"We are introducing CCTV cameras to monitor traffic and we will have emergency refuges if people break down, " he said.

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The capture vessels could take other jobs around the gulf, but on contracts that allowed them to break off immediately in case of emergency.

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If a device goes out of range while a track is being played an emergency loop is created so there is no break in the music.

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Just before the wheels touched down, the captain started yelling about an "emergency landing" and again tried but failed to break out of the restraints and get up, according to Mr. Babakitis.

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What also matters is whether so-called resolution procedures - emergency action when a bank gets into difficulties to break the relevant bank up, in order to protect depositors and the money transmission system - are perceived to be so robust as to minimise the potential for financial crisis.

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But it concludes that the oil is continuing to break up and disperse underneath the surface, making the emergency of a major oxygen-poor dead zone unlikely.

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Now, the economic crisis required the government to make immediate emergency investments that added to our accumulated debt -- critical investments that have helped to break the back of the recession and lay the groundwork for growth and job creation.

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The vote to continue the payroll tax break for about 160 million American workers also means millions of unemployed Americans will continue to receive emergency welfare benefits.

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