One of the fears expressed by non-Galaxy and Red Bulls fans as the number of designated players increased from the original 1 to now 3 was that championships would simply be bought. (Cynics might point out that would finally put MLS on par with the big European leagues but that would be to digress).

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Likewise, if you strive to complete a number of math problems in a designated amount of time, you'll do a better job than if you try for a lower number or you just tell yourself to work hard.

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And Lord Blencathra, the Conservative chair of the committee, urged ministers to restrict the number of organisations that could have designated access to the information to the intelligence services, the police and the Financial Services Authority and a handful of others.

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Following Belfast City Council's decision at the start of December to fly the flag only on designated days the DUP has talked of increasing the number of days it flies at Stormont.

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These weapons are designated with the letter "B" followed by the number of the physics package they contain, such as the B61 family of bombs.

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All of this is fairly easy to prove and well-known to our law enforcement authorities as testified by the fact a number of these organizations and individuals have been designated unindicted co-conspirators at various anti-terrorist trials and more than a few have been sent to jail.

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The accident investigators made a number of recommendations, including that Clydeport appoint someone as "designated person" under the Port Marine Safety Code.

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Broadcaster CNN announced that Scotland was its number one world tourism destination for 2013, and the Scottish Government has designated this year the "Year of Natural Scotland".

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This bill would prohibit a social networking Internet Web site, as defined, from displaying in a designated text field, to the public or other registered users, the home address or telephone number of a registered user of that Internet Web site without consent, as defined.

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