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From that point Boulter showed tremendous fight to claw back the deficit, but the 28-year-old was then mortified to put a volley into the net at 30-30 in the ninth game.

A scorpion may have one tail, but it has two claws.

She’s used to getting scratched and clawed under the basket, but what has changed over time is her response, as head coach Cori Close has noticed.

Every year it clawed this money back by depositing lower royalty payments - the money it received for every barrel pumped out of the ground - with the Nigerian treasury.

That's a lot harder to pull off when Dear Leader is putting his energies towards encouraging everyone in the party to claw each others' eyes out.