• By the same token, those on the other side of these issues do not have an exclusive claim to morality's high-ground.

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  • These are hard questions and for the Tories, swamped by Labour's huge majority, raising them offers an alluring combination of populist appeal and moral high-ground.

    ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland

  • Put to bed any notion that we, the great vaccine defenders, can lay to rest any notion that we, and only we, occupy the scientific high-ground.

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  • But writing in the Daily Mail, Lord Carey - who was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1991 and 2002 - said the bishops "cannot lay claim to the moral high-ground".

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  • The high-off-the-ground '05 FCX felt skittish even on the straightaway at its maximum speed of 140 kph (about 87 mph).

    CNN: Hydrogen-bombing down the track

  • From a chart perspective, it is a positive that the NASDAQ moved on up to new cycle-highs yesterday and that the Midcaps are within spitting distance of new-high ground.

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  • The attackers had the advantage -- the high ground, the mountains above.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • The beach where they landed was dominated by well-fortified high ground.

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  • Don't Ground This High-Flier THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has canceled production of the proposed new F-22 fighter aircraft. (The Senate may try to revive it.) Six of these planes were slated to be built next year.

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  • The team also launched a high-end tapas bar on the ground floor.

    WSJ: In Barcelona, Putting Cutting-Edge Design on the Table

  • Snow, ice, rain and sleet have affected many parts of the county, with 2-5cm (1-2in) of snow expected later and up to 5-10cm (2-4in) on high ground.

    BBC: Crashes close A38 Plymouth trunk road

  • While some market trackers show AMD losing ground in the high-performance workstation market (translation: PCs for engineers and other geeks), AMD is keeping the heat on in the laptop market, announcing a deal this month that will put AMD chips in 20% of PC vendor Toshiba 's laptops.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Given the risks of aiming such a powerful beam of high-intensity radiation at an Earth ground station, as well as the cost of building billions of dollars in infrastructure to collect the energy in space, the efficiencies you can get from terrestrial solar power seem a safer bet--at least for now.

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  • While some market trackers show AMD losing ground in the high-performance workstation market (translation: PCs for engineers and other geeks), AMD is keeping the heat on in the laptop market, announcing a deal this month that will put AMD chips in 20% of PC vendor Toshiba 's (other-otc: TOSBF - news - people ) laptops.

    FORBES: Intel-AMD Pain Train Rolls On

  • So we now have projects in 31 states that are laying the ground for the first high-speed rail network in the United States of America.

    WHITEHOUSE: The Recovery Act �C Year One

  • The candidates claim the high ground, even while their well-heeled supporters are pummeling their opponents.

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  • Programs like Utah's Electronic High School are disruptively gaining ground and improving--and transforming education in the process.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Or these bags can be flown to disaster sites and used as on-the-ground storage reservoirs where water can be appropriately produced and treated to provide high-quality water (see the photo below).

    FORBES: Water Emergencies: Time for New Plans and Technology

  • San Jose Giants games may be a blast for fans, but the High-A minor league is a brutal proving ground for young ballplayers who hope to play for the San Francisco Giants someday.

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  • Today, the best that can be said is that the extent and duration of future EMP-induced blackouts would depend on whether the emitter generates a small or large pulse, and whether it is detonated at ground-level or from high altitudes.

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  • In contrast to the Predator, which typically flies at an altitude of 15, 000 feet, the Global Hawk is a high-altitude aircraft capable of flying at 65, 000 feet, beyond the reach of any ground-based weapon.

    ECONOMIST: Unmanned aircraft

  • Scientists think they have identified one key reason why ground-level ozone remains stubbornly high in Europe.

    BBC: London's clue to stubborn ozone levels

  • Silicon Valley may be slowly losing ground to a different hub for high-tech businesses: Silicon Fjord.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • They are more infuriated than men by the gap between high-flown rhetoric and the prosaic facts on the ground.

    ECONOMIST: Tony Blair is right to be worried about his unpopularity

  • The IPO with its sky-high valuation will most likely get off the ground, not least because the dearth of quality IPOs.

    FORBES: Is There Any Upside Left For Facebook?

  • For instance, climbing the 28 steps up to his three-bedroom elevated home which rests high off the ground on a pedestal foundation.

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  • High-end fashion apparel and accessories are also fertile ground for investors.

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  • He grabbed a bit of moral high ground by reminding Shaun Woodward that he - in contrast to his Labour predecessor - had met Geraldine Finucane.

    BBC: Paterson grabs moral high ground

  • And, if that's the argument, then on what moral high ground do Latinos stand to also push -- as we should -- for Latino actors and actresses to be considered for generic and mainstream roles that could have gone to white actors?

    CNN: Latino should have played lead in 'Argo'

  • American Expedition Vehicles, which outfitted Mr. McConnell's Jeep, is trying to carve out a middle ground between the very expensive, high-concept restorations that ICON offers and the low end of the SUV customizing market represented by dozens of companies that sell kits for do-it-yourselfers to jack up the suspensions of their Jeep Wranglers.

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