• The foundation laid by my parents empowered me to succeed in earning three degrees.

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  • The fuse for the present row was laid by the Tory leader, William Hague, two weeks ago in Parliament.

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  • In Londonderry, a wreath was laid by the Lord Lieutenant, James Eaton, and Northern Ireland Regional Development Minister Gregory Campbell.

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  • Alert to the sensitivity of the issue, Mr Salmond and his cohorts declined to step into traps laid by the Labour leader.

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  • "Danny Brough was outstanding but he couldn't have done it without the platform laid by the forwards, who were magnificent, " he said.

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  • Land O' Lakes sells Omega 3 Eggs, laid by hens that ate feed spiked with Omega Protein's Virginia Prime Gold fish oil.

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  • In 1866, a transatlantic cable laid by the steamer Great Eastern established reliable communication by telegraph between the United States and England.

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  • It is a pleasure to see how he builds on the foundations laid by earlier historians such as Schlesinger, Freidel, Leuchtenberg and Corwin.

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  • Wreaths in memory of those on both sides who lost their lives were also laid by a number of dignitaries including a German Admiral.

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  • The courts delayed the extradition again, saying that other charges of money laundering and fraud, earlier laid by US prosecutors, had to be examined.

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  • He said his first plans would be to "build on the foundations laid by the first two bishops of Wrexham, Bishop James Hannigan and Bishop Edwin Regan".

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  • If they can deliver, it will encompass almost 9 million miles of fiber strands--four or five times as many as the new networks laid by big rivals like Qwest.

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  • What historians call "political" entrepreneurs--those who received the bounties and the grants--built lines that were shoddy and more expensive than those laid by "commercial" entrepreneurs, who received no federal aid.

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  • If they can deliver, it will encompass almost 15 million kilometers of fiber strands--four to five times as many as the new networks laid by such big rivals as Qwest.

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  • Comparing the little-known Pollocks at the Hood with the paintings that later became touchstones of international veneration reveals that we might not have had the latter without the foundation laid by the former.

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  • One game, especially in November, will not be enough to save the Hammers' season but, if they can actually build on the foundations laid by this win, it may just buy Grant more time.

    BBC: West Ham 3-1 Wigan

  • If they can deliver, it will encompass almost 9 million miles of fiber strands--four or five times as many as the new networks laid by big rivals like Qwest (nyse: Q - news - people).

    FORBES: Other People's Money

  • The highlight is the foundation stone of the city of Ai Khanum, laid by Alexander the Great around 300 BC, and thought to be the only object in the world which is known to have been in his hands.

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  • The grounds for this were laid by Mr Berlusconi's followers in parliament on February 3rd, when they passed a motion declaring that the prosecutors have no jurisdiction over the case, because they should have referred it to a special court for trying government ministers.

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  • Campaign group A Human Right, which is supported by the UN, has called on the Department for International Development to contribute a substantial amount to the engineering costs of connecting the island to the South Atlantic Express, a new superfast fibre optic cable being laid by South African firm eFive.

    BBC: Technology

  • As much as the explosion of Fantasy Football leagues, office pools, gambling and television have clearly made the National Football League the dominant sport in the country, the foundation was laid by former commissioner Pete Rozelle and the father-son duo of Steve and Ed Sabol, who founded NFL Films in 1964.

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  • But the Met stresses all officers are bound by strict guidelines laid down by the Association of Chief Police Officers.

    BBC: Police 'kettle' tactic feels the heat

  • The problems at Stafford - run by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust - were laid bare by the NHS regulator in March 2009.

    BBC: Public inquiry into scandal-hit Stafford Hospital

  • Ashwell Prince had been positioned at leg gully the ball before, but Strauss still played a clip off his legs, which was easily snaffled by the fielder, but Morkel scuppered the best laid plans by over-stepping.

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  • It follows a decision by an employment tribunal in Liverpool that only 500 of 1, 700 workers laid off by the budget clothing chain will be compensated.

    BBC: Ethel Austin

  • To become a World Heritage Site, a site must be put forward for nomination by its government and demonstrate that it meets one or more of ten criteria laid down by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

    UNESCO: 21 New World Heritage Sites Inscribed

  • Good lepers to invest in today are financial issues, laid waste by rising interest rates.

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  • The biggest swing vote in all the players laid out by Kara is Ma, though.

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  • As a first step, I hereby heartily endorse the framework laid out by the Bowles-Simpson Commission.

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  • Each has its own treatment instructions laid down by committees of doctors known as clinical protocols.

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