The nine-shot revolver with a long barrel that Hayes keeps close also works to ward off other predators.

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And while they say there can be significant variations in some of these, it seems one of the reasons Brent crude continues to appeal is that there's least variation in its price, at around one US cent per barrel over a long period.

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The province is home to two Argentines in five, and has long been notorious for its pork-barrel politics.

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This increase in the oil spill liability tax moves forward a planned increase in 2017 of 1 cent per barrel, and sets a tax of 10 cents per barrel starting in 2017 to make sure that there is long-term oil industry financing for the Trust Fund.

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If barrel-aging is now judged too costly and time-consuming, how long can it be before someone engineers a way to do away with the greater toil and expense of grape-growing altogether?

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Beneath my hand, the barrel of the weapon was oily and slick, and I caressed its surface for long minutes as if touch in itself were reassurance and consolation.

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Unfortunately, the Leica's take-up spool needs a long tapering tongue of film, which users must wedge under a spring clip on the spool's barrel before manually wrapping a few turns of film around it.

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The danger with this form of stimulus is twofold: First, it takes too long for the government spending to kick in, and second, spending may easily focus on pork-barrel projects that have little inherent value.

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