"It's a big ship and to tow it, to move it across the waters, is a heavy task, " said Seychelles presidential spokeswoman Srdjana Janosevic.

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After that, a task force issued a heavy brick of a report detailing the event, one of several studies done after the fact.

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Their national governments have placed importance on the development of a quality education system but geographical difficulties, migration to main centres, limited resources and heavy dependency on external aid for quality improvement in education make the task challenging.

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The engineer and grandmother who climbed the ranks of the defense establishment while a single parent was charged with the difficult task of helping BAE make the transition from a supplier of heavy weaponry used in wartime, like the 33-ton Bradley Fighting Vehicle, into a more diversified provider of equipment, electronics and software.

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