Still, she believes she has moved closer toward an answer.
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She moved closer to the mirror, her fingers examining the skin.
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It wasn't until I moved closer that I realized she hadn't.
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The Chiefs and Rams secured division titles on Sunday, the Saints moved closer to clinching one of their own, and Cleveland moved closer to finishing the season winless and joining the 215 Detroit Lions at 211999-2130.
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She moved closer to New York City and auditioned whenever she could.
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Then we got into real estate as I moved closer to retirement.
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Atlanta moved closer to the team-worst 0-10 start of 1988.
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After a pause, Jackie moved closer to Michael and spoke more quietly.
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Instead, congressional elections have moved closer to aligning with presidential election results.
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On Saturday, a Navy strike group was moved closer to North Korea.
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A woman moved closer to us because she found my nephew attractive.
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Q&A Q. Let's say Earth's orbit moved closer to the sun.
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And Democrats have moved closer to Mr. Trump's $5.7 billion price tag.
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As the line progressed, she moved closer and closer to the US side.
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I recently moved closer to work, which cut down my commute time significantly.
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She jumped to pull her skirt down and moved closer to the girl.
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Washington and Beijing moved closer to a deal during trade talks this week.
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ASEAN RISKS LOSING LEVERAGE Thailand and Malaysia have also moved closer to China.
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Major U.S. indexes climbed as the bill moved closer to potentially becoming legislation.
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He challenged the decision, but he moved closer to home to continue working.
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Now President Nicolás Maduro's has moved closer to total control of the state.
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Trump moved closer to the GOP nomination by winning seven states on Super Tuesday.
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The European Union (EU) moved closer to a ban on single-use plastics Wednesday.
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He moved closer to the car, swung the door wide and threw himself in.
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King sensed Woodfox's discomfort and moved closer to him, guiding him through the room.
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I had my suspicions about what it was and moved closer to the set.
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PAN, at first an inclusive nationalist party, has moved closer to conservative Islamist groups.
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You moved closer to 1,991, but so did your opponent, by nearly the same amount.
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"We then left to go get gas, she moved closer and waited there," said Lewis.
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Krystal Ball: Billionaires panicking over Sanders candidacy MORE moved closer to launching a presidential bid.
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Spanish, Italian and Portuguese bond yields moved closer to benchmark German debt yields on Tuesday.
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He added that the manufacturing sector moved closer to stabilization while services posted robust growth.
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He added that the manufacturing sector moved closer to stabilization while services posted robust growth.
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As Australia moved closer to granting marriage rights to all in 2017, her rhetoric sharpened.
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Madame Macron seemed to squirm a bit as she moved closer to Melania during the exchange.
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He defended his dissertation, then moved closer to me when he got a fellowship at Yale.
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Egypt has also moved closer to Russia, with which it held joint military exercises last month.
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But on the afternoon of Monday, July 11, the sounds moved closer to the Terrain compound.
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Oil markets rose Monday as the producer cartel OPEC reportedly moved closer to an output cut.
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Meanwhile, the Latin American trade bloc Mercosur over the weekend moved closer to possibly expelling Venezuela.
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They found that the perceived nasal width increased as the camera moved closer to the face.
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"He talked about how he just moved closer to where we are," Michel said of Paddock.
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With the comet now much quieter, Rosetta has moved closer, within 1.2 miles of the surface.
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The Dow broke its eight-session losing streak and moved closer to breakeven on the month.
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President Trump's taxes: New York lawmakers moved closer to allowing the release of his state returns.
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Several women interviewed said their parents retired early or moved closer to help with child care.
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When the order moved closer to Albany in 2003, the Ginsburg Development Company bought the property.
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The spy was arrested and deported as she moved closer to getting inside State, agents said.
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Since then, it has moved closer to midnight and farther away, depending on the board's conclusions.
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The yield, which moves opposite price, moved closer to the yield of the , in a flattening move.
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As Android has evolved, it has consistently moved closer to Apple's deliberately simplified approach to mobile software.
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She moved closer, close enough for me to smell sweat and the lingering scent of her perfume.
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EDT Hurricane Matthew intensified slightly as it moved closer to landfall in western Haiti on Monday night.
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Hambrick fell to the ground and Delke moved closer with his weapon drawn as the video ended.
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The corporate tax rate has moved closer to parity with capital gains, via the recent tax cuts.
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"I think we both moved closer to the center," he told The New York Times in 1993.
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As it flattened, the two yields moved closer together, suggesting there's a chance the curve could invert.
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He has moved closer to us with his new plan on ethanol, and moved further from oil.
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All of these scenarios moved closer to reality following a round of primary elections in red states.
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Despite the losses in the House last month, Republicans, if anything, have moved closer to the president.
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The man moved closer, began asking personal questions and tried to hold her hand, court documents said.
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As the bill moved closer to a vote on the Senate floor, a group that included Sen.
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Rex Tillerson moved closer to becoming secretary of state, helping shape a cabinet dominated by white males.
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It ends with the country having moved closer to that goal than ever, but still falling short.
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RBS has moved closer to resolving some of the major barriers to its recovery in recent months.
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One concern for business is that Jeremy Corbyn, Labour's far-left leader, has moved closer to Downing Street.
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" Asked if J.P. Morgan has moved closer to Goldman and Morgan Stanley, Richards said, "I haven't seen it.
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It's now easier to use with one hand, with buttons and the directional pad being moved closer together.
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The Nuggets moved closer to clinching home-court advantage for at least the first round of the playoffs.
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Bangkok, Washington's oldest treaty ally in Asia, moved closer to Beijing's orbit, enhancing commercial, diplomatic and military ties.
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As Ness moved closer to paying off her debt, she was able to launch her dream side hustle.
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On the other hand, Japan has moved closer to current American rules, requiring quarterly reporting starting in 2008.
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Sweden is not a member of NATO but has moved closer to the military alliance in recent years.
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The mayor had suggested the statue could be moved closer to where it was originally planned to go.
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He's also heard of cases where people moved closer to the equator and their seasonal depression went away.
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The email controversy has dogged Clinton's campaign even as she has moved closer to winning the Democratic nomination.
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"Picture it," he said, stroking the spine of the book as he moved closer, pressing himself against me.
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The planet moved closer to the white dwarf once the red giant blasted out much of its mass.
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As we crossed the Queensboro Bridge, I moved closer to the window to take in the stunning skyline.
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I think Mark has talked about that several times, or he's moved closer and closer to that acknowledgement.
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On Wednesday, the Fed left rates unchanged but said inflation has moved closer to its 2-percent target.
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She has moved closer to China in response to America's recent political turn, but has kept her options open.
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Although the Philippines has moved closer to an accommodation with China over the contested waterway under Duterte, friction remains.
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Separately, the U.S. moved closer to limiting the ability of Chinese telecommunications companies to sell their products in America.
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Twitter shares surged Friday after sources told CNBC that the ailing social media company moved closer to being sold.
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He then moved closer to Wall Street, taking on a role as an Equity Analyst at Systematic Financial Management.
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Blue Apron's IPO moved closer to reality this week as the firm set a price range for its shares.
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As communities moved closer to alpine forest areas and fires were controlled, the breaks have almost completely closed up.
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Football has moved closer to basketball's March Madness model by creating its own Final Four, the College Football Playoff.
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Mr. Fulton, who is originally from Plattsburgh, N.Y., moved closer to his parents for the remainder of his schooling.
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About a year and a half after he moved closer to us, my father asked me to visit him.
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When voters approved of choices they moved closer to the screen, and if they disapproved they moved farther away.
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Jahana Hayes, a former national Teacher of the Year, moved closer to being Connecticut's first black Democrat in Congress.
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Alaska moved closer to electing its first woman to the House and first woman of color to statewide office.
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Several times, when her head moved closer to mine, I could even see the individual hair follicles on her scalp.
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That position began to change as the Alabama senator moved closer to candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle.
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As the troops moved closer, the government shut down the internet, leaving the capital awash with rumours but little information.
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One man, a relative, saw an opportunity for the group to flee when the Peshmerga moved closer to his lands.
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After the first one missed, Slabinski moved closer while his SEALs laid down covering fire to toss a second grenade.
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That matched a preliminary reading, but in the past month moved closer to the 62753 mark separating growth from contraction.
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So far, however, Congress has not moved closer toward passing a war authorization for either ISIS or the Assad regime.
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Under Rajapaksa's rule, Sri Lanka moved closer to China's orbit and further away from India, South Asia's traditional leading power.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a strong positive open Friday, after the GOP moved closer to reaching tax reform.
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Detroit also moved closer to ending state oversight of its finances by completing two-straight fiscal years with balanced budgets.
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I moved closer to the mirror and settled on my lips, full and red from how much I bite them.
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Officials said Monday that they are making progress fighting the Ferguson fire, but it has moved closer to the park.
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Both the Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale airports in Florida were closed Monday as Dorian moved closer to the coast.
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On Wednesday afternoon, authorities also ordered evacuations of a campground and nearby subdivisions after flames moved closer to the reservoir.
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Nevertheless, Skalnik was sometimes moved closer to, or even into the same cell as, a defendant in a newsworthy case.
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In voting 81-18 on Monday to limit debate on the bill, the Senate moved closer to a vote on passage.
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As I moved closer to 30, and my income increased, I started to upgrade my wardrobe, housing situation, and my car.
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Twitter shares rallied 21 percent Friday after sources told CNBC that the social media company had moved closer to being sold.
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As the bill as moved closer to a final vote, the public interest coalition has focused its opposition on privacy concerns.
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"Hurricane Irma is of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we have ever seen," Trump tweeted as Irma moved closer to Florida.
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"As Trump moved closer to securing the nomination, the ties between his campaign and Russia's government grew substantially," the lawsuit alleges.
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"Over the prior year or so, the unemployment rate had fallen and inflation had moved closer to target," Tuesday's minutes showed.
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They recently moved closer to my sister, who just became an empty nester and has more time to devote to them.
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He had just moved closer to the stage in the hopes that his favorite song, "Dirt Road Anthem," was coming soon.
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Mr. Eppridge, who had covered conflict in Vietnam, Panama and Santo Domingo, instinctively moved closer to the source of the gunshots.
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The beltline — the line where the doors meet the windows — will be lowered, and the wheels moved closer to the corners.
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The migrants still living there were to be moved closer to the island's main town, Lorengau, by the end of October.
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But in the past two decades, since laws against the church have relaxed, the country's governments have moved closer to the church.
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After Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, Sweden increased military spending and moved closer to ending its position as a neutral state.
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Typically I like to get here a bit earlier, but ever since I moved closer to work, I've been getting here later!
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Rockies 9, Dodgers 1 Colorado moved closer to reaching the post-season for the first time since 20173 after walloping Los Angeles.
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Tested's offices have moved closer to me, which has allowed a much tighter integration between all the moving parts of the website.
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According to Smith, police were forced to open fire, as the suspect was not complying with officers' demands as he moved closer.
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And in southern Syria, Iranian-backed militias have moved closer to areas where US special operations forces are training anti ISIS fighters.
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"The trade war thunder on the horizon hasn't moved closer to shore," said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York.
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PHILADELPHIA — Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom moved closer to returning to the team when his newborn son was released from the hospital.
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine moved closer Thursday to embracing the scientific consensus that human activities are the dominant cause of global warming.
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The dollar index moved closer toward its 200-day moving average at 96.131 based primarily on a subsequent weakening of the euro.
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Immunomedics – Shares of Immunomedics rose 5.7% after the pharmaceutical company announced that a breast cancer treatment moved closer to receiving accelerated approval.
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Under Duterte however, Manila has moved closer to Beijing, even as the President continued to voice occasional concerns about China's territorial ambitions.
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Inflation has moved closer to the Fed's target, with the Consumer Price Index showing a 2.1 percent increase over the past year.
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Knowing there will be a long wait to restart the North Al-Jazeera project, some farmers have moved closer to the reservoir.
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Even though Turkey is a NATO member, it has in recent years moved closer to US adversaries like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.
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House Democrats say they have moved closer to supporting the deal following a series of meetings with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Rep.
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Trump in recent days has moved closer to declaring a national emergency to allow him to redirect funds for construction of the wall.
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The 10-year Treasury yield remained under some pressure Tuesday as the bond market moved closer to sending its biggest recession signal yet.
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Other rival claimants to parts of the South China Sea — Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei — have also moved closer to Beijing since Trump's election.
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He then allegedly moved closer to the employee, leaned toward her and coughed, then laughed and claimed he was infected with the coronavirus.
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The probe has already resulted in charges against four of Trump's former campaign advisers and has recently moved closer to Trump's inner circle.
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I was surprised to find that my attitudes have moved closer to the sensibilities of the film, which I had no hand in.
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However, the administration under current President Rodrigo Duterte has moved closer to Beijing, even as the president voiced concerns about China's territorial ambitions.
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A smiling Biden joked to Cooper that he had something to tell him as he moved closer and put his arm around him.
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A station for the light-rail line connecting the airport to downtown Salt Lake City will be moved closer to the new terminal.
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In this episode, the team has moved closer to their target, requiring Villanelle to assume her most ambitious disguise yet: someone who doesn't murder.
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Its AI, called Schema Networks, even succeeds at tweaked versions of the game—for instance, when the paddle is moved closer to the bricks.
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John McCain, Mick Mulvaney moved closer to becoming the next OMB director, surviving party-line votes in the Senate Budget and Homeland Security Committees.
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Shumaker Loop & Kendrick on Tuesday moved closer to recovering $640,000 in unpaid legal fees from a prosthetics company it defended in a patent case.
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The caution came as Matthew's outer bands raked the Florida peninsula and the eye of the storm moved closer to the state's east coast.
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The deputies listened more closely, and hearing it again they moved closer to a 30-foot-long shipping container and knocked on the side.
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The disease exists in Poland, the Czech republic, Romania, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and has recently moved closer to Denmark, according to the government.
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"I know she wasn't comfortable with it, that's why she moved, pushed (her) skirt down and moved closer to the woman," Greg Dent said.
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Hirscher claimed his sixth slalom victory this season on Tuesday with a win in Schladming and moved closer to a seventh successive overall title.
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Mr Netanyahu has moved closer to Russia of late; he has had four meetings with Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, over the last ten months.
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The Detroit Lions' head coach doesn't want his team to think about the postseason, even though they moved closer to a berth on Saturday.
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He won over 23% of the 22 primary vote, and the party has, if anything, moved closer to his leftist positions since that election.
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Kasich emphasized in his speech that he started out far back in the pack and has moved closer to the nomination than many predicted.
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In recent weeks, though, it has lost ground as other economies, such as the euro zone, improved and moved closer to tightening monetary policy.
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He pulled away from Russia and moved closer to the US. He also started a war with Israel then ended it several years later.
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When the inquiries moved closer to the White House, elected officials on both sides of the aisle rallied to Mr. Nixon or stayed quiet.
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The opposition between opening and solid barrier became more apparent as I moved closer to the painting: no one achieves a surface like Whitten.
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The decline in TIPS break-even rates was mitigated by data that showed U.S. inflation had moved closer to the Federal Reserve's 2 percent goal.
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Net neutrality protections moved closer to coming off the books today with the publication of the Federal Communication Commission's new rules in the Federal Register.
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IXIC moved closer to their all-time peaks, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR rose to its highest level since early August.
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This week, New York City moved closer to instituting a congestion pricing plan in Manhattan, in part blaming Uber and Lyft for the increased traffic.
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The police said Mr. Tillman was holding an open bottle of alcohol and, as the officers moved closer, they saw a firearm in his waistband.
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After Mr. Ortega lost the presidential election in 1990 — and as he planned a route back to power — he moved closer to the Catholic Church.
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I'll admit, I had an inkling of something when I'd gotten 87A, "*Moved closer to home?" and 99A, "*Very soon" — STOLE THIRD and ANY SECOND.
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At the venue, in the Fulton Market Building in Lower Manhattan, attendees excitedly moved closer to television monitors or played their own games at tables.
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GOP lawmakers moved closer to that goal on Thursday, when the House passed a budget resolution that had been cleared by the Senate last week.
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Williams, standing next to her, sensed the emotion, moved closer to Osaka, and wrapped her arm around her in a comforting gesture after a tough defeat.
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In this case, the researchers used a beeping sound that would increase in frequency and volume as the subject's head moved closer into the correct position.
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Lately, the field has moved closer to the view that pedophilia is a type of sexual orientation—an innate characteristic that is highly resistant to change.
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At one point, Picasso moved closer to a children's camp that Walter attended, and would pull her away from pool activities to a cabana for sex.
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Cousins completed 43 of 28 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns for Minnesota (8-244-224), which moved closer to a wild-card playoff berth.
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Italy's FTSE MIB fell 0.7% and its banking index dropped 1.5% as the European Union moved closer to taking disciplinary action over the country's growing debt.
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The Japanese currency, which like the dollar is a perceived safe haven, moved closer to a 1-1/2-week high of 110.685 reached on Friday.
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The newly awakened "King Dollar" has moved closer to parity with the euro, higher against the yen and also pushed exchange rates lower for emerging markets.
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But the public has moved closer to his view on economic fairness, and his call for free public higher education is a debate that will endure.
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Sessions's recusal helped pave the way for the appointment of Mueller as special counsel leading the Russia probe, which has moved closer to Trump's inner circle.
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Meanwhile, the spread between junk bond yields and Treasurys recently has moved closer to the level before the financial crash than the long-term historical average.
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It had fallen as much as 4 percent in overnight trading as Trump moved closer to securing the election win over heavily favoured rival Hillary Clinton.
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On top of that, Beijing has moved closer to Moscow and Tehran since Trump entered the Oval Office, partially thwarting US efforts to isolate those countries.
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" Ms. Brandler said, "Women have moved closer to the glass ceiling, but a woman has to be twice as good to be equal to a man.
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ASMR has only moved closer and closer to the mainstream in the past few years, notably with a series of celebrity interviews conducted by W magazine.
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President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman have moved closer together over the past several years with the oil deal a common bond.
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SENATE PANEL APPROVES AIR FORCE PICK: Trump's choice for Air Force secretary moved closer to confirmation Wednesday after winning approval from the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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At one point he moved closer to her and, while leaning his head on her shoulder, grabbed her thigh and breast several times, federal prosecutors said.
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Zandi said the business damage would have been worse if the hurricane had moved closer to either the port of Charleston, South Carolina, or Norfolk, Virginia.
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Italy's FTSE MIB fell 0.38% and its banking index dropped 0.63% after the European Union moved closer to taking disciplinary action over the country's growing debt.
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LAVANDERA: Foley voted for Donald Trump and wants to see all documented immigrants in the U.S. deported and additional border agents moved closer to the Mexican border.
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"The mainstream has certainly moved closer to their positions," Matthew Goodwin, visiting senior fellow in the Europe programme at the Chatham House think tank told VICE News.
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The European Union, meanwhile, recently moved closer to passing regulations that would require social media companies to block any videos containing hate speech or incitements to terrorism.
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Italian government borrowing costs edged lower on Tuesday, narrowing the gap with benchmark Germany, as Rome moved closer to a deal to safeguard the country's struggling banks.
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The EU moved closer on Tuesday to taking disciplinary action over Italy's growing debt, a procedure that could saddle the country with large fines and alienate investors.
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The dollar, which pulled back from over three-week lows, moved closer to a 872.163-week high against the yen and was marginally higher against major currencies.
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With local money drying up and foreign loans becoming more expensive after the recent downgrades, South Africa has moved closer to the brink of a funding problem.
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It had previously fallen as much as 4 percent in overnight trading as Trump moved closer to securing the election win over heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton.
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The rate of price increases has steadily moved closer to the Fed's 85033 percent annualized target throughout the year, and the GOP is notoriously hawkish on inflation.
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But under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and wary of the growing power of its regional rival, China, the Indian government has moved closer to the United States.
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The Senate moved closer on Monday to wrapping up work on $9.4 billion waterways bill that provides emergency funding for lead-contaminated communities such as Flint, Mich.
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N) moved closer to taking a controlling stake in its Chinese securities joint venture (JV) after picking up a 2% share for $54 million, exchange filings show.
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In May, Delek moved closer to a listing of Ithaca when it bought out most of Chevron's British North Sea oil and gas fields for $2 billion.
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The European Union moved closer on Tuesday to taking disciplinary action over Italy's growing debt, a procedure that could saddle the country with fines and alienate investors.
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Trump has shown a willingness to be flexible on taxes; Over the course of his president campaign, his tax plan moved closer to that of House Republicans.
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Gang references abound in hip-hop, though as the genre moved closer to pop's center in the late 1990s into the 2000s, those stories became more opaque.
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SS Jose Reyes moved closer to a milestone Saturday night, when he stole the 499th base of his career in the Mets' 8-3 win over the Rockies.
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PARIS (Reuters) - CME Group has moved closer to launching long-planned European Union wheat futures after resolving contract issues with grain silo operators in France, trade sources said.
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Some have since swallowed their pride and moved closer to the new administration, but Mr Trump's henchmen have long memories when it comes to criticism of their boss.
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But the debate over whether to impeach the president has moved closer to the mainstream in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian election meddling.
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That provisional deal moved closer to ending one of Brussels' longest-running antitrust probes, which could have seen Gazprom fined up to 10 percent of annual global turnover.
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Ironically, however, the American academy has moved closer to Orozco's depiction of it by shirking their mission to provoke: repositories of dead knowledge, giving birth to fragile ideas.
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Although India has shed its socialist baggage and moved closer to Washington, the foreign policy establishment has not adapted fully and its dealings with Russia and Iran continue.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved closer Tuesday to naming department veteran Eddie Johnson to permanently lead the police force, which is facing a federal investigation and racism accusations.
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New York City officials said the 11-foot-tall bull statue, which was first installed in 1989, is also set to be moved closer to the stock exchange.
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The Abe administration considers the pact, which moved closer to ratification on Thursday with approval in Japan's lower house of Parliament, an important plank in his economic policy.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio coasted to a decisive win on Tuesday in the Democratic primary in New York City, as he moved closer to securing a second term.
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Iran's government spokesman said Monday that Iran and France's views on the deal have moved closer ahead of the Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs' visit to Paris.
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Guajardo told reporters at an event in Mexico City that U.S. and Mexican negotiators have moved closer, but he added that he could not guarantee a new agreement.
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Still, allied airstrikes have picked up as the Arab and Kurdish fighters have moved closer to the capital, and as commanders seek to pressure Mosul and Raqqa simultaneously.
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Distillers won a reprieve from Congress on Tuesday, as lawmakers moved closer to approving a one-year extension for a popular tax cut that benefits certain alcohol producers.
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In the U.S., stocks rose as the moved closer to a record high set earlier this year, boosted by strong corporate earnings that offset worries around global trade.
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The European Union moved closer on Tuesday to taking disciplinary action over Italy's growing debt, a procedure that could saddle the country with large fines and alienate investors.
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The Commission has also moved closer to deciding whether to ease restrictions on Russia's access to a gas pipeline link to Germany, a move opposed by PGNiG as well.
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Predators VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Henrik Sedin moved closer to a milestone Tuesday night — but he was more excited about helping his Vancouver Canucks get back on the winning track.
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Spreads between U.S. three-month and 10-year Treasury yields had turned positive earlier in the day but moved closer again to inversion as the European session wore on.
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The jeep carrying the darting team moved closer, there was a popping sound and the bull twitched and moved off with a dart clearly visible in his upper leg.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese steel and steel-making raw material retreated when market closed on Monday, despite positive market sentiment as Beijing and Washington moved closer to a trade deal.
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New data published this month by Russia's Federal Statistics Service, or Rosstat, seemed to show that Russia, the world's 12th largest economy, had moved closer to the Kremlin's goal.
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On Thursday, though, New Hampshire moved closer to becoming the last state in New England to end capital punishment as the State Senate voted to repeal the death penalty.
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We've moved closer to securing the Democratic nomination for president, and we're doing it by building a broad coalition that we need to win in November," Biden said. "Sen.
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Shares were on the rebound after a $2 trillion relief bill from Congress moved closer to being signed, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 soaring.
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Britain moved closer to Europe's insistence that there be no hard Irish border, offering a flurry of proposals about how to allow near-frictionless trade between the two jurisdictions.
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After Tampa Bay's Ondrej Palat hit the post on a chance, Hedman sent an errant pass back toward the point, but Jonathan Drouin had moved closer to the boards.
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Besides Biden, the poll's other obvious beneficiaries are Klobuchar and O'Rourke, who have both moved closer to appearing on stage for the fifth party-sanctioned primary debate next month.
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Warren, long a consumer advocate, warned customer protections would be eroded as the Senate moved closer to passing the first rewrite of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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Secret Service officers responded to the alarm, but Tran had already snuck beyond one Secret Service post and moved closer to the White House when an officer came to investigate.
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The United States moved closer to raising tariffs to 25% from 10% on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports this Friday after a notice was posted to the Federal Register.
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Holtby steps up as Capitals edge Blue Jackets COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Washington Capitals moved closer to winning the Metropolitan Division, finishing atop the Eastern Conference and claiming the Presidents' Trophy.
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But since Trump's election, the network has moved closer and closer to the White House line — too much so, it seems, for even some of its own reliably conservative commentators.
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In Vietnam, the remaining signatories of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a group known as the TPP-11, moved closer to completing a comprehensive free trade agreement without the United States.
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It only woke up again one more time, communicating briefly with Rosetta in June and July 2015 as the comet moved closer to the sun and more power was available.
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Rodriguez, who is half-Cuban, is skeptical that the base will be decommissioned, although she'd like to see the detention center and hearings moved closer to home, for better transparency.
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Closer to home, he said that DEA's gas activities were likely to benefit as Germany moved closer to abandoning coal-fired power generation over the long-term for environmental reasons.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel moved closer towards a new national election on Monday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggled to form a government only six weeks after winning an April ballot.
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Lest this litany seem too sunny, in January the Doomsday Clock, which measures the likelihood of human annihilation, moved closer to midnight than it has been since the nineteen-fifties.
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Reality check The Senate bill moved closer to the House version on several fronts by the end of the process, most notably on the state and local tax deduction compromise.
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They had been trapped there for days by nearby fighting and as the front line moved closer, ICRC spokeswoman Krista Armstrong said, with only five staff to look after them.
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Trump's rhetoric Thursday moved closer to the more aggressive stance he took last year, when he threatened to bring "fire and fury" on North Korea and "Little Rocket Man" Kim.
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He moved closer, took on a more conciliatory tone, and spoke in a loud whisper, so as to be heard over yet another Waylon Jennings track blaring in the background.
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He moved closer to his eventual profession when he was hired in 1943 as an engineer at Empire Broadcasting, a recording studio, having studied the topic with a borrowed textbook.
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"The programmers had made this amazing landscape technology that was fractal based, and that could progressively add detail as you moved closer to the surface of the landscape," remembers Rune.
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New York federal prosecutors' investigation into the hush money payments Michael Cohen arranged during the 2016 campaign isn't yet over — and it appears to have moved closer to President Trump.
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On Tuesday, Jerome H. Powell, President Trump's nominee to lead the Fed, moved closer to taking the top spot when the Senate Banking Committee approved his nomination, 22 to 1.
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The 21-year-old from Japan moved closer to a second consecutive major championship by parlaying her aggressive and powerful style into a 31-11 edge in winners against Svitolina.
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Under Choi's guidance, Lee has moved closer to succeeding his father in a well-choreographed long-term plan, including a restructuring of the conglomerate to cement the Lee family's control.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday as the S&P 500 moved closer to a record high set earlier this year, boosted by strong corporate earnings that offset worries around global trade.
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Earlier this month NLNG said it had moved closer to an investment decision on the long-awaited Train 7 project to expand its liquefied natural gas plant on Bonny Island.
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Earlier this month NLNG said it had moved closer to an investment decision on the long-awaited Train 7 project to expand its liquefied natural gas plant on Bonny Island.
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Stock markets gave back some of their recent gains won so far this year on improving global sentiment as the United States and China moved closer to a trade deal.
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Throughout her childhood, and especially as she moved closer toward her own individuality, Agnes felt embarrassed around her cousin because of her plain clothes and her family's old-fashioned ways.
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As the Iraqis have made rapid gains in a renewed push since the turn of the year, retaking nearly all of eastern Mosul, U.S. soldiers have moved closer to the fight.
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Over the past few months, as the Federal Communications Commission has moved closer to weakening net neutrality protections, countless tech companies have signaled their support for a strong and open internet.
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The Aussie benchmark index has gained 3.73 percent month-to-date in April and with Thursday's close moved closer to the psychologically key level of 5,300 not seen since last October.
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Over the past two decades, city students, who are more likely to be poor or not fluent in English, have moved closer to national achievement averages in both math and reading.
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Warren, long an advocate for strong consumer protections, warned these could be eroded as the Senate moved closer to passing the first rewrite of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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Munich, Toronto, Vancouver, Amsterdam and London also face risks of a housing bubble, but Stockholm and Sydney moved out of bubble territory this year and Geneva moved closer to fair value.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street hit record closing highs on Monday as optimism increased about the likelihood of lower corporate tax rates as the Republican tax bill moved closer to passage.
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PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - CME Group has moved closer to launching a long-planned European Union wheat contract after resolving contract issues with grain silo operators in France, trade sources said.
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Since then, the Vatican has moved closer to a position of almost unconditional pacifism; it opposed the bombing of Serbia in 1999 and the American-led assault on Iraq in 2003.
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Although he has been known as a moderate for bucking Democrats on issues like the Keystone XL pipeline, Bennet has moved closer to his colleagues to the left since Trump's election.
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The pro-Iranian side of the Syrian Civil War was, indeed, on track for victory when Donald Trump took office, but since that time they have only moved closer to victory.
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These questions have been the source of raging debate among energy wonks for many years but have moved closer to mainstream political discourse since the introduction of the Green New Deal.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC and Russia moved closer on Wednesday to agreeing cuts in oil production from next year despite pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce the price of crude.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland moved closer on Wednesday to avoiding a trial in long-running shareholder litigation over a rights issue by the lender before its near-collapse in 2008.
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Even as Slovakia moved closer to the West, joining NATO and the European Union, Mr. Kocner thrived in large part thanks to his connections to the longtime governing party, SMER-SD.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government moved closer to collapse on Monday after his junior coalition partner called for early elections amid a political crisis sparked by the killing of journalist.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French tycoon Vincent Bollore moved closer to full retirement on Thursday after his eponymous group said his 33-year old son Cyrille would replace him as chairman and chief executive.
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The Journal also reported on photos showing a tarp put over the ship's name, and after it was taken down, a barge was moved closer to the destroyer to hide the name.
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"I want him to know we're watching, and the same way he moved closer to the people because of this primary, we expect him to stay close to the people," Harris said.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday moved closer to opening a full investigation into alleged crimes against the Rohingya people who were driven from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
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OSLO (Reuters) - Norway moved closer to resuming its exports of farmed salmon to China on Tuesday after the two countries signed an agreement on the topic, Norway's Fisheries Ministry said on Tuesday.
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The low-key paediatric neurologist has moved closer in the first three months of his term to implementing this initiative than his predecessor, Terry McAuliffe, also a Democrat, did in four years.
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In recent weeks, the United States and China appear to have moved closer to a trade deal that would roll back U.S. tariffs on at least $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
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She swiped her hand over the back of her forehead, grimacing at the sweat there, and moved closer to one of the few fans she'd been able to find in a closet.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government moved closer to collapse on Monday after his junior coalition partner called for early elections amid a political crisis sparked by the killing of a journalist.
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It was only when I moved closer that I started to see them: wavy pencil marks running down the wall in small- to medium-length strokes, like residue from drops of rain.
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Brazil's government and Samarco Mineracao moved closer to a deal to settle a 20 billion-real ($4.8 billion) lawsuit for damages related to a deadly November dam disaster, Brazil's attorney general said.
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The likelihood of Italy holding a general election by the fall has increased considerably, according to a political risk analyst, as lawmakers moved closer to an agreement on a new electoral system.
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Khris Middleton scored 39 points as the Milwaukee Bucks moved closer to securing the top record in the Eastern Conference with a 773-118 victory Thursday over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers.
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In the early 1980s, after moving to Texas at the urging of Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Mack moved closer to the limelight, performing with Mr. Vaughan as a kind of Zen guitar master.
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Spain also moved closer on Monday to imposing central rule over Catalonia to thwart its push for independence after Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont missed an initial deadline to make his intentions clear.
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This week, the United States Senate moved closer to approving $1.1 billion in emergency funds to fight the virus, but hard-line conservatives in the House are hesitant to approve new spending.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese machinery makers with heavy exposure to China plummeted on Friday as China and the United States moved closer to a trade war that could damage global growth.
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In a speech to supporters, the former vice president spoke directly to Sanders's supporters and made an appeal to them as he moved closer to becoming the party's standard-bearer (The Hill).
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Recode reported that the company had moved closer to settling on a new C.E.O., with Jeff Immelt, the former chief of G.E., now getting support from the majority of the Uber board.
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There was more upheaval in the 2020 race this week, as one new Democratic candidate entered, another moved closer to doing so and a Republican dropped his primary challenge to President Trump.
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Donald Tusk, Poland's former Prime Minister, hit out at his home country's ruling Law and Justice party Thursday, saying that its fragile relationship with the EU had moved closer to breaking point.
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Mr. Trump has moved closer to the views held by Mr. Mattis, including dropping his insistence about using torture; calling for Russia to return Crimea, which it annexed in 2014; and Ukraine.
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Ireland moved closer to legalizing marijuana for medicinal use when the minority government said on Thursday it would not block the first reading of a bill that is backed by all other parties.
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Hurricane Matthew weakened to a Category 2478 storm overnight on Friday, but the National Hurricane Center (NHC) insisted that it remained "extremely dangerous" as it moved closer to the east coast of Florida.
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LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has moved closer to creating artificial embryos after using mouse stem cells to make structures capable of taking a crucial step in the development of life.
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Boston chased down Los Angeles in familiar fashion on Saturday, climbing out of 25-27 hole to sting the Dodgers and moved closer to stamping their banner campaign with a World Series title.
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That's when, during a history exam, Smith allegedly passed a note to a freshman girl, 14 or 20083 at the time, whose desk he moved closer to his own for no obvious reason.
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The election is likely to take center stage on Wall Street as the U.S.-China trade battle which roiled the market in the past 18 months has finally moved closer to a resolution.
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Oil prices fell on Wednesday despite expectations that major producers have moved closer to an agreement to enact deeper output cuts aimed at offsetting the slump in demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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An adviser to the congressman, who requested anonymity to speak frankly, said the Democrat has moved closer to a bid in recent weeks and will decide on running by the end of April.
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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government moved closer to collapse on Monday after his junior coalition partner called for early elections amid a political crisis sparked by the killing of journalist.
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As they have moved closer to the front lines, American troops in the southern city of Kandahar and in Oruzgan, Zabul and Daikundi Provinces work under stricter security guidelines when training Afghan soldiers.
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But as I moved closer and discovered this hidden inner layer of darker colors and lavish textures, I began to wonder if it gestured to the spiritual overtones suggested in the show's title.
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While only 11 percent of the current police force is black, a downtick from 1990, LAPD ranks in general have moved closer to mirroring the actual demographics of the city the officers serve.
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The housebuilding sector slipped 1.2% on its worst day in a month as fears of a chaotic no-deal Brexit had jumped after Brexiteer Boris Johnson moved closer to becoming the next prime minister.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A planned EU-Canada free-trade deal moved closer to reality on Tuesday after a key committee advised the European Parliament to give its backing after months of protests and heated debate.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Several cryptocurrency exchanges have moved closer to mainstream markets by buying listed companies, looking to raise funds and present themselves as embedded in the traditional financial services world they once spurned.
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But the case moved closer to Trump's orbit this week, when the Wall Street Journal reported that a Trump Organization attorney was listed on confidential arbitration documents that included the restraining order against Daniels.
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Lawyers for Perez and Sandy had argued the officers were justified in opening fire because they were protecting an officer who had moved closer to the 38-year-old homeless man, the paper reported.
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Before the rescue efforts on Lampedusa were placed under military command in 2014 and the sea patrol line moved closer to Libya, migrant boats landed directly on Lampedusa's shores, where residents would aid them.
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Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro moved closer to a 2020 presidential run on Wednesday, announcing that he had set up an exploratory committee to test the waters for a potential bid.
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Braves 4, Mets 23 ATLANTA — As the Mets were rejoined Thursday by two of their most important players, Noah Syndergaard and Yoenis Cespedes, the injury-riddled team moved closer to its version of normal.
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The prospects for a 2675 percent tax cut turbocharged the stock market Thursday as the Senate moved closer to a vote, but tech lagged behind the industrials, a group viewed as a big beneficiary.
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Pinch-hitter Brandon Guyer singled in a run with two outs in the ninth inning, and host Cleveland moved closer to an American League Central title with a 2-1 victory over Kansas City.
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Despite a surprisingly loss to hosts Japan on Saturday, Eales has been impressed with Fiji's improvement in recent years and believes all the Pacific Island nations have moved closer to the Tier One sides.
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In the years since, it has become one of the most ambitious bands in pop, and also one of the most scrutinized, particularly as it has moved closer and closer to the dance floor.
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" Over all, Dr. Schilling concluded, it seems possible that North Korea with this single test flight of the new missile might already have moved "closer to an operational ICBM than had been previously estimated.
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THE TOPLINE: Department of Veterans' Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald moved closer to apologizing for comparing wait times at VA clinics to lines at Disney parks, saying Tuesday he "deeply" regrets if it offended veterans.
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WARRIORS 28, WIZARDS 115 Stephen Curry hit nine 3-pointers and scored 42 points, and Golden State moved closer to locking up the Western Conference's top playoff seed by trouncing Washington in Oakland, Calif.
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LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's president on Friday moved closer to nominating Janez Jansa as prime minister but his center-right party lacks enough coalition partners to form a majority so he may decline, analysts said.
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WASHINGTON — Republican leaders moved closer on Wednesday to resolving some key differences between the House and Senate tax bills, though several big issues, including the size of the corporate tax cut, remained in flux.
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Father and son moved closer to the chain-link fence as Tebow made the first steps in his transition from a Class AA All-Star to training for the Syracuse Mets in Class AAA.
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Under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan, who still leads the group to this day, the Nation of Islam moved closer to mainstream Islam, but it is still seen by most Muslims as separate from Islam.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Monday moved closer to confirming Dr. Robert Califf to lead the Food and Drug Administration, overriding opposition from several senators who had sought to block a vote on the issue.
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Burgum's order came as the project moved closer to completion after the US Army Corps of Engineers recently granted an easement for the last stretch of the pipeline bitterly opposed by Native Americans and environmentalists.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's C919 passenger jet, the symbol of its lofty aviation ambitions, has passed a major technical assessment, and has moved closer to its first flight, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global regulators have moved closer to regulating the fledgling fintech sector, which includes blockchain technology that supports bitcoin, to ensure the industry's rapid growth does not pose any risks to the financial system.
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Meet the women who came to see Clinton make history But that changed recently, according to Clinton aides, as the former first lady moved closer to victory and began to reflect more on her mother.
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ITALY UPLIFT Italian markets outperformed, with Milan's FTSE MIB closing 1% higher as the opposition Democratic Party (PD) and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement moved closer to a deal on forming a coalition government.
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We saw some re-acceleration as we moved closer to a resolution, but here as it falls apart, the question becomes how much direct and indirect impact will the tariffs have on the global economy.
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The core Windows platform team has now moved closer to Microsoft's cloud and AI work, while a separate division dubbed "Experiences & Devices" will look after Windows client releases that you see on laptops and devices.
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While President Barack Obama was in Orlando consoling the survivors of the rampage by a gunman who claimed allegiance to Islamic State militants, the U.S. Senate moved closer to votes on limited gun control measures.
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Will we be a nation that has moved closer to the ideals of equality so critical to our founding, or will we still be struggling to erase the lingering residue of slavery, our original sin?
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Mining stocks were in demand after oil prices rose around 1 percent as producer cartel OPEC moved closer to an output cut to rein in oversupply that has kept prices low for over two years.
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ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's conservative HDZ party and its former junior coalition partner moved closer on Tuesday to forming a new cabinet after the HDZ won the most seats in a snap election at the weekend.
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As I moved closer to her, as I lay on top of her slender body, she turned her head slightly to the side, as if her only act of freedom were not to see me.
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President Trump upended what appeared to be steady progress toward reaching a trade pact after he threatened on Sunday to impose still more tariffs on Chinese-made goods unless Beijing moved closer to a deal.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hurricane Humberto on Wednesday knocked out power for nearly 16,000 homes and businesses in Bermuda, according to electricity company Belco, as the storm's eye moved closer to the Atlantic archipelago.
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The methods of targeting are so rudimentary and indiscriminate that, in Aleppo, many residents have moved closer to the front lines, risking sniper fire and shelling, because the helicopters don't drop barrels near government troops.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey moved closer to military support for Libya's internationally recognized government late on Saturday when a bilateral deal that provides for a quick reaction force if requested by Tripoli was sent to parliament.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland moved closer to legalizing marijuana for medicinal use when the minority government said on Thursday it would not block the first reading of a bill that is backed by all other parties.
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BP and Kosmos Energy moved closer to approving development of the Tortue natural gas field offshore Mauritania and Senegal in February after the two West African countries agreed to split production from the cross-border field.
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Before I moved closer to VICE's office, my commute was more than an hour long each way, meaning I had to pay someone to walk Gordo in the middle of the day while I was gone.
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"I think Americans should sleep well at night," Tillerson told reporters as he headed home from Asia, saying he saw no sign the US had moved closer to a military showdown over the last 24 hours.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Regional utility Shikoku Electric Power Co moved closer to restarting its only operable nuclear reactor, when a court in Japan on Friday rejected a lawsuit that would have prevented operation of the nuclear unit.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India moved closer to changing how interest rates are set and monetary policy conducted as the lower house of parliament on Thursday approved legislation giving the central bank a mandate to target inflation.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The positions of Moscow and Seoul on North Korea have moved closer after a meeting of the Russian and South Korean presidents, RIA news agency cited Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Wednesday.
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As she moved closer, snapping photographs of the license plate, she saw who was inside the car: a local politician, elected to Parliament days earlier, with his trousers down and ointment or cream on one hand.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate moved closer to approving a sweeping overhaul of the tax code on Wednesday, voting to begin debate on the tax bill as Republican leaders continue trying to secure the votes for final passage.
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Ties This past spring, as I moved closer to the date that would have been my husband, Jim's, 65th birthday — and four days later, the anniversary of his death — the calendar was filled with land mines.
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Since both men secured their grip on power in the 2010s, Russia and China have moved closer and closer, boosted by geopolitics but also what appears to be a strong personal relationship between the two leaders.
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Italian government debt also sold off sharply, with 10-year yields hitting a seven-week high as Italy's 5-Star Movement and the far-right League moved closer to forming a government of anti-establishment parties.
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Kem Sokha was released from house arrest earlier this month, though the treason charges remain, as the EU moved closer to cutting off preferential trade status over human rights, though a final decision is months away.
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On Thursday, U.S. lawmakers moved closer to impeaching Republican Trump, as members of a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee debated formal charges likely to be sent to the full House for a vote next week.
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U.S. lawmakers moved closer on Thursday to impeaching Trump, as members of a House of Representatives committee debated formal charges that are likely to be sent to the full House for a final vote next week.
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Many who attended the Unite the Right rally, like former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, believed that the election of Donald Trump was a sign that the country had moved closer to their racist views.
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The exchanges came as the Vatican and China moved closer to an accord on the appointment of bishops in what would be an historic breakthrough and a precursor to a resumption in diplomatic relations after 70 years.
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Atlanta (CNN)Tom Perez moved closer to clinching the race to chair the Democratic Party after one of his competitors dropped out and endorsed the former labor secretary -- shaking up the contest two days before the election.
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With each year, it seems we moved closer to a system where politicians stir up controversy to raise money to win elections -- all for the privilege of creating more controversies to raise money to win further elections.
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In recent weeks, Beijing and Washington appear to have moved closer to a deal to end a bruising eight-month dispute that has seen the countries slap tariffs on billions of dollars worth of the other's good.
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Why it matters: Shanahan is the longest acting defense secretary in U.S. history, having served in the post for 128 days — a period in which the U.S. has moved closer to military escalation with Venezuela and Iran.
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England, who moved closer to a place at Euro 2020, are top of the group with 15 points from six games, three ahead of the Czechs and four in front of Kosovo who beat Montenegro 2-0.
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With that declaration, von der Leyen has moved closer to securing the majority she needs to be confirmed as the new head of the European Commission from November in a vote due at 1600 GMT on Tuesday.
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ABOUT THE KINGS (53-21-4): Jeff Carter moved closer to 300 career assists Tuesday, setting up defenseman Jake Muzzin's game-winning power-play goal late in the third period to climb within three of the milestone.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government and Samarco Mineração SA moved closer to a deal to settle a 20 billion-real ($4.8 billion) lawsuit for damages related to a deadly November dam disaster, Brazil's attorney general said on Thursday.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States is lobbying Gulf states to hold off restoring ties with Syria, including the UAE which has moved closer to Damascus to counter the influence of its rival Iran, five sources told Reuters.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The yield premium investors demand for holding Italian bonds over Germany hit its highest since January on Thursday, as two anti-establishment Italian parties moved closer to a government deal that would ramp up spending.
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As he moved closer, he realised that what this woman was holding was in fact her right breast; a Guinea worm was emerging from her body through her nipple, creating a searing blister and untold tissue damage.
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Short and long-term rates have moved closer together lately, with the long end falling and the short end rising, as the Federal Reserve continues to raise rates while inflationary pressures on the U.S. economy have dissipated.
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But it was a relief during the next scene — Senta's argument with Erik (the muscular-voiced tenor Sergey Skorokhodov) — when the singers moved closer to the front of the stage and their voices rang out more easily.
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When she opened Kin Khao, she was still commuting between Santa Cruz and San Francisco, but after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2015, she broke up with Mr. Kinch and moved closer to the restaurant.
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There are a few minor tidbits worth mentioning: The microphones were moved closer to the selfie cam, and the battery has the same capacity as on the previous model (though it looks to be a different model).
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, wrapped up his high-profile tenure at the U.S. Justice Department as his likely replacement moved closer to confirmation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
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On Saturday, Global Times, a newspaper often dominated by anti-American rhetoric, held a forum in Beijing where speakers urged tough retaliation if Mr. Trump moved closer to Taiwan, and praised the seizure of the underwater drone.
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I've moved closer to the position of wanting coverage to not be so universal, and to attract the better mix of immigrants, and have a really strong pro-work ethic in society, understanding people will go uncovered.
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The European Union moved closer on Tuesday to taking disciplinary action over Italy's growing debt, as authorities in Rome made tentative steps to avert a procedure that could saddle the country with large fines and alienate investors.
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Driverless technology moved closer to becoming an everyday reality last week in the U.S. thanks to Tesla, but in Singapore it's already expanding from testing with taxis to testing with full-size city buses in real-world situations.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Chris Froome moved closer to winning the Vuelta a Espana title after coming second in the high mountain Stage 11 on Wednesday and opening up a gap of one minute 23 seconds in the general classification.
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One possible idea is that if those big gas giant planets moved closer to the sun and then farther away, "they would have disturbed asteroids and they would have flung the asteroids around," creating the collisions, Gross says.
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Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the US-led coalition against ISIS, told reporters on Thursday that ISIS fighters were "completely surrounded" in Tal Afar, with their resources drying up, as Iraqi forces moved closer to the city center.
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Hedge fund position building during the first five months of the year seems to have anticipated and accelerated a rise in prices that would most likely have occurred anyway as the physical oil market moved closer to balance.
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Prior to some of the past recessions, the two-year Treasury yield rose above the 10-year yield, although at the moment, the former is still below the 10-year note, but has recently moved closer to it.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats moved closer on Monday to citing Attorney General William Barr for contempt of Congress over his failure to give them an unredacted version of the Mueller report, escalating a showdown with the White House.
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DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A debt restructuring for Dubai-based developer Limitless moved closer after Silver Point Capital sold its share of the 4.45 billion dirham ($1.2 billion) debt last month, two sources involved in the process said.
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MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain moved closer on Monday to imposing central rule over Catalonia to thwart its independence push as Madrid's High Court signaled a hardening line by jailing the leaders of two of the largest separatist organizations.
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The Persian Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, are still angry at the United States over the nuclear pact with Iran, and they fret that the Obama administration has moved closer to Tehran, despite administration assurances to the contrary.
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Early relief quickly faded as realization set in that Trump had actually moved closer to wielding the tariffs down the road if he is unsuccessful in using them as leverage in trade talks with the European Union and Japan.
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As the day went on, Irma moved closer and closer to the rest of the state — with the Tampa Bay area and other parts of Florida's western Gulf Coast likely to be hit particularly hard as it goes north.
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Five sources told Reuters last month that the United States had been lobbying Gulf states to hold off restoring ties with Syria, including the UAE, which has moved closer to Damascus to counter the influence of its rival Iran.
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This month the Fed raised U.S. interest rates again and said it will soon begin reducing bond holdings, the Bank of England moved closer to raising rates than at any time in a decade, and world economic data disappointed.
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NATO's 22024 annual report showed on Thursday that the US-led alliance moved closer to a pledge to dedicate 22018% of national economic output on defense every year, with European allies reaching the 20163% level, a five-year high.
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OPEC and its allies moved closer to cinching a deal Wednesday on extending its agreement to cut oil production output by 1.8 million barrels a day to March 2018, according to a statement from the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee.
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Long, snaking lines formed outside the company's stores in Asia and Europe on Friday as fans flocked to buy the new iPhone X, and the U.S. company, the largest by market capitalization, moved closer to a $1 trillion valuation.
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Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the US-led coalition against ISIS, had told reporters on Thursday that ISIS fighters were "completely surrounded" in Tal Afar, with their resources drying up, as Iraqi forces moved closer to the city center.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey moved closer to adopting a new constitutional bill extending President Tayyip Erdogan's powers that supporters welcome as a guarantor of stability at a time of turmoil and opponents see as a step toward an authoritarian state.
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On Friday, however, Judge Kavanaugh moved closer to a confirmation hearing as he submitted a 110-page questionnaire, and 2,000 pages of material containing biographical information, previously delivered speeches, writings and past court filings, to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The British pound fell again on Friday as investors trimmed their positions after Brexiteer Boris Johnson moved closer to becoming the next prime minister, with sterling on track for its sixth week of losses versus the euro.
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TORONTO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index moved closer to a record high on Wednesday, led by gains for its heavyweight energy and financial groups as global stocks climbed, while lower gold prices weighed on gold mining shares.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Americans who endured a half decade as hostages of Marxist-led Colombian rebels moved closer to winning restitution on Wednesday, through U.S. legislation making it easier for former captives to claim assets seized from drug traffickers.
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As American bombs rained down on North Vietnam, leaders in India, Egypt, Algeria and many other post-colonial nations denounced Washington for waging a brutal war against a people striving for independence, and moved closer to the Communist bloc.
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Read more: Prison is going to make Paul Manafort much easier to flip, prosecutors say But when the judge responded with an order that Manafort be moved closer, his lawyers reversed course, saying moving him would imperil his safety.
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NATO's 22024 annual report showed on Thursday that the U.S.-led alliance moved closer to a pledge to dedicate 22018 percent of national economic output on defense every year, with European allies reaching the 20163 percent level, a five-year high.
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At the other end of the table, Sunderland moved closer to what seems almost inevitable relegation, beaten 2-0 at Leicester City whose new manager Craig Shakespeare could celebrate a fifth successive league win since taking over from Claudio Ranieri.
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Washington (CNN)US troops operating around Mosul have come under fire from ISIS and some have been wounded in the last six to eight weeks as they have moved closer to the front lines in Iraq, military officials acknowledged Tuesday.
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Hirscher, who will chase an elusive first Olympic gold medal at Pyeongchang next month, equaled Hermann Maier's total of 54 World Cup wins as he claimed his sixth slalom victory this season and moved closer to a seventh successive overall title.
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The United States moved closer to slapping duties on imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from China this week, issuing a final determination that the products were being subsidized and dumped in the U.S. market at below fair value.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - France moved closer on Monday to exporting beef to China by clinching a health and safety accord with Beijing, raising the prospect of sales to a booming Chinese market just as U.S. beef shipments are threatened with tariffs.
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That would be a major milestone for the company which has not turned an annual profit by any measure since being founded in 2012 and has not moved closer since its high-profile initial public offering in June last year.
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While the possibility of a President Trump has triggered alarm among some foreign diplomats, economists and business executives, he has moved closer to the Republican nomination after winning a commanding victory in New York state's presidential nominating contests on Tuesday.
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ROME/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union moved closer on Tuesday to taking disciplinary action over Italy's growing debt, as authorities in Rome made tentative steps to avert a procedure that could saddle the country with large fines and alienate investors.
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Hirscher, who will chase an elusive first Olympic gold medal at Pyeongchang next month, equalled Hermann Maier's total of 54 World Cup wins as he claimed his sixth slalom victory this season and moved closer to a seventh successive overall title.
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Earlier this week, the United States moved closer to slapping duties on imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from China, issuing a final determination that the products were being subsidized and dumped in the U.S. market at below fair value.
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ADEN (Reuters) - The Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched missiles on the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, and reinforced Yemen's main port city of Hodeidah as an Arab coalition moved closer to the city center in the largest offensive of the war.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Oil pricing agency S&P Global Platts has moved closer to revamping its dated Brent benchmark, launching new price assessments for two grades of U.S. crude in Europe in response to the swell of imports into the region.
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A planned EU-Canada free-trade deal, seen as a counterweight to anticipated U.S. protectionism under Trump, moved closer to reality after a key committee advised the European Parliament to give its backing after months of protests and heated debate.
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The U.S. and China moved closer to a trade deal during talks this week, but negotiators still need to hammer out some sticking points as they push for a final summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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TOKYO, Nov 22.5 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei share average leaped to 29.7-month highs on Tuesday after a long weekend, as U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators moved closer to sealing a preliminary deal and upbeat Wall Street stocks lifted investor sentiment.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One's post-season shake-up took another spin on Tuesday with Williams announcing the departure of technical head Pat Symonds while Valtteri Bottas moved closer to Mercedes and Felipe Massa's retirement looked to be coming to an end.
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But the comments marked a fresh stage in the open warfare that has erupted in the past weeks, as Mr. Trump has moved closer to capturing the nomination of a party whose major leaders remain deeply troubled by his comments.
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The U.S. stock market moved closer to a bear market on Monday as investors continued to wallop equities as dismay over the expected economic impact of the coronavirus and a new oil fisticuffs between OPEC and Russia sent energy names spiraling.
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We've moved closer to securing the Democratic nomination for president, and we're doing it by building a broad coalition that we need to win in November," Biden said in remarks delivered via livestream from his home state of Delaware. "Sen.
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"I think there is real optimism that we could get something done in the next few hours," Pelosi told CNBC's Jim Cramer in a phone interview on "Squawk on the Street" as Senate Republicans and Democrats moved closer to a deal.
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ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) moved closer to splitting off its network business on Wednesday with the presentation of a plan to the government that could mark a turning point in strained relations between Italy's largest phone group and Rome.
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Cornerback Nate Hobbs and linebacker Dele Harding scored defensive touchdowns as Illinois tallied 28 unanswered second-half points and moved closer to bowl eligibility with a third straight victory, beating Rutgers 38-10 in Big Ten play Saturday in Champaign, Ill.
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In fact, as Republicans moved closer to a vote, public support for Obamacare went up — 49 percent of those polled this month by the Kaiser Family Foundation had a favorable view of the law, up from 43 percent in December.
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The southern African desert nation moved closer to famine last month after dam levels fell below 20%, a drop officials blame on climate change and the worst drought in almost a century that also hit South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Democrats moved closer on Thursday to suing in federal court for access to the unredacted Mueller report on Russian election meddling, and its underlying evidence, taking a step bound to intensify their clash with President Donald Trump.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling on Friday slipped to a whisker off recent five-month lows against the euro after Brexiteer Boris Johnson moved closer to becoming British prime minister, worrying investors that his government would make a no-deal Brexit more likely.
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Jason Shelley passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns, Armand Shyne ran for 55 yards and another score, and the No. 313 Utah Utes moved closer to clinching the Pac-12 South with a 30-7 win over Colorado in Boulder, Colo.
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The Penguins, who trail Metropolitan Division rivals Washington and Columbus by one point for first overall in the NHL, have outscored their opponents 143-4 in their last two games as they moved closer to their franchise record-tying 11th straight postseason berth.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Majlinda Kelmendi moved closer to making history at the Rio Games on Sunday as she advanced to the semifinal round in women's judo, aiming to become the first athlete from Kosovo to win an Olympic medal.
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NEW YORK — Center Anders Lee was credited with the game-winning goal early in the third period Thursday night as the New York Islanders moved closer to clinching a playoff berth by edging the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-123, at Barclays Center.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Neptune Oil & Gas moved closer to the $2 billion purchase of a majority stake in the exploration and production arm of French utility Engie after agreeing Chinese sovereign fund CIC could increase its minority stake in the target firm, sources said.
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Nicky Delmonico and Matt Davidson hit solo home runs and Jose Abreu moved closer to another 100- RBI season with a run-scoring single plus a sacrifice fly to lead Chicago (60-88) to a 10-1843 victory over Detroit (61-87).
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In contrast, the Canadian dollar moved closer to last week's eight-month high, as the Bank of Canada showed no sign that it would match potential interest rate cuts from the Fed, making clear it had no intention of easing monetary policy.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Syngenta AG moved closer to putting a troubled biotech corn seed launch behind it with a $1.5 billion settlement with farmers this week, but grain traders who filed two remaining lawsuits may be less ready to compromise, legal experts said.
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Based on stone inscriptions in the temples, scholars have long believed that the empire fell in 1431 after its capital was sacked by an invading Thai army, and that the population of the city moved closer to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's current capital.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff moved closer to impeachment when a key member of a Congressional committee said on Wednesday there were grounds for the Senate to put her on trial for manipulating budget accounts in 2014 to boost her reelection prospects.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tech-sector selloff weighed on Wall Street and on stocks globally on Wednesday, while the British pound touched a two-month high versus the U.S. dollar as Britain and the European Union moved closer to a Brexit deal.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese internet services giant Tencent Holdings Ltd and a group of seven investors have moved closer to launching a 1.5 billion yuan ($218 million) online life insurer in China, putting up funds and signing an agreement to form the venture.
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The Italian carrier moved closer to collapse on Thursday when major shareholder Intesa Sanpaolo said it had no plans to save the airline, foreign rivals denied being interested in a possible bid and the government ruled out a rescue for its problem child.
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"We've moved closer to securing the Democratic Party's nomination for president," Biden said in an understated and solemn address streamed online from his home in Wilmington, Delaware, where he noted he was following federal guidance against gatherings of more than 10 people.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department moved closer to a politically sensitive prosecution of former top FBI official Andrew McCabe on Thursday by rejecting a request from his legal team to drop the case, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia moved closer to ending child marriage on Friday after the government secured a key nod paving the way to raise the age for girls to wed in the world's most populous Muslim country by three years.
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On Capitol Hill, negotiators moved closer to an emergency funding package -- perhaps worth as much as $183 billion -- far above the White House's request for a $2.5 billion one -- to battle the virus, which is on the verge of becoming a global epidemic.
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Oil prices extended gains on Friday, scaling three-month highs as the United States and China moved closer to a resolution to the 18-month trade war between the world's two biggest economies that has raised big questions about global demand for crude.
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First, a major gaffe by President Trump helped Saudi Arabia split a Sunni Muslim alliance that was supposed to fight against the Islamic State — so much so that Qatar and Turkey moved closer together and became open to cooperation with Iran and Russia.
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Here are the top 10 companies to work for in India: Indian budget hotel aggregator OYO has grown quickly since its launch in 0003, and last year moved closer to achieving much-coveted Unicorn status after closing its latest round of funding.
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In the Washington game of musical chairs, Mr. Marsh's titles and duties shifted in the 1960s and ′70s as he moved closer to the centers of power and reached the White House, where Republican patrons enlisted his expertise and counted on his discretion.
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Turkey moved closer to a major military intervention in Libya's escalating civil war on Thursday, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a parliamentary vote that could send troops in a matter of weeks to support the embattled government of the North African country.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, William Barr, moved closer to a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, winning approval from a key committee despite Democrats' concerns about how he might handle Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
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But what's been fascinating to watch in The X-Files' 11th season is the show's attempts to cope with the fact that the things it used to use as far-fetched scenarios, designed to scare viewers, have moved closer and closer to reality.
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The Nikkei 225 share average opened lower and moved closer to near five-month lows in the morning, after the dollar fell on rising tensions over North Korea, hurting such exporters as automakers on worries that a strong yen would eat into their earnings.
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MARKET NEWS * A gauge of world equity markets slid and the dollar traded near break-even on Wednesday over growing concerns about the latest U.S.-China trade talks and as the United States moved closer to raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.
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Oil, whose plunging price has lately become a stand-in for worries about the state of the global economy, rose more than 2.53 percent and moved closer to $22.5 a barrel on Thursday, after briefly dipping below the symbolic $23.4 threshold the day before.
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In recent weeks, the United States and China appear to have moved closer to a trade deal that would roll back tit-for-tat tariffs on each others' goods, with Beijing making pledges on structural economic changes, a source briefed on negotiations said on Sunday.
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NEW YORK, Oct 63 (Reuters) - All three major indexes rose to record high closes again on Thursday, with optimism over a tax overhaul increasing as Congress moved closer to agreement on a budget resolution and as data added to recent signs of economic strength.
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo moved closer to declaring its Ebola outbreak over when the health ministry said it had completed surveillance of the last people who came into contact with patients and had not found any new cases.
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Since Trump became president, China has moved closer to Russia both militarily and economically, helped North Korea escape US-led sanctions put in place to halt its nuclear program, and continued to do business with Iran despite US efforts to starve Tehran's regime of money.
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Negotiators have moved closer to agreement, but there are still big disagreements — particularly over the issue of auto manufacturing — that could scuttle the deal entirely or delay it so long that the Republican-controlled Congress is denied the opportunity to approve the revisions quickly.
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Even as his health and reputation deteriorated — and the Nazis moved closer to the Swiss border in the lead-up to World War II — he painted idyllic mountain landscapes that combined the numinous presence of his portraits with the quivering energy of his crowd scenes.
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Germany's benchmark 10-year Bund yield moved closer to last September's record lows, the closely watched Italian/German 10-year bond yield spread ballooned to its widest in six months and the U.S. two-year Treasury yield fell below 1% for the first time.
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Avon Products shares jumped nearly 12 percent on Wednesday as Brazilian cosmetic maker Natura Cosmeticos SA moved closer to acquiring the U.S. company via an all-stock deal to unite two of Brazil's most popular makeup brands, moving Natura closer to its goal of a global market.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of world equity markets slid and the dollar traded near break-even on Wednesday over growing concerns about the latest U.S.-China trade talks and as the United States moved closer to raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.
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Labour managed in June not only to bring out young voters, many of them taking revenge on May over her Brexit policies, but also won back some left-wing voters who abandoned the party when it moved closer to the center under the pro-business Blair.
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The official said that during the incident, which lasted an hour, the Russian vessel displayed an international signal meant to show it was restricted in its ability to move, but then moved closer to the U.S. vessel as it asked the Gravely to maintain a safe distance.
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Rangers 5, Bruins 2 The Rangers tightened their grip on second place in the Metropolitan Division and moved closer to a playoff berth and home-ice advantage in the first round by rolling past the stumbling Boston Bruins, 5-2, on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.
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No one yelled after him; there was only his footfall, blood thundering in his ears; he triggered a few motion lights and so moved closer to the water; he ran at full force for a minute before he realized he wasn't sure where he was going.
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BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - London copper prices raced past $6,200 a tonne for the first time in seven months in early Asian trade on Friday, set to rise for a seventh session in eight, as Washington and Beijing moved closer to ending their long-running trade row.
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ILIGAN, Philippines — A Roman Catholic priest who was held hostage for months by Islamic State-inspired militants in the war-torn southern city of Marawi has been freed, the Philippine military said on Sunday, as it moved closer to rooting out the remaining gunmen from their strongholds.
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Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Democrats have, if anything, moved closer philosophically to the idea of a single-payer program in which the government provides all Americans with guaranteed health care in return for modest premiums, similar to what it does with Medicare.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the U.S. Congress moved closer to a tax overhaul plan Wednesday that has President Donald Trump "thrilled", outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave a more sobering assessment: a short-term bump is likely, but a longer-term boost is not.
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Stephen Townsend, the commander of the United States' war effort in Iraq, said that American trainers and advisers had moved closer to the front lines of Mosul, where the fight to retake the western half of the city from the Islamic State started over the weekend.
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SINGAPORE, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Friday, scaling three-month highs as the United States and China moved closer to a resolution to the 1.713-month trade war between the world's two biggest economies that has raised big questions about global demand for crude.
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Robert Gsellman, the latest pitcher to occupy Harvey's rotation spot, earned his first win as a starter by throwing six solid innings Saturday night as the Mets moved closer in the National League wild-card race with a 13-1 win over the Washington Nationals at Citi Field.
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Dina-Marie de Beer and her family were enjoying a visit to the Weltevrede Lion Farm on Sunday when her father Peter moved closer to an enclosure's fence, which protected the public from the big cats, with the tiny tot in his arms, The New Zealand Herald reports.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday moved closer to approving President Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency even as nearly 800 former officials urged the chamber to reject the nominee, who sued the agency more than a dozen times as attorney general of oil-producing Oklahoma.
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LOS ANGELES — Gavin Newsom, the Democratic lieutenant governor and former mayor of San Francisco, took a major step Tuesday in his bid to become California's next governor, capturing one of two spots on the November ballot as the state moved closer to the end of the era of Gov.
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LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Holders of Lebanon's default insurance have moved closer to collecting payouts after the EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee ruled that a 'failure to pay' credit event had occurred after the country failed to pay principal on its $1.2 billion Eurobond due on March 9.
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As rap has moved closer to the heart of popular culture, the genre has become a comedic playground: Andy Samberg's group the Lonely Island uses hip-hop as a vehicle for satire; Aziz Ansari's bits about rappers have made him an honorary member of the hip-hop élite.
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To make room for him on the roster, the Mets placed shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera on the 623-day disabled list with a sprained left thumb and moved closer Jeurys Familia to the 262-day D.L. Familia is expected to miss three to four months after having blood-clot surgery.
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Other major indexes, such as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, have moved closer to a golden cross as stocks continue to rally off their late December lows, buoyed by a Federal Reserve pause in interest rate hikes and building investor optimism for a trade deal between the U.S. and China.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Republican lawmakers sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday urging him not to reverse former President Barack Obama's opening to Cuba even as White House aides moved closer to completing a plan that could tighten rules on trade and travel to the island.
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Other major indexes, such as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq , have moved closer to a golden cross as stocks continue to rally off their late December lows, buoyed by a Federal Reserve pause in interest rate hikes and building investor optimism for a trade deal between the U.S. and China.
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But as agents moved closer to a definite plan of attack, The Times said, Trump's shock decision earlier this month to pull US troops out of northern Syria, allowing Turkish forces to attack the US-allied Kurds, caused concerns that US relationships and the mission at large were being jeopardized.
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It has been heavily bombed by Russian and Syrian army raids in the past two days as the army has moved closer to the Israeli border after gaining control of most of Deraa province to the east in a push that began last June, according to rebels and a war monitor.
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The Republican Party, then, has moved closer toward the goal Kevin Phillips outlined 47 years ago: I wish we could drop into the Potomac all those obsolescent conservatives who are still preoccupied with Alger Hiss and General MacArthur, and who keep trotting out laissez faire economics and other dead horses.
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But in an indication of how hard it is to stop emergency aid leaking, when Transparency International, an anti-corruption advocacy group, studied their use by Syrian refugees in Lebanon, it found that price-gouging had simply moved closer to the victims, as merchants recognised a captive market and upped their prices.
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The president has lashed out at a variety of targets as the Russia investigation has moved closer to his inner circle, including special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerMueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony MORE and now Sessions.
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WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Tuesday moved closer to an agreement to provide at least $1.1 billion in emergency financing to combat the rapidly spreading Zika virus, which public health officials warn poses an imminent threat in the United States, but House Republicans said they were still not ready to approve additional funds.
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Vice President Mike Pence was the main speaker at an Americans for Prosperity gathering in August in Richmond, Va. At the time, The New York Times reported that the Koch brothers — once skeptical of President Trump — had moved closer to him, inspired, in part, by his plans to overhaul the tax code.
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In an eventful day for the Yankees, they moved closer to the major league record for team home runs, saw C.C. Sabathia get ejected two innings before triggering a contract bonus, got within one game of eliminating the Athletics for the top wild-card spot and beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 12-1.
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Wilbur L. Ross, the commerce secretary, was the main speaker at an Americans for Prosperity gathering in August in Richmond, Va. At the time, The New York Times reported that the Koch brothers — once skeptical of President Trump — had moved closer to him, inspired, in part, by his plans to overhaul the tax code.
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"We are seeing an influx in troops with equipment such as artillery, and they are being moved closer to the front lines," said Bill Roggio, editor of the Long War Journal, adding that Iraqi troops were reporting that it was easier for them to call for and receive close air support from U.S. planes.
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If anything, the White House moved closer to Pyongyang's language, saying it sought complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization "on the Korean Peninsula" — a clause that North Korea interprets as potentially requiring the United States to scale back troop deployments there or to shrink its nuclear umbrella over two East Asian allies, South Korea and Japan.
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I'll be real with y'all, I wasn't expecting the Nixometer to be jumping up at all as we moved closer to the trial and the acquittal most Senate Republicans are gunning towards, but this new information is mad incriminating, and with a chance of more coming out in the weeks ahead, we're entering uncharted waters.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE moved closer Tuesday to an explosive confrontation with his own party over trade and immigration, two of the signature issues of his presidency.
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While populist leaders in other nations look to Mr. Orban's political success as inspiration — success that critics say was built on undermining the traditional checks and balances essential to a healthy democracy — worried European Union leaders in Brussels have moved closer to tying the distribution of bloc funds to issues surrounding the basic rule of law.
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Democrats made a final appeal for witnesses in President TrumpDonald John TrumpSchiff: Bolton 'refused' to submit affidavit on Trump's involvement in Ukraine controversy Yang congratulates Romney for 'voting his conscious and character' in convicting Trump McConnell 'disappointed' by Romney impeachment vote, but 'I'm going to need his support' MORE's impeachment trial on Friday as the Senate moved closer to a vote.
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EditorsNote: Minor fixes throughout Taylor Hall scored two goals Saturday night as the New Jersey Devils moved closer to clinching an Eastern Conference wild-card spot with a 22-26 win over the New York Islanders at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Devils moved five points ahead of the Florida Panthers in the race for the second wild card in the East.
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But a proposed takeover of Whole Foods by the world's largest online retailer also turned the entire grocery industry on its head, the United States and Russia moved closer to military confrontation in Europe and the Middle East, and we had two special elections — each with a surprising result and potential consequences for Nancy Pelosi's continued leadership of House Democrats.
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Plans to open a new spaceport in Sutherland in Scotland have moved closer to final approval: The real estate companies working on the deal have signed a 75-year lease for the land to be used for Space Hub Sutherland, which will look to launch small satellites via private launch services from companies including startup Orbex, a micro-launch startup founded in 2015, and Lockheed Martin.
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While the league has moved closer to the European style in its branding and marketing — this year's two new clubs are named Inter Miami and Nashville S.C. — M.L.S. still has a single-entity ownership structure, hard limits on payroll, a season-ending playoff tournament and no relegation, the system by which underperforming teams are dropped from the league each year and replaced by new ones.
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As his failing health made travel increasingly difficult, the Kepler players moved closer to him, rehearsing in a church close to the farm — "literally in the midst of a cornfield, in the middle of a cemetery," in Mr. Segnitz's description — that over time became a focus of pilgrimage for musicologists curious to hear the realization of one of the most esoteric bodies of work in the chamber-music literature.
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Cruz is hoping to deny GOP front-runner Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE delegates in the Indiana primary next week after the businessman moved closer to locking up the GOP nomination by winning five Northeastern primaries Tuesday.
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Kyler Murray accounted for two of his five touchdowns in the fourth quarter to help No. 6 Oklahoma (10-1, 7-13 Big 12) survive a big game by the Kansas freshman running back Pooka Williams Jr. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the playoff rankings, moved closer to a spot in the conference championship game, and Murray bolstered his Heisman Trophy campaign in what was most likely his final home game.
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Many mutual fund experts say low-fee funds have been the most significant tool individual investors have at their disposal in reaching wealth and retirement goals since fees take a huge toll on potential investment returns over time, but they also have cautioned — especially as the fee war has intensified and moved closer to zero — that a fund's expense ratio should not be the only reason that an investor chooses a particular portfolio.
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