Afshin Nabavi, head of trading at MKS Finance, said the rally is gaining extra strength from short covering.

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It found that not all sick days are spent under piles of blankets, with a thermometer and extra-strength meds.

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Tribal troubles aside, South Sudan also needs to demobilise thousands of soldiers, many of whom are without skills, but overly fond of extra-strength beer.

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The water is more of a stream than the whoosh we would like, and the Drano isn't extra-strength, but like any other country there's an economic cycle, and I think that's primarily responsible for the stagnation we see here.

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The new chief constable of a Welsh police force has said he needs an extra 120 officers to bring the force up to full strength.

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No overstaffing, no girlfriends on the payroll as 'sales secretaries' or 'reservations managers, ' no letting your salaried g.m. use it as a jobs program for her relatives or 'professional colleagues, ' no overloading the hotel with extra salaried management-level employees so we'll have bench strength waiting in the wings if we sign another hotel.

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