Any lesser prose and the story might have edged into satire.
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Its shares edged into positive territory by the end of the session.
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Defending champion Mitch Larkin of Australia edged into the semis in 20143th.
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Slowly but surely, however, they edged into their real topics of concern.
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From Medium: Slowly but surely, however, they edged into their real topics of concern.
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Ultimately, the index very briefly edged into bear market territory — a 20 percent drop.
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Mandatory evacuations were ordered for about 3,000 people as the fire edged into residential areas.
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Apple faces increasing competition from local Chinese vendors that have edged into the premium market.
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Lately, in fact, the notion of thirst has edged into an inhibiting kind of judgment.
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Their numbers dwindled rapidly relative to the interlopers, and were edged into extinction roughly 40,000 years ago.
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But as grasslands decreased from these disruptions, the Siberian unicorn may have been slowly edged into extinction.
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Under a new editor, David Remnick, The New Yorker eventually regained its footing and edged into the black.
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Since Kaepernick's initial actions, national anthem protests have proliferated across the NFL and even edged into other professional sports.
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Citi's Panic-Euphoria Index edged into "euphoria" in recent days for only the second time during this bull market.
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For decades, in Trump's business dealings, he never paid a price for his salesman's hype, which repeatedly edged into falsehood.
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In 2002, their third album edged into the Billboard 200 and became No. 11 on the Top Independent Albums chart.
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It had already edged into the sector with investments in Vinli and nuTonomy, two startups that make software for connected cars.
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The U.K.'s FTSE 100 edged into the negative territory along with the French CAC 40, both closing 0.09 percent down.
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The body said its indicator of new instructions from sellers also edged into positive territory for the first time in a year.
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In spring training in March, the Mets had five golden-armed young pitchers whose fastballs edged into the mid- to high 90s.
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There's something of Maine painter William Thon (1906-2000) in the presentation, in particular where he edged into abstraction in his landscapes.
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Jay Inslee of Washington, a Democrat, was elected to a second term, defeating Bill Bryant four years after he edged into power.
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As one tossed off pirouettes, another edged into the circle, etching zigzags into the pavement with the soles of her yellow sneakers.
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Next, after a season-long push on The Ultimate Fighter, a legion of strawweights—including the 2135-2125 Calderwood—edged into the spotlight.
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But even in a world of relentless Trump "PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT" tweets, some of his content edged into somewhat disturbing and particularly dishonest territory.
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Obama's stark warning appears to have done little to sway voters, however, and opinion polls show the "Out" campaign has edged into the lead.
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DUBAI, May 23.7 (Reuters) - The main Gulf markets edged into negative territory on Monday, as uncertainty about an Iranian nuclear deal and Sino-U.
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Ms Nanninga attacked the Green Left, a powerful force in the city, for maintaining links with Muslim groups whose anti-Zionism edged into anti-Semitism.
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The controversy started with some prominent YouTube users themselves, who made videos on the subject that quickly edged into unproven conspiracy theories about a "ring" of pedophiles.
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq eked out small gains while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged into negative territory by the end of the session.
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But the low number of candidates it ran meant it was edged into second by number of seats — a mistake it would not make in a repeat election.
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GENEVA — Trucks laden with international aid edged into a besieged Damascus suburb on Monday, delivering the first relief its beleaguered and shellshocked residents had seen in over three months.
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In a few chaotic moments, Ryan Newman's car edged into the lead on the final turn, crashed, flipped onto its roof and then was hit broadside by another car.
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Half an hour later, ensconced in private room at an upscale steakhouse round the corner from NBC, Lukas tells "7 Years" finally edged into the Billboard 100 at 96.
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The Dow (INDU) was the only one of the major stock indexes to finish the day lower, even though it edged into positive territory in the final hour of trading.
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Samsung has crammed a ton of functionality into the S Pen over the years, but it edged into gimmick territory a bit with the hand-wave gestures of the Note 10.
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Britain's Murray, the world number two, edged into the last four with a 6-0 4-6 7-63(2) victory but was pushed to the limit by the 22nd-ranked Johnson.
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The dollar edged into positive territory after the release of Yellen's remarks to students at the University of Baltimore, eyeing a 14-year high against a basket of currencies touched last week.
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On Wall Street, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged into positive territory, but the gains were checked by falling industrials as investors braced for the first quarter of contracting earnings since 2016.
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Tim Higgins at the Wall Street Journal called it a "bumpy experience" with plenty of dust:The driver edged into the tunnel where lateral wheels affixed to the SUV's front wheels bumped against the tunnel's walls.
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Since Donald Trump said during Sunday's debate that he had never groped a woman without her consent, multiple women came forward to accuse him of making unwanted advances that sometimes edged into actual sexual assault.
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MSCI's all-country equity index edged into the red after two days of gains while all three New York indexes are set to open weaker, futures suggested The pan-European STOXX 22019 index slipped 22019%.
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Today, however, Sanders is the Democratic frontrunner, leading all candidates in fundraising and trailing only an undeclared and hobbled Joe Biden in the polls—and Sanders has edged into the lead in at least one tracker.
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His car edged into the lead on the final turn, crashed, flipped onto its roof and then was hit broadside by another car, sending Newman's car skidding down the track in a shower of sparks and flames.
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Working without tools means that every fire has to be started by hand, without matches, using a straight stick spun against another piece of wood, the ember gently edged into a handful of dry duff until it kindles.
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Some developed changes in muscle tissue indicating that they might soon begin to lose muscle mass, and a few had to be removed from the study because they had edged into full-blown Type 2 diabetes after becoming inactive.
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They've sparked a debate that has raged for weeks, inspiring fiery columns and TV segments, with UK reporters retorting that the argument has edged into hysteria -- and that it would be condescending to readers not to share information from senior sources.
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NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The dollar edged into positive territory on Thursday against a basket of currencies following upbeat data on housing starts and jobless claims that stoked expectations an acceleration of U.S. economic expansion in the fourth quarter.
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While China, India, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa and Indonesia top the list of biggest emerging market oil importers, Thailand enjoys a solid current account surplus and China only edged into a rare deficit in the first half of the year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged into positive territory on Monday, with gains held in check by falling industrials as investors braced for what analysts now expect to be the first quarter of contracting earnings since 633.
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MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces battling Islamic State in Mosul edged into the Old City and around the al Nuri mosque on Friday trying to seal off a main road to prevent militants sending in suicide bombers to attack their positions.
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Another is redefining what it means to be an American: Smith remains the most popular surname, but by one estimate Garcia, Rodriguez and Martinez edged into the top 10, with Hernandez, Lopez and Gonzalez not far behind, while Patel and Chen registered the largest increases.
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Meanwhile, the movie industry has cautiously but increasingly edged into using machine learning and AI technologies, such as an analysis tool called ScriptBook that predicts how well a movie might perform based on its screenplay (in contrast to Cinelytic's analysis of genre plus potential stars).
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They'd never met, but Grohl acted as if they had—the old assumption that all celebrities know one another, or, at least, drummers from iconic Seattle bands who have gone on to have big careers of their own—while Tillman's nonchalance edged into indifference.
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Evans emerged as MMA edged into the mainstream and became a fixture on TV, and his fight-to-fight progress—a college wrestler who learned and grew until he became just the second true TUF competitor to win a UFC belt—symbolized the ascendance of the sport itself.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors edged into the U.S. stock market last week, as the benchmark S&P 500 index hovered near record highs, by adding $1.1 billion into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold domestic stocks, according to data released Wednesday by the Investment Company Institute.
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It edged into intersections cautiously, moved forward slowly when it had the right of way but its path was obstructed by a pedestrian crossing the street, and did a number of other things that made its driving feel more "human" than you might expect from an exacting computer system.
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France's Emmanuel Macron, who has staked his presidency on persuading Europeans that the EU is the answer to the challenges of an uncertain, globalising world economy, took a personal hit when his centrist movement was edged into second place by Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration, anti-Brussels National Rally.
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Someone had to win the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes, and as the field of 11 mostly maligned horses edged into the starting gate, the odds board was a patchwork of indecision, with no clear favorites and few bettors backing up their convictions with cold, hard cash.
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NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - Investors edged into the U.S. stock market last week, as the benchmark S&P 500 index hovered near record highs, by adding $1.1 billion into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold domestic stocks, according to data released Wednesday by the Investment Company Institute.
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The changes mean an end to the bane of cameras that drivers say pop into action too quickly, capturing an image of a license plate on a vehicle that has edged into a crossing while waiting to turn, only to be stuck at the moment the light changes to red.
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Undoubtedly fueled by the adrenaline that comes from being roared on by a passionate home crowd, Russia face Uruguay at the Samara Arena to decide who will finish top of Group A, which carries the incentive of avoiding the victors in Group B. With Uruguay having edged into the last 16 with narrow 1-0 victories over Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the impressive Russians will be keen to finish the group with a perfect record.
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" Bader, who is curly-haired, slight-framed and inclined to slouch, has edged into his early 40s with some reluctance, and he speaks with the vagueness, the slack elaborateness, of someone committed to a serious discourse about art: " 'What is art?' both as some sort of spiritual entity, or quantity, and what is this world we live in, this highly commercialized society, a consumer society, and what does it mean to find meaning within it?
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Brown Trafton edged into the final, needed all three throws to take a best non-qualifier's position.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-19). Event Report - Women's Discus Throw - Qualification . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
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Raf, born as Raffaele Riefoli, co-wrote the song "Self Control" with Giancarlo Bigazzi and Steve Piccolo. His version of "Self Control" peaked at no. 1 in Italy. It also notably edged into no.
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Classical music (which was a large portion of 78–rpm releases) was slowly edged into a minority status by the influx of popular and new music, which was less costly and thus more profitable to record.
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He made his second outing over the full distance at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon in November and recorded another sub-2:10 time, being edged into fourth place by Ethiopian Yerefu Berhanu.Yelena Kurdyumova and Sergey Porada (5 November 2007). Women’s course record broken in Seoul. IAAF.
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In performance his delivery was frail, halting and minimally inflected. His writing sometimes edged into whimsy or the macabre. Many of his poems and songs are in the form of conversations delivered as a monologue. In these, one party is often Cutler as a child, a poetic voice which he adopted in order to bypass the intellect.
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That season marked the beginning of her competing in the triple jump and she set a new best of in Beijing that August. It was the first time she ranked higher internationally in the triple jump rather than the long jump, as she edged into the top 90.Triple Jump - women - senior - outdoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-10.
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During this period, both Edrich and Compton found it difficult to position themselves quickly enough to play Lindwall.Fingleton, p. 132. The Australian paceman then hit Compton on the arm, and soon after, felled him with a bouncer that the batsman top-edged into his face. This forced Compton to leave the field with a bloodied eyebrow with the score at 2/33.
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By the final straightaway, Brenda Jones was also with Shevtsova and looking fast challenging Willis for the lead. Suddenly Willis stepped on the curb and fell off the track into the infield. Shevtsova edged into the lead and dipped at the finish to equal her own world record and take the gold in 2:04.3. Jones was electronically timed at being .
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Undoubtedly, had he lived longer, Laffitte would have led the Caisse Générale enthusiastically into the risky business of financing railroad construction in France. Bonin has noted that by 1843 the company had already edged into the field with a 10 million franc loan for railroad construction by the Compagnie du Nord. Laffitte's nephew, Charles Laffitte, was involved with the investment.Monnier, Jacques Laffitte, p.266.
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The women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 13 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland won the race after taking a commanding lead early on, then never threatened. Swede Charlotte Kalla won her second silver medal of the 2014 Olympic Games, and Therese Johaug of Norway edged into third place to win the bronze medal.
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Don Rardin and Bill Gatti made the all-league team. In 1980 the Bourbons were the APSPL regular season best with a record of 49-13 (.790) but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Hardhats 3-2. The APSPL teams combined with the NASL in 1981 to the United Professional Softball League (UPSL). The Bourbons edged into the playoff with a 36-24 (.
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The players found the organisation and playing conditions to their liking. World Junior Champion, Sergey Dolmatov was tipped to win, but was edged into second by home favourite John van der Wiel, a 19-year-old law student. Third placed James Plaskett (ENG) looked like he might catch the leading pair, but lost to Margeir Petursson (ISL) in round 11. :Boys U-20 - 1. John van der Wiel (NED) 2.
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Goumri improved one place to 14th in the long race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but the Moroccans were edged into fourth by the Eritrean team.2004 World XC - Men's Long Race Team . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-20. Track became his focus that year and he made his Olympic debut in August, reaching the 5000 m final at the 2004 Athens Olympics and ending the race in 13th place.
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That jump stood up as the winner of the competition, neither Rojas or Panturoiu could find the board for the rest of their attempts. Kristin Gierisch edged into second place with a fourth round 14.16, then confirmed her silver medal with a 14.30 in the fifth round. As the Olympics go to South America for the first time, Rojas joins Caterine Ibargüen as South American athletes at the top of world championships in this event.
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This freed Formanová who went behind Masterkova and out to lane 4 for running room. 50 metres out it was three abreast with Formanová trailing, but Clark couldn't hold the lead and faded. Mutola and Masterkova moved past, but Masterkova couldn't get past Mutola. As Mutola edged into the lead, she looked to be headed for her second championship but Formanová ran around Masterkova and in full sprint, passed Mutola 5 meters out for the win.
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Due to reduced vision, Duarte was able to become classified as a T13 track and field athlete. In 2016, she was selected for the Portugal national team that competed at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto. There she competed in three events, the T13 100m, 200m and 400m sprints. In her first event, the 200 metres, she was edged into second place by France's Nantenin Keïta, who set a championship record to take the gold medal.
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This one Olympiad saw the use of starting blocks from a waterfall start for the 800 meters. All subsequent races have used a standing start in lanes, breaking after the first turn (known as a one turn stagger). Out of the blocks, Tom Courtney got the edge around the turn, but by the end of the turn Arnie Sowell edged into the lead. Over the next 150 metres, Sowell opened up as much as a three-metre lead, but Courtney didn't go away.
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At South Sydney he received more time in first-grade and became a reliable goal- kicker for the club. In a 1978 game against Cronulla he kicked nine goals from nine attempts. He helped South Sydney make the finals in 1980, kicking the winning sideline conversion against North Sydney in Round 19, with less than two-minutes to play. South Sydney ultimately edged into the finals by a point and Ferguson made his only finals appearances against St. George at the SCG.
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However, he failed to take the seat from Labour at the 1923 General Election. In 1924 he was chosen to be the Liberal candidate with the task of retaining the marginal seat of Keighley. However, a Unionist candidate intervened in the contest and Jones was edged into third place. He did not stand for parliament again.British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S. He campaigned for a repeal of section 17 of the 1536 Act of Union which gave no legal status to the Welsh language.
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The thirty-fifth running of the 1910 Preakness Stakes was run on Saturday, May 7th. On that day Layminster went off as 17-1 longshot in the field of twelve after one scratch. He broke poorly in ninth under jockey Roy Estep but as they hit Pimlico's famous "Clubhouse Turn" he had edged into sixth place. The pace was very fast early in the race that day with the first quarter in 0:23-1/5 seconds and the half in 0:47-4/5.
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By Thames Wharf, Isis had edged into the lead and by Hammersmith led by a length. Passing below the bridge, Oxford held a clear water advantage and moved across in front of Goldie, and were two lengths ahead by Chiswick Steps. Making a final push, Isis passed the finish line two and a half lengths ahead, in a time of 17 minutes, 17 seconds. It was Isis' seventh consecutive victory and took the overall tally in the event to 29-24 in Cambridge's favour.
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Donetsk Republic prime minister says militia ready for reasonable talks with Kiev, Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (19 August 2014) After having edged into Luhansk city on 18 August, government forces began to advance through the city "block by block" on 19 August. Fighting was heard in streets across the city, and shelling of many insurgent-occupied districts continued. There was also fighting Makiivka and Ilovaisk, two cities just outside Donetsk city. A spokesman for the Internal Affairs Ministry said that government forces were "clearing" Ilovaisk of insurgents, and later captured most of the city.
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The subsequent All-Ireland decider pitted Sarsfields against Kilmallock. The Galway champions edged into a 0–11 to 1–1 half-time lead, but in the second half Kilmallock staged a mini revival scoring 1–1, but that was as good as it got for the Limerick side. A 1–17 to 2–7 victory gave Sarsfields the All- Ireland title. Sarsfields retained their championship title in 1993, following a 1–10 to 0–4 defeat of Carnmore once again. Four Roads fell by 5–12 to 0–7 in the subsequent provincial decider.
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Note: Gives birth date of December 12, without attribution and at odds with that in the Social Security Death Index. Beginning with the strip for April 8, 1985, Matera began his two- decade run drawing Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, which had been titled simply Steve Roper from 1947 to 1969. The series originated as the comedy strip Big Chief Wahoo in 1936, but supporting character Steve Roper edged into the title in 1944, with the dramatic adventure renamed Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper. Wahoo was written out in 1947, and Nomad was added in 1956.
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May saw Derbyshire record their first victory, as they edged into the Second Round of the C&G; Trophy by defeating Durham on the last ball with one wicket to spare. However, five successive losses followed. First, they were defeated by an innings and 72 runs by Lancashire in the County Championship, and five days later they suffered a nine-wicket loss to Worcestershire. On 17 May they lost by 127 runs to Kent in the Second Round of the C&G; Trophy, and the one-day League loss three days later to Warwickshire was their fourth in succession.
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In 2011, she improved her record further to 2:00.56 and won her first senior regional medal at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, placing second in the 800 m behind Gabriela Medina. She came close to a medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, but was edged into fourth place in the final.All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16. Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18. She began 2012 in strong form, taking silver medals in the 800 m and 4×400 metres relay at the Ibero-American Championships.Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-06-10).
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The Frankfurt Marathon followed in November and she improve her personal best by almost a minute, running 2:23:44 for the runner-up spot behind Caroline Kilel. She started the 2011 season with a win at the Ethiopian 15K Championships, beating Atsede Habtamu at the line. She ran at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon a few days later and was the runner- up, albeit some minutes behind a world record-breaking Mary Keitany. She came close to winning the World's Best 10K race in Puerto Rico two weeks later, but was edged into second by Sentayehu Ejigu.
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Having spent most of the previous season embroiled in a relegation battle, this season Preston edged into the play-offs in sixth place, pipping Cardiff City on the last day of the season. Though being level with seventh-placed Cardiff with 74 points and a goal difference of +12 each, Preston gained sixth place by virtue of having scored one more goal than Cardiff over the course of the season. The run of form that had seen Preston reach the playoffs saw manager Alan Irvine named the Championship's Manager of the Month for April. Preston were drawn against third-placed Sheffield United in the semi-finals.
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Retrieved on 2011-04-09. She travelled to the United States the following month and was edged into second at the Carlsbad 5000 by Aheza Kiros.Cruz, Dan (2011-04-04). Gebremeskel and Kiros take Carlsbad 5Km victories. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-09. She competed on the 2011 IAAF Diamond League circuit and set a 5000 m best of 14:41.28 minutes in Shanghai. Having finished fourth at the national trials, she did not gain selection for the World Championships that year, but instead competed at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, where she won bronze medals over both 5000 m and 10,000 m. Pauline Chemning KORIKWIANG.
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He has later shifted to the marathon. He competed without finishing at the 2007 World Championships, and finished 41st at the 2008 Olympic Games. He ran a personal best time of 2:11:43 hours in October 2008 at the Istanbul Marathon and improved further to record a time of 2:10:15 hours at the 2009 Ljubljana Marathon, where he was edged into second place in the final stretch by Kenya's William Biama.Results October 2009. AIMS. Retrieved on 2011-10-17. He won the Düsseldorf Marathon in April 2010, setting a course record and personal best time of 2:08:32.Wenig, Jörg (2010-05-02).
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On the second row was Graham Hill in his Lotus and Chris Amon's Ferrari while World Championship hopeful Denny Hulme (who was equal on points with Hill after his win in Canada a fortnight earlier) was on the third row alongside Jochen Rindt's Brabham. Jack Oliver suffered a wheel failure and crashed the second Lotus heavily. Henri Pescarolo was also a nonstarter when his Matra V12 blew up. A big crowd gathered in the hope that Andretti would be able to beat the F1 regulars and at the start Mario edged into the lead although Stewart overtook him before the end of the first lap.
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While Neal still retained the endorsement of David Lloyd George and his organisation, he did not have the support of the Liberal party led by H. H. Asquith who also intervened in Wansbeck. Unsurprisingly, the seat was lost with Neal finishing third in a field of four.British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, Craig, F.W.S. In 1923 following reunion between the Lloyd George and Asquith factions, Neal was selected as Liberal candidate for the Barnsley Division of Yorkshire at the 1923 General Election. A National Liberal had come close to winning in 1922 but by 1923, the Unionists chose to intervene in the contest and Neal was edged into third place.
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Having made her international debut at the 1983 European Championships, she went on to claim a silver medal in her first crack at the World Championships in 1985, in which she played second in the Scotland team skipped by Isobel Torrance. The same line-up narrowly failed to win a medal in the following year's championships. In 1992, as curling awaited full medal status at the Winter Olympics, Lockhart was skip of the team selected to represent Great Britain in the demonstration event at the Albertville Games. The team struggled somewhat, however, and were ultimately edged into sixth place after a final play-off defeat to the Swedish team skipped by Anette Norberg.
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The Great Barrier Reef's development history is complex; after Queensland drifted into tropical waters, it was largely influenced by reef growth and decline as sea level changed. The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from aircraft flying over it. Reefs can increase in diameter by per year, and grow vertically anywhere from per year; however, they grow only above a depth of due to their need for sunlight, and cannot grow above sea level. When Queensland edged into tropical waters 24 million years ago, some coral grew, but a sedimentation regime quickly developed with erosion of the Great Dividing Range; creating river deltas, oozes and turbidites, unsuitable conditions for coral growth. 10 million years ago, the sea level significantly lowered, which further enabled sedimentation.
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In September 1965, Engineer OCS reopened at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and before closing for good in 1971, over 10,000 Engineer Officers had been commissioned. As the war in Korea edged into 1953, several classes of Infantry School OCS students were given the authorization to transfer to the Medical Service Corps upon graduation. These selected officers (with previous medical experience) were assigned to Korea (after a short training course at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas), with the explicit duty of trying to keep the direct inductee Medical Officers alive. This was necessary because of the shortage of medical officers and the lack of combat preparation training provided to them after their direct induction into the Army and their immediate assignment to Korea.
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The first qualifying period began badly for Michael Schumacher, who lost a wheel on the approach to Rivage and crashed out on his warm-up lap, demoting him to 24th place on the grid, his worst starting position in his career. The circuit steadily began to dry out, and at the end of the session, Mark Webber was the fastest man on the circuit. Heikki Kovalainen edged into 17th place at the last minute and was safe from elimination at the expense of Paul di Resta. Because of the rapidly improving lap times, the Virgin of local driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio and the Hispanias of Daniel Ricciardo and Vitantonio Liuzzi all set times outside 107% of Webber's lap time, but all four of them were allowed to start the race.
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The home clubhouse and weight room were remodeled, aisles behind the dugouts were resurfaced to reduce slippery areas, and the entire playing field was re-sodded. This was the first replacement and upgrading of the field since the original sod was laid in 1978. First, all of the old grass was stripped from the field. Then, the grounds crew installed a new drainage system. Four trenches were dug and laid with 2,500 feet (760 m) of drainage pipe to carry water away from the field and beyond the center field wall. A layer of gravel was laid over the pipe, and a 4-to-6-inch (10 to 15 cm) layer of sand was placed above the gravel. After raising the level of the infield dirt and brick warning track to the same height of the new field, 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of Tifton 419 Bermuda Grass was installed on the field and edged into a baseball diamond configuration. alt=The back side of a freshly painted dark gray metal and concrete structure with red and white accents.
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