They took on responsibilities once reserved only for those with considerably more seniority - responsibilities that extended beyond the base or the battlefield to the politics of Afghanistan, to the politics of Iraq, to the economies of those countries, and to the development tasks that ultimately will lay the groundwork for us to leave behind stable countries that will not threaten us.

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Maine, as part of its efforts to broaden its revenue base, extended its sales tax to car repairs, dog grooming and dry cleaning.

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Essentially all of the increase comes from an extended online marketing customer base, which grew to 272, 000, up 25.9% from Q3 2009, and 7.1% on a sequential basis.

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Made Krug and Bollinger-style with barrel-fermented base wines and given extended aging, this is elegant, toasty and potent stuff.

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Meanwhile, the funds extended their net short position for copper, the lone base metal included in the data.

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This quirk also extended to the use of the navigation buttons at the base of the screen, leading us to believe the phone hadn't registered our touch.

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It is kind of in its fifth base, which you know, it could be extended, but the market, in my opinion, has been rewarding the winners and really taking everybody else to the woodshed.

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The end of each coil extended out to touch a hardened part of the insect's body close to its wing base where it could pick up energy.

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Los Angeles extended the margin to 7-0 in the fourth, scoring four runs on five extra-base hits.

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