Spotting them can simply depend on the time of day and tide conditions.

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After a considerable waste of time I eventually stemmed the tide before resumes flew, but I learned from this incident that a kingdom might very well be lost from something as innocuous as a closed door.

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In the coming months and years, he and his supporters will continue pressing their case on all fronts and suffering setbacks on many, but knowing that all the time out in society, the tide of history is moving inexorably in.

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It is time for people who oppose things that would stem the tide of breakdown, such as backing marriage as the most stable path for children, to stop playing politics.

BBC: UK high on OECD's family breakdown table

So readers there are getting something extra to tide them over until the next copy of TIME hits their mailboxes the week after next: our Young Japan report is a double issue in Japan, with additional stories on the subject.

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So, you can bide your time until then, or you can tide yourself over with that handful of photos below.

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However, by this time the tide was turning and many leading educators were questioning the effectiveness of mixed ability teaching.

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The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said the prime minister had given Mr Fox time to defend himself but the defence secretary had struggled to stem the tide of questions about his dealings with Mr Werritty.

BBC: Defence Secretary Liam Fox quits

Rescue attempts were delayed by two-and-a-half hours because of the high tide which peaked at 2030 GMT, only a short time before the accident.

BBC: Inquiry into four river deaths

Time and again U.S. diplomatic cables sent from Arab capitals noted a growing tide of popular resentment toward their rulers.

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Those pictures were her one real memento of him, page after page of watercolors from a world that, even before she opened the book for the first time, was gone forever, leaf green and sky blue and damson, wiped out by a tide of cattle trucks and unmarked graves.

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You know the tide has turned against video gambling when Doug Jennings announces it's time to throw it out of his state.

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She was reacting to a speech by UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who urged her to tell Mr Cameron the time had come for "a simple amicable divorce" as feeling in the UK runs completely against the tide of the greater EU integration being promoted by the German leader.

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