• Ms Hill suggests that any land ear-marked for future flood storage could be used as farmland, playgrounds, parks or nature reserves when not called into action to take the edge off tidal surges.

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  • Naturally, though, we'd love to be totally blown away with some HSDPA action instead of that weak sauce EDGE, but hey, that's what expansion slots are for.

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  • However, they made a more incisive opening to the second half and the impressive Gervinho drilled a strike across the face of goal, while Salomon Kalou was inches away from connecting with a cross from the right and finally forced Eduardo into action with a low shot from the edge of the box.

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  • Chanderpaul waited for confirmation from the square-leg umpire that his edge had carried, the final action of an even first day.

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  • There, the justices are weighing whether the University of Texas' affirmative-action program, which the school says can give an edge to some minority applicants, violates the 14th Amendment's equal-protection clause.

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  • As the economy teetered at the edge of the abyss Helicopter Ben flew into action, flooding the planet with liquidity determined to smother any hint of demon deflation under mountains of fresh greenbacks.

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  • Some have been hailed a success but others, such as Liverpool's Edge Lane development, have attracted criticism and court action.

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  • There was end-to-end action and Johnson had Hahnemann scrambling to keep out a powerful drive from the edge of the box on the hour.

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  • Swansea continued to threaten and Pratley was at the centre of the action and it was his ball that found Welsh midfielder Joe Allen on the edge of the box, but this time Marshall parried to safety.

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  • China, too, has kept investors on the edge of their seats, as we wait for some monetary or fiscal action.

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  • For much of Friday afternoon, the dolphin remained at the western edge of the canal near Bond Street, as officials weighed the risks of taking action, Ms. Wocial said.

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  • Kaijudo has a pacing to it that seems slightly more action-oriented than other fare in the same market space, and this gives it an edge over some of the competition in that regard.

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  • Misbah-ul-Haq appeared to get an inside edge on to his pad playing back, but umpire Ian Gould's windmill action sent him back to the hutch and worse was to come for Pakistan when, with 76 needed from 63 deliveries, the key wicket of Afridi was taken.

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  • While Silicon Valley still has a firm grip on cutting-edge technologies, there are other countries that are trying to get a piece of the action.

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