fragments of its past.

From Salon

Both had respectable records on paper but little standing inside the sport, and neither has boxed since.

From BBC

"We will show the world that we are incapable of standing together and acting at such a crucial moment in our history."

From Barron's