And the government might never have noticed any of this if it weren't for one bullied quality-control employee, Sherry Hunt, of Silex, Mo.

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Government officials determined the annual hunt must continue, since it helps control the size of elk herds.

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Dismissed as a lightweight before its opening game, Ukraine stunned Sweden in its first match and entered its final game still in the hunt for a quarterfinal berth and in control of its own destiny on home soil.

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Now, he is the key to American efforts to control the Taliban in Afghanistan and to hunt Osama bin Laden.

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The system will hunt for a useable alternate predefined frequency until it finds one, and temporarily take each of the unusable control channels out of service.

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Under the recent health service changes, overall control of out-of-hours services now lies with officials at NHS England rather than Mr Hunt's department.

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Apart from "pest control" which can be done by more humane methods what other possible reason can there be to hunt foxes in this way?

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The prime minister also told the inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press that he did not recall Mr Hunt's memo on BSkyB, where the latter had voiced support for the bid, when he handed him control of investigating the bid.

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