Mayor Jerry Brown swapped land in a deal that got the city 100, 000 Zhone warrants.

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He also argues that avoiding all development on risky areas would mean forgoing some of the brown-field land which the government is keen to use: Mr Prescott wants 60% of new homes built on brown-field sites.

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Brown used the Mud Pond waterway across Brandreth land despite the landowner's no-trespassing sign and cable across the stream.

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He smiles as we encounter what he terms 'a Balinese tractor': another farmer, this time attempting to guide two small chestnut-brown cows and a plough through freshly harvested land, knee-deep in mud and water.

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More broadly, Mr Brown hopes to inculcate an entrepreneurial spirit throughout the land.

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Already an advance on current in-cockpit systems, the Warrior technology will enable pilots to navigate through "brown out" conditions when dust or bad weather obscure land and hazardous buildings.

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Mr Brown also emulates America in his goal to turn Britain into a land of entrepreneurs.

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Northern Ireland international Davis has turned in a number of impressive displays in midfield and is the boomakers' favourite to land the prize, won by Celtic's Scott Brown last year.

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The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to which Ms Brown will be confirmed, is the second most important court in the land as it has jurisdiction over most federal regulatory issues.

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But Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, has also offered a carrot, a big package of aid to be provided to the deeply impoverished land if its rulers make serious moves towards democracy.

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