It has no formal structure, apart from a website, and its meetings have been irregular.

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Politicians hated the alcohol issue for the same reason they now dislike the abortion issue: It sliced apart the existing party structure.

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These have two hulls, spaced widely apart and connected by a raftlike structure and no large keel.

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This allowed superheated gases to get inside the orbiter's structure, causing it to tear apart as it made its descent towards Earth.

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That's why the structure of family, which is rapidly falling apart in ultra-liberal societies, remains strong and intact in the Islamic world.

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"We have everybody on board going forward, apart from the ECB, who have some reservations in terms of structure and ownership, " he told Radio 5 Live.

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"I wanted it to be easily taken apart and put together again without changing the shape, or damaging the structure, " he added.

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Her most characteristic sculptures are her interlocking units such as "Infinite Structure" (1963-65), which can be taken apart to leave individual pieces standing alone.

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Apart from the obvious advantages of money and incumbency, it has developed an almost unbeatable structure.

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