He took off a glove and extended his hand, fingers spread and flexing.

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She has been accepted into Gaziantep and has made it her mission to spread the tolerance she feels is extended to newcomers to the city, even in turbulent times.

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Mr. BOGLE: I foresee a fairly extended period where the present crisis in the financial system will spread out somewhat to the general economy.

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In its biggest clinical trial, it extended survival by four months for a typical man whose cancer had spread but was not causing pain.

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To complicate matters, Genentech did do such a study for its cancer treatment Avastin--and the drug extended survival, making it the standard of care for colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has started to spread.

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One particular question they plan to address is whether the behaviour and severity of the High Park fire was affected by the spread of mountain pine beetle, a pest that is rapidly overrunning Colorado because its breeding season has been extended by the warming climate.

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