It would be comforting to think that this crisis is close to an end.

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"The hardest thing for me is not being able to see my friends, " she said as the girls reluctantly headed back toward the train station as the festival drew close to an end.

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So the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end.

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Peter Trego followed in the next over, caught by Batty at mid-off, before play came to an end with Langer tantalisingly close to making history.

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However, if the market share grows at a faster rate to reach 60% by the end of Trefis forecast period, there could be an upside of close to 5% to our estimate for Oracle stock.

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Boyd then got on the end of an Ian Murray cross to find the net with a close-range header.

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After making three straight bogeys to end his second round at Bay Hill, he stayed on the range for close to an hour.

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Twice Dirk Kuyt narrowly failed to get on the end of close-range crosses as Liverpool sought a second, while Carragher headed an Aurelio corner just wide, but on a night where only nine goals were scored in eight Champions League matches, N'gog's goal was to prove the only one of the game.

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