Arsenal needed a moment of inspiration or a slice of good fortune to ignite a lifeless display, and salvation arrived in the shape of the latter five minutes after the break.
Moreover, since in practice the party would be culturally and emotionally incapable of getting together with the Tories, it might as well get something out of its relationship with Labour: a slice of power to put its cherished policies into effect.
But force the owners of a nationwide slice of that spectrum to make their service open to anyone selling a device that meets certain specifications.
As elsewhere in the Usambaras, the draw is not so much a list of specific sites or activities, but the allure of having a tranquil slice of Africa completely to yourself.
Telecoms incumbents, keen to grab a slice of the action, tried to turn themselves into global operators through the expansion of their existing networks and the acquisition of foreign firms.
This time, Stranraer made home advantage tell thanks to a large slice of luck in the replay to book a trip to Greenock to face Third Division Morton in the next round.
People who had not seen anyone else's pizza slice and those who had been given what appeared to be a small slice of pizza went on to eat the same amount of cookies.
And owners of capital are grabbing a bigger slice of the cake relative to workers as a whole.
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Moreover, if social spending is intended as insurance against the supposed risks of freer trade, it is hard to see why in many countries such a big slice of it goes to pensioners, who gain from lower import prices but do not have jobs to lose.
It will use the money it raises to offer mortgage products where borrowers do not pay interest in return for handing over a slice of their equity to the firm.
One story goes that tapas got their start from the practice in Spanish bars of placing something, such as a slice of ham, on top of a glass to protect a drink from flies.
Another time, he taught me to load a boule of country bread with the guts of an over-ripe tomato, a stream of olive oil and a thick slice of potato omelet to make the world's best vegetarian sandwich.
North Goa, best known for its package holiday- and party-friendly resorts of Calangute, Baga and Candolim, as well as its flea market at hippyish Anjuna, also offers a whole host of atmospheric delights for those keen to experience a slice of life of an older, more "authentic" Goa.
"When you want to sell hot dogs, fried chicken, gyros and pizza, it's probably a good bet that you're not going to get a good slice of pizza, " said Mr. Riggio, who left his job as a lawyer to run the pizzeria after his father died in 2007.
That decision rests with BT, said Mr Pennell but the local population will be hoping for a slice of Olympic technology to remain long after the last yacht has sailed out of the harbour.
Regardless, the two sides of the spectrum debate already like the idea, as it could both prevent complaints by carriers of ambush regulation as well as toughen up rules that critics say hands too large a slice of the airwaves to the incumbents.
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So the couple proceeded to hive off a slice of the rear section of the garden and used this space to build the home they really wanted.
The biggest challenge for the international force will be maintaining the equilibrium between the Tajik-dominated Northern Alliance, whose unpaid fighters are still camped out around Kabul, and the Pushtuns who, as the largest ethnic group, will want a bigger slice of power as efforts to form a new government gather pace.
Champagne Sabering 101 is held every night at twilight and this ritual -- where a sword is used to slice off the top of a champagne bottle -- must be seen to be believed.
The glamorous young couple, who regularly feature on the cover of glossy magazines are also attractive to a slice of America which follows celebrity culture, she says.
Over the ocean, where there is no radar to warn of impending collisions, safety rules require a plane to occupy a slice of sky 160 kilometers long and 300 meters thick, severely limiting traffic.
In the spot, a woman agonizes over whether to eat a slice of raspberry cheesecake.
Conservative candidate Tony Hogg said he would prioritise working with the chief constable to increase efficiency and gain a "fairer slice of government funding to offset the savings".
Artificial Intelligence is still a long way from being able to simulate a specific individual, but recreating the limited slice of personality reflected in a Twitter feed is an interesting place to start.
And like Western firms' cross-border investments into Chinese banks, Goldman's ICBC stake never fulfilled its promise as a potential gateway to a much bigger slice of the investment-banking market.
"The Note 8 marks Samsung's relentless charge to grab a slice of the tablet market from Apple, but also to defend itself from the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7, " Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight, told the BBC.
Wales needed a goal to make their superiority count, and that arrived on 26 minutes thanks to a large slice of luck.
But Mr. Riggio said dollar-slice pizza presented less of a threat to the classic slice than rising rents.
One change that country code registrars simply would not accept, said Mr Black, was a suggestion that Icann take a larger slice of the money people pay to secure a net domain.
Her comments to Holyrood's culture committee came as she repeated calls for a slice of the television licence fee to create a digital network.
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