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  • But Adel, the thin young student, was there, sitting alone, an open book face down on his lap.

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  • At first, she had found it necessary to go to the door and open it and stand there, surveying the piles of paper, the moribund computer, the overflowing files, the books lying open or face down, as well as crowded on the shelves.

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  • World number one Lleyton Hewitt, the defending Japan Open champion, will face former French Open winner Michael Chang of the US on Wednesday.

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  • But he has been forced to resign, and legal practitioners now face open sniping between judiciary and executive.

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  • The bride had light-brown hair and freckles on a wide, open, pale face, and the groom was in uniform.

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  • Purges continue in universities, government agencies and state-owned industries, where officials implanted by the former ruling parties and security agencies now face open revolt.

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  • "Nicola... a student at Leicester University, was in a nightclub in Wrexham when someone threw a bottle across the room and it smashed, cutting her face open, " Mr Lucas explained.

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  • They always tell me the same thing: because a well-known face can open a movie abroad.

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  • He may even propose the coercive inspections where troops would be on hand to force Saddam to open his sites or face wider action.

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  • Del Potro, reaching his first U.S. Open semifinals, will face either Fernando Gonzalez or Rafael Nadal, whose quarterfinal match was suspended Thursday night because of rain.

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  • Commentators are suggesting that if no evidence of banned Iraqi weapons is found before the Labour Party's annual conference in September, Mr Blair could face an open revolt.

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  • If one cause is a surge by the party the prime minister couldn't bring himself to name today - UKIP, led by the relentlessly confident Nigel Farage - he may face an open revolt.

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  • But further steps to open up the economy may face political opposition within the country's governing coalition.

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  • She stands in front of the window, her wrapper open, and presses her face and body against the cold glass.

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  • Alas, such restraint, in the face of an open invitation to seize more power, is asking too much of human nature.

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  • Hundley then turned around and slapped the 2-year-old in the face with an open hand, which caused the child to scream even louder, the affidavit said.

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  • Cebe, in despair, runs away from home and ends up on probation under the tutelage of a sympathetic psychiatrist (Raymond Burr), who can do little in the face of her open revolt.

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  • The rules are still being worked out, but the deal means that car companies blessed with the government guarantee should get loans with an interest rate of around 5% rather than the 15% they would face on the open market in today's conditions.

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  • That when they are faced with something new or different that they face it with an open mind and an open heart.

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  • Four-time grand slam champion Sharapova, an Australian Open winner in 2008, could face U.S. former world No. 1 Venus Williams in the third round.

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  • We unlock the door to the school gym - a small hall that doubles as a classroom - and Jehue's face bursts into an open grin.

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  • The opposition that the company's 11 proposed coal plants galvanized was a wake-up call: New coal plants will not be welcomed with open arms, even in the face of a looming electric reliability crisis.

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  • The scene the young ones loved best on what we came to call "TV Night", was Zarqawi standing, legs planted wide, with a fierce and vicious open-mouthed grin on his face, firing the entire 100 round magazine of a SAW (a Belgian light machinegun), just past the camera with the sound jacked way up.

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  • Second, his clothing suppliers North Face and Columbia decided to open competing stores near his.

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  • His eyes were snappingly bright, his face beaming in round and open.

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  • French Open and Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal will face Jesse Levine after the American qualifier beat Canadian wildcard Peter Polansky 6-2 6-4.

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  • He had said that his coffin should be open, so he would have his face to the sun as his pyre was set ablaze.

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