"An awful lot of work goes into ensuring their marking is accurate - the pressure they live with is intense, " he said.

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During a four-hour interview at his home, Mattis--a restless, intense live wire of a man--doesn't sit down even once (nor does he offer his visitor a chair).

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The shepherds of Germany live a quiet life - but under intense economic pressure.

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Professors live on campus, too, creating an intense, if insular, educational experience.

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She moved to Spain to live there for two months in order to orchestrate an intense assault on what is probably the strongest market of WhatsApp in Europe.

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Most people have a modern house elsewhere on the reservation, and so the time spent living in the Pueblo is for intense religious rituals, for learning how to live in the traditional ways, to become selfsufficient.

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"When you live in a country like Colombia that has already faced that intense fight against crime, one is very happy to see efforts like those of President Calderon, " he said.

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Richard Holbrooke, appearing on CNN's "Larry King Live, " said NATO made the right choice by implementing Operation Allied Force after months of intense negotiations fell through.

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We live in an age of ever increasing complexity, caused by fast technological advancement, increasingly global markets, and more intense competition.

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