The two sides to emerge from that process then advance to face the winners from the first-to-fourth play-offs in the final series of fixtures to determine the overall champion.

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Even an elite commando unit turned tail and fled rather than face a rebel advance.

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Frenchman Benoit Paire beat Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-0 to advance to his first Masters semifinal and will face Roger Federer in the last four.

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The Saints, who lost to Finland's MyPa-47 at the first hurdle last year, will face Austrians FC Salzburg if they advance from the two-leg first round.

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With a fresh bracket for each round, the random format means that a no-name team with some good fortune can advance deep into the tournament before having to face one of the game's behemoths.

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Iraqi forces were "rapidly collapsing" in the face of the Peshmerga-Special Forces advance, CNN reporters said from the region.

CNN: U.S. reinforcements arrive in Kirkuk

Those with sizable print runs must lock in their press time months in advance, and they must make that window or face unacceptable consequences.

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Northern Alliance forces face a tough challenge should they attempt to advance on Mazar-e Sharif from the south.

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What the women in both articles really face are stark, nearly insurmountable structural roadblocks to their attempts to advance in this country.

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And, April, there are important things that have to happen in Congress and around the country to meet the concerns and to meet the problems that we face, the challenges that we have that are required that we take action on well in advance of the calendar of a presidential election.

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