If his standing remains unshakeable within his caucus, DeLay seems beset by challenges from several directions at once.

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Mr Duggan attacked this problem from several directions.

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Experiencing abuse from several directions at once is especially damaging because it can leave kids feeling they have no place to turn, says Heather A. Turner, the lead author of the study and a professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham.

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Horizontal drilling can offer many advantages to the gas extraction process, allowing wells to be drilled in several directions from one pad.

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It came from nowhere, from the night, fully formed, extending in several directions, and when I opened my eyes in the morning it was all around me, filling the room.

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