It cleared the water by a foot.

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But the laugh on the last was left to the Molinari brothers who held their nerve to secure a half point from the jaws of defeat as Francesco cleared the water feature protecting the green to land the ball within inches of the hole.

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But supermarket shelves were reported to have been cleared of bottled water by Thursday morning.

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Once the trees were gone and the debris cleared, "the water went down and the streets were cleared block after block after block, " he said.

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He improved the water supply, cleared slums, tackled pollution and planted thousands of trees.

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Because shipping companies are already refusing to transport pyrotechnics rather than get in hot water for not having all employees cleared by the government.

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This initiative generated multiple benefits: protecting native biodiversity, increasing local water supply, and enabling the company to use the cleared vegetation as biomass fuel.

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This would have cleared out major debris, Scarborough said, but city dwellers likely had to boil their water or use it to make alcohol in order to make it safe to drink, as sanitation was not up to modern standards.

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