In the initial sparring, the visitors acquitted themselves in an organised and disciplined manner and limited Chelsea to shots from distance.

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"In one of the most volatile days in decades, gold ETFs acquitted themselves admirably, " said Samuel Lee, an ETF analyst at Morningstar.

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They acquitted themselves poorly in the run-up to Enron's collapse in 2001.

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The last two men fell in no time to Morkel and South Africa were left with most of the day to bat in, and they acquitted themselves well.

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Though there are continued worries about corruption within the Afghan police force and army, and about infiltration into the security forces by insurgent sympathisers, this time the Afghan forces acquitted themselves well once the fighting started.

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The Center for Security Policy has long believed that the B-2 represents for the future what the weapons that acquitted themselves so well in the Gulf constitute today: the difference between a decisive military capability necessary to meet long-term, global American security requirements and one that is wholly inadequate to that task.

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And even if the founders had decided to defend themselves and were ultimately acquitted, having the site offline for months likely would have doomed the company.

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