• Over the course of nearly three hours, the theatrical wonders of choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's three-act "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" keep tumbling and flowing into place.

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  • The third piece of the puzzle is legislation modelled on America's Bayh-Dole act of 1980, which is credited with kick-starting America's recent resurgence in technology.

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  • Sunderland are without a win in their last eight matches, with Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Manchester United -- the final act of O'Neill's managerial reign -- leaving the team one point above the relegation zone.

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  • At maximum this allows you to go from lock to lock ridiculously quickly (and imprecisely), but just a few points of drift helped to counter-act the game's programmed resistance and gave the feel of a very over-boosted power steering setup.

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  • The Dodd-Frank Act's Volcker Rule was designed to solve the problem.

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  • Those who want the Supreme Court to overturn the Voting Rights Act's pre-clearance requirements can point to these surveys to show that the racial gap in voting has dramatically diminished, and has arguably disappeared.

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  • President Barack Obama's recent move to halt deportations of some DREAM Act-eligible immigrants and Monday's Supreme Court ruling against key provisions of the Arizona law brought fresh attention to immigration issues, causing obvious discomfort in the Romney camp.

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  • To conceal its relationship with Transworld--and avoid running afoul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act--Lockheed, according to Semtek's allegations, created a series of phony contracts and other business agreements with Millman's company to make it appear as if Transworld was nothing more than a vendor to Lockheed.

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  • One caveat here is that U.S. Oil is structured as a partnership rather than as a 40-act mutual fund--that means that the fund's earnings can be passed through to investors and taxed at income levels.

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  • There will also be productions of Pinter's A Slight Ache - one of his early one-act plays, Strindberg's Miss Julie and Philip Pullman's Clockwork, as well as live music and comedy.

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  • It's an act that's grown more difficult--and riskier--as Apple's fortunes have soared and the company has expanded to stores in hundreds of locations as it coordinates the activities of a growing web of suppliers and contract manufacturers.

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  • Obama campaign hands in Chicago and Florida are confident that the GOP's tough talk on immigration policy -- Romney has embraced elements of Arizona's tough immigration law and said he would veto the DREAM Act, for instance -- will push Florida's various Hispanic communities into the Democratic fold in November.

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  • So, a volcano is an 'act of God', weather is an 'act of God', even a civil disturbance - any event beyond the airline's control - can be considered an 'act of God'.

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  • Key to Act II's focus-and-growth strategy is the idea that Veba's core businesses should be globalized wherever possible.

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  • He is country's top-selling male act, one of its top touring draws and recently won the Academy of Country Music's male vocalist of the year award.

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  • The U.S. Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act of 1999 freezes the U.S.-based assets of international drug traffickers and denies designated drug lords access to the U.S. financial system.

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  • Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science - and act before it's too late.

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  • Stella's first-act "I can hardly stand it" is the most natural, an explanation of what attracts her to her husband.

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  • Of course there will be issues on which a president is free to act without Congress's say-so, and on which the country as a whole will rally to the president.

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  • Act surprised as H-P's stock plunges more than 40%.

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  • Hillary Clinton's determination to act as a virtual co-president back in 1993 helped to create a backlash against her husband's administration.

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