Others were simply overwhelmed by the amount of water pushed ashore by the giant storm, which hit at high tide during a full moon.

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In a televised speech, he said the tide of war was receding, and that Afghan forces would take full control of the country's security by 2014.

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By 1987, it had felt the full impact of the Thatcherite industrial revolution as the unions fought in vain to halt the tide of privatisation.

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At low tide these sprightly vessels need assistance to make it into deeper channels, and the adventure begins at full-throttle.

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