By August 27th, the rouble had fallen by half since its devaluation ten days earlier.

ECONOMIST: Meltdown in Russia

Commodity prices have been rising sharply since his August 27th Jackson Hole speech.

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Yet when the Congressional Budget Office released its latest forecasts on August 27th, most of that surplus had mysteriously vanished.

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The system will be available on August 27th worldwide, so stay tuned.

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On August 27th, the Basque regional police began to implement a legal order to shut down Batasuna offices throughout the Basque country.

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The defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, whom many had cast in the role as sacrificial victim, made an unimpressive appearance before the inquiry on August 27th.

ECONOMIST: Politics

With the GOP fundamentally divided, it seems increasingly unlikely that Romney, Santorum, Gingrich or Paul will have enough delegates going into the Convention on August 27th.

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The book was announced on August 27th.

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Yet on August 27th Jack Layton, leader of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), who died of cancer on August 22nd at the age of 61, will be laid to rest in Toronto with all the pomp and solemn ceremony that official Canada can muster.

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As of August the 27th, we haven't been able to conduct any tours because the heavy equipment is still on the street.

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At the 2012 Space Elevator Conference, held in Seattle from August 25th to 27th, much of the buzz was around just such a flight of fancy.

ECONOMIST: Space lifts