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But, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia wants some commercial guarantees for backing the US line.
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But there is no bipartisan consensus on the issue, with others backing the NRA line that teachers in schools should be armed in order to better defend students if a shooting occurs.
BBC: Newtown shooting: Gun lobby defiant as US remembers
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Ayo Oluwole, marketing chief at ModifyWatches, has found backing for his company's line of watches.
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Former Bronx borough president and federal housing official Adolfo Carrion, a former Democrat who is now unaffiliated, is running on the Independence Party line and seeking Republican backing.
WSJ: City Council speaker launches NYC mayoral bid
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Following a campaign by nearby residents, backing to build a bridge over the railway line was announced in November.
BBC: Ufton Nervet level crossing
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Unlike jointly underwritten Eurobonds, the national guarantees backing the EFSF puts each state on the line for only a share of it, broadly in line with its weight in the euro-area economy.
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Specifically, when Ahmanson expanded his product line into this area, he had no backing.
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Though some of his officials are taking a more conciliatory line, Mr Chavez himself has shown no signs of backing down from his plan to approve a new trade-union law, and then to organise elections for union leaders.
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The Englishman was impressed on overhearing Vandross improvising a line from his song Young Americans and invited him to sing backing vocals on the album of the same name.
BBC: Obituary: Luther Vandross
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Paul Panzera, director of sales at SCA Promotions, said his company had been putting its capital on the line in perfect-bracket contests for more than a decade, backing competitions that have collectively garnered millions of entries, and the closest anyone got was 59 of the 63 games.
WSJ: Trying for a Perfect Bracket? Insurers Will Take Those Odds
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The prolific musician, who died in 1993, formed the Mothers' final line up in 1973, releasing his final album Bongo Fury with them as a backing band in 1975, before going solo.
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