• "Such increased usage has been compounded by an increase in the HGV weight limit to 44 tonnes and a move to super-single high-pressure tyres, which all adds to the damage caused to the bridge's road surfaces, " Mr Colford said.

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  • Communist China has recently surfaced as a major player in the continent's affairs, in an attempt both to put a stranglehold on Africa's natural resources - especially its oil, which currently accounts for nearly 30 percent of Chinese imports - and to cultivate alliances that will increase its weight in the international political arena, with a primary objective being the diplomatic isolation of democratic Taiwan.

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  • The authors cite one possibility for this slight increase in that those losing weight with lorcaserin were exposed to a somewhat greater dose per unit of body weight.

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  • While a number of studies show corticosteroids and progestational agents cause an increase in appetite and even weight gain, these studies have not shown that they improve quality of life or survival.

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  • Nine children showed greater than a 50% increase in annual rate of weight gain, a statistically significant result, but six children lost weight, perhaps because of disease progression or side effects of the medicine.

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  • Mr Greenspan is placing a lot of weight on the recent increase in America's productivity growth, which has helped offset faster wage growth, and may well have raised the economy's long-term growth rate.

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  • Zaggora products made from a light form of neoprene and infused with a "special mix" of what Bell refers to as "cellulite technology" claim some miraculous results, including an increase energy expenditure, greater weight loss after 30 minutes of exercise than in regular work-out kit, and an increase in body temperature that leads to a raised metabolic rate.

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  • Given this interpretation, it is not surprising that the IMF has thrown its weight strongly behind an enormous increase in the scale and scope of financial regulation in a series of papers leading up to the G20 meetings.

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  • Refinements over the DBS the Bond car in the last two movies, incidentally include a 25% increase in torsional rigidity, says the company, and about a 150-pound reduction in curb weight, which comes in around 3, 850 pounds.

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  • The dangers of soda extend beyond the increase in calories, although this is likely an important contributor to weight gain and obesity.

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  • On Friday, the company which owns Rushmere Shopping Centre - Central Craigavon Limited - argued that statements made by Mr Wilson in May and June of last year were designed to increase the weight given to the economic benefit of proposed development.

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  • He says electric and plug-in hybrid drivetrains, combined with engineering improvements to increase range and reduce weight, will be the future of motoring.

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  • The contractor is responsible for about 40% of the increase, resulting mainly from the need to change the original design in response to excessive weight and other problems encountered in development.

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  • Weight gain of 25 to 35 pounds is normal in pregnancy and not associated with an increase in risk for either premenopausal or postmenopausal breast cancer, the study found.

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  • It is not surprising that there has, anecdotally, been a noticed increase in the number of complaints made by parents about the manner and attitude of doctors, especially when discussing weight issues about children.

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  • The net result would be increased revenue, either from high earners who simply desired to keep their tax breaks in their coffers or, hopefully from a real increase in job creation that will lead to a wider pool of tax payers who will increase revenue by the weight of their numbers.

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  • In light of the ailing health of the British economy and the fact that the largest wave of spending cuts since 1945 are just reporting for duty, Governor King sounds in no mood to be adding to the weight of struggling households and corporations by restricting monetary policy for the sake of beating back price increase set in motion by the government.

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