The US wished to quash Britain and France's residual post-war capacities to act without US support as Washington solidified its position as the unquestioned leader of the Western alliance against the Soviet Union.

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The year over year decrease in non-cash charges for network equipment reserves is primarily due to a decline in write-downs of network equipment no longer required for deployment or sparing as we solidified our LTE network plans.

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His final season has without question not only solidified Lewis as the best linebacker of his era and one of the greatest leaders in the history of the NFL, but caps an amazing comeback for someone who copped a plea bargain to have murder charges against him dropped early in his career.

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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have solidified their roles as rubber stamps for the reckless and failed economic theories of the past.

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Over the past three years, it solidified its position as the No. 1 provider of general, financial and sports news on the Internet.

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Whether its scrap metal, soybeans or computer equipment, China has solidified its position as the No. 3 market for U.S. exporters outside of Mexico and Canada.

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Ornstein solidified ties with America West and US Airways, which it serves as US Airways Express out of Boston, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Philadelphia and Orlando.

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Similar technology, in the service of Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's sintering hallucinatory cuirasses of solidified computer math, yields splendid contemporary examples of that Schlemmerian impulse, as do the animatronic garments of designer Hussein Chalayan, mediated wearable installations that they are.

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