His first stone missed by several feet, but he struck home with the second, making a loud hollow bang and leaving the sign quivering in the wind.

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But he shows no sign of leaving.

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"It is finally confirmed that top players will sign central contracts before leaving for Australia, " said cricket board spokesman Abbas Zaidi.

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Mr Arafat shows no sign of being cowed into leaving: he intends to win a presidential vote scheduled for January, the first to be held since 1996.

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Last month, the general counsel for the university announced that he would be leaving Minnesota, and the petition shows no sign of slowing down.

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At the first sign of a problem, they yank back, hard, leaving team members and employees more stifled and reluctant to act than before.

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Other forms of compensation might be clawed back as well, and founders might be required to sign noncompete agreements prohibiting them from engaging in the same business for a specified period after leaving the acquirer.

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The water saturates the grounds without leaving any of those little divots in the coffee the way most drip coffee makers do, a sure sign of gentler, more even flow.

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