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Plans for President Trump's state visit to Britain are all coming a cropper.
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But, having gone 1-3 since joining the promotion after facing some tough competition in a harsh welcoming to the promotion—beating Konstantin Erokhin, but losing to the aforementioned Tybura, rising heavyweight favourite Derrick Lewis and coming a cropper to the technical boxing skills of Dagestani Ruslan Magomedov—it would be amiss to think Pesta won't be fighting for his UFC life this weekend.
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It says that a hedgehog kept Count Heinrich of Waldeck from coming a cropper when his horse shied before it. To this day, the Igelfest (Hedgehog Festival) is still celebrated in Fürstenberg on the Monday before Whitsun.
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"Taking a header" (also known as "coming a cropper"), was not at all uncommon. The rider's legs were often caught underneath the handlebars, so falling free of the machine was often not possible. The dangerous nature of these bicycles (as well as Victorian mores) made cycling the preserve of adventurous young men. The risk averse, such as elderly gentlemen, preferred the more stable tricycles or quadracycles.
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Chap becomes King of the World. Hmm, a rather grandiose leap there, but it all comes good (or rather bad) in the end, because Hamanu ultimately spells his own downfall through the execution of his extreme prejudices." Pettengale concludes his review by saying, "All this makes for an interesting story, embellished by the lurid descriptions of the cruel world in which it is set, but it's all highly predictable in its outcome (and not only because of the name of the book). You just know that because the lead character gets way too big for his boots he's going to end up coming a cropper.
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