Local residents used it to mark sheep, and soon discovered that they could cut it into sticks and carry it with them.

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And then Blitzer cut off that interview to carry first lady Laura Bush's brief address to delegates in which she and Cindy McCain appealed for donations to help those affected on the Gulf Coast such as the people who live in the afore-mentioned imperiled parish.

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According to AP, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under pressure to carry out his pledge to cut government subsidies for food and fuel.

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Yet rather than work through back channels or phase in the price increases, it briefly cut off Ukraine's energy supply and began reducing pressure in transmission lines that carry supplies to western Europe.

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"Today's action preserves the commission's decision to protect consumers and prevents cable companies from either choosing to cut off signals of must-carry broadcast stations after the digital conversion, or requiring customers to purchase higher-priced packages with set-top boxes to receive the same analog channels in digital, " said Kevin Martin, chairman of the FCC, in a statement.

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Lindner Sr. drastically cut prices by eliminating delivery costs and offering his goods through a cash-and-carry storefront, a model that proved popular with his depression-era customer base.

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The head of the CBI has said bankers will seem "arrogant and out of touch" if they carry on paying bonuses while the public sector is cut.

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He accepted governments choose where the axe should fall when cutting public spending but said the decision about whether to "carry on with Labour's planned cut in the winter fuel payment... and cold weather payment, was a difficult one".

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They should speak softly and sound reasonable, but carry the big stick of a shutdown in order to ensure that the spending cut target for FY2011 spending is not eroded.

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