The scheme stirred up a cauldron of nationalist indignation and a desperate fight to save the 100% Welsh-speaking community.

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The rugged style landscape that he so set out to battle seemed to fall short of fleeting with a desperate fight for acceptance and significance.

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For consumers, there is the prospect of more choice and lower prices, for the phone-makers an increasingly desperate fight to claim their share of the cake. it will be fun to watch.

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Step in the Europeans, who are desperate to stop the fight, for many reasons.

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For now, however, the record companies continue to fight for scraps, and when they fight with inexperienced acts desperate for a deal, they usually win.

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Unfortunately, shortly before it left office, the Bush Administration adopted just such an analytic flim-flam in a last, desperate bid to prevail in a four-year fight with Congress over termination of the V-22.

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Munroe's defence was weak by the latter stages of the fight as Nishioka's jab continued to break his guard but despite some more desperate moments for the Briton, he held on until the final bell.

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"We are now encouraging the DTI to examine the impact that this initiative has had with a view to extending the projects to other parts of the country, so that more communities can fight back against these callous, often vicious, individuals who take advantage of people in desperate straits, " said Ron Gainsford, chief executive of TSI.

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