Not bad for a man with a poorly knee, which once the tournament is over will be operated on and will sideline Astle for six months.

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Over the 20th century these guilds did a wonderful job of raising barriers to entry sometimes for good reasons (nobody wants to be operated on by a barber) and sometimes for self-interested ones.

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"Simon Davies has been operated on and will be out for the rest of the season which is a major blow for us, " said Fulham manager Roy Hodgson.

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China Eastern will also return five Airbus A340-300s to in exchange for 15 smaller wide-body A330s, which could be operated on domestic routes, Bloomberg reported.

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In recent months, the company has been rallying publishers around the idea of a Google-operated digital newsstand, a centralized hub for news from publishers that would be available on Android devices.

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For example, the aircraft can be self-managed in-house or operated on your behalf by a professional aircraft management firm company, which ultimately becomes your outsourced flight department.

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This despite a cosy deal with the government that allowed the hotel to be built on interest-free bonds and operated with no tax, cheap rent, and even, for a while, a duty exemption on the luxury items that its managers imported to fill its rooms.

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