They are interventions now for what we think will happen, either to position ourselves to profit from change, or to shape or block the change.

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The firefighters' spokesman Frederic Grosjean confirmed that "the block was in perfectly good shape - we had no difficulty getting access to the floors".

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"You start with a block and start chipping away at the shape, " said Sharps.

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