After seeing Cas close to 24-12 down, Orford also dropped the killer goal just before the break which effectively closed the door.

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They have effectively closed the door on Flame copycats of the future.

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Large areas of northern Mali are effectively closed off to journalists.

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This allows the island nation to effectively manage a closed loop on industrialized and urbanized water.

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Hundreds of people turned out on Thursday in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, to protest at the proposals, which would effectively see the town's community hospital closed.

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They effectively became the Net's on-ramps in 1995 when the feds closed their own backbone.

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