An opening burst of orchestral color soars, but gets muted in a haze of French horns.

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Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) -- Police dressed in black burst through a door, opening fire and rushing toward a man crouched in the corner.

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The 27-year-old proved to be more than an able deputy as her burst of three wickets in her opening three overs set England on their way to an historic victory.

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Rooney had been kept in check for most of the opening period but he hinted at his threat when he burst through to round Tim Howard but his touch was too heavy and the chance was gone.

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Blues flanker Martyn Williams had eased his way back into action in the opening period, but at the start of the second he burst into life, perhaps exploiting the Ospreys' lack of a genuine open-side after Ryan Jones replaced Tandy at the break.

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Following Steve Harmison's wide to second slip at Brisbane in 2006, and his contrastingly ferocious burst 17 months at Lord's earlier, this was a more mundane opening, and the capacity crowd of 16, 000 did not seem to lap it up.

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As the driver of the world's great opening, America has gained hugely in terms of power and prestige, but the extraordinary burst of growth that globalisation has triggered has also lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty over the past few decades and brought lower prices to consumers everywhere.

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The stop-start showdown burst into life when Tommy Bowe latched on to Biggar's flick pass to set up Byrne for the opening try of the game.

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