But it does give everyone trying to come up with real solutions to the obesity problems in the U.S. a chance to stop and reconsider their tactics.

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"They don't want their stars guarding the other team's best scorer, because it's tiring for someone to stop the guy who's a main target on offense, then come down and get points on the other end as well, " Shaw said.

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"It's time to stop laundering foreign money and come clean with the American people, " Reed said.

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"There's nothing to stop schools sharing staff if they come to a financial agreement as to how it would work, " he added.

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Members of Opec, made up of the world's major oil producers, have come under pressure to do something to stop the recent sharp rises in the cost of a barrel.

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It's hard to stop yourself from checking for those messages because they come through on a random basis, Uzzi says.

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Shawn Rogers, head of Oklahoma's emergency medical services, says that ten rural ambulance services have come to a stop over the past five years.

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The government is visibly determined to stop protesters before they come close to any official building, let alone Mr Mugabe's palace.

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He said those discussions were about police matters such as the size of the department and the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program, and did not include specific offers to come back as top cop.

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" Says Democratic state representative Frederica Wilson, who is pressing Bush to open a grand jury investigation into the DCF's disasters: "If he doesn't stop and get a handle on this, he's going to look clueless and heartless come fall.

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