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Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as cha... ALEX BERENSON The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law. ALEX LEVIN Trailer home borrowers, mostly near the bottom of the economic ladder, often default on their loans. ALEX BERENSON The Internet has made some phenomenal breakthroughs that are still only poorly understood in terms o... ALEX STEFFEN Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues ... ALEX NOBLE Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after... ALEX MORRITT I had never thought about playing volleyball until my freshman year, ... But Small stopped me in the... ALEX NOBLE It started clicking then, ALEX NOBLE Intimidation? Oh, gosh, I cried every day, ... I almost walked out the first day. One girl said I sh... 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ALEX SANCHEZ He wanted to be here. He's dedicated to the team. I know he'll be at the rest of the meets. Wrestlin... ALEX SANCHEZ We have many women CEOs around the state of Florida. We're seeing that around South Florida, Central... ALEX SANCHEZ He's probably one of the biggest factors that made me what I am. I wish he was out here with me winn... ALEX SANCHEZ My shots were on. I was hitting my double legs. Working every day over the summer is what put me her... ALEX SANCHEZ The prime minister has just fallen off the high wire. ALEX SALMOND Our first democratic Parliament in history -- we are going to take that opportunity to move Scotland... ALEX SALMOND We've gone from a small parliamentary party now to being a large one. ALEX SALMOND It had 1,000 years as an independent nation before the union, ALEX SALMOND Nations are nations if they feel themselves to be a nation. And Scotland overwhelmingly feels itself... ALEX SALMOND