With its vast population and finte resources, India lives closer to the edge of survival than many countries.

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The spreads will widen further pushing Italy closer to requiring financial aid and dragging the euro closer to the edge.

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The menu button on the iPhone 5 is smaller and closer to the bottom edge than the predecessor to lend more room for the display.

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Although Republicans hope to attract more young voters and minorities, and to come closer to matching the Democrats' vote-tech edge, the GOP has a long way to go and relatively little time.

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Some trading firms measure their competitiveness by the speed in which they can connect to financial exchanges and complete transactions, and even at the speed of light that data travels along the glass of fiber optic lines, locating even a few miles closer to the exchange could provide an edge.

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The crew tried to pull it in, hand over hand, but each pull seemed to edge the line closer to the propeller.

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Of course, the traditional marketing mindset has been moving ever closer to cliff edge.

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Camp then saved two more Guthrie free-kicks but could do little when Enrique scored the first goal of his career to secure all three points and edge Newcastle closer to automatic promotion.

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