If it had been an independent country over the past decade, with a geographical share of oil and gas revenues, the impact of the recent fall in North Sea output on Scotland's tax revenues and overall economic growth would have been more dramatic.

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Hawk, on top of seal, on top of deer, on top of human: a simple cairn at the rivermouth, marking my sea fall and the end of my walk.

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It also led to a smaller volume of fertile floodwater entering the Mediterranean Sea, which in turn produced a sharp fall in the number of fish being landed by Egypt's fishermen.

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As she struggled on, other consumers--or one other consumer, anyway--continued to fall under the spell of the spoon-thrusting sea captain.

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My friends, when I was growing up, my father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone.

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The fortunes of the 58 lambs were monitored from birth to weaning to help determine whether large numbers of livestock fall prey to sea eagles.

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