Moreover, despite lingering tension between Ukraine's russified east and nationalist west, dire predictions that the country would be torn apart have so far proved wrong.

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Every investment needs to be torn apart and examined to see if it is designed to perform in the best interests of investors, as opposed to the promoters.

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He told the Today programme that "elements of the recipe haven't worked" and that Greece needs a couple of years more to reach their fiscal targets or "our country will be torn apart".

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If it were to lose United, its biggest member, there would be such a scramble to replace the American partner that the two other big alliances (SkyTeam and oneworld) could be torn apart as Star woos Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, their American anchors.

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It would not be the first time Mr Ozawa has torn a ruling party apart because he could not get his way.

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All of this is just the beginning of the songwriting process for Menomena: The songs are performed, torn apart and rebuilt until they become something the whole band can be proud of probably another reason it takes three and half years between Menomena records.

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The producers reported that 99% of the people involved, many of whom whose lives had been torn apart by their experiences while serving, would have refused to be interviewed if the military was shown in a shallow, negative, light.

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