Further write-offs loom over two contracts, for Nimrod marine-surveillance aircraft and new Astute-class nuclear submarines.

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Arguments loom over reducing the extra voting weight given to small countries, for a start.

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Of course, abortion and gay marriage can be issues in the UK but they never loom over elections.

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Already Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough are feeling the pinch as patent expirations loom over their aging arsenal.

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Concerns also loom over whether the lagging infrastructure, typical in India, can cope with the influx of tony residents.

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The nuclear power plant's cooling towers still loom over the farms and small towns that line Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River.

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On a gloomier note, the issue of concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) continues to loom over the sport.

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Fears loom over the timetable set in Brussels for implementing the new plans.

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But the powers that be decided Lay should also be tried on the raft of charges that loom over Skilling.

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The iPhone may loom over its rivals like a giant, but rivals Samsung and LG simply have more handsets in the ring.

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But the two main causes of Mr Bush's current plight will loom over the rest of his presidency: Iraq and the economy.

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There are few visible signs of the financial crunch on campus, where the Rocky Mountains loom over the pink sandstone buildings and manicured lawns.

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Two U.S. warships loom over the horizon in the Mediterranean.

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Plans were shelved after the Montana Wilderness Association and the Montana Audubon and Wilderness Society protested that 400-foot tall turbines would loom over an adjacent wilderness area about 10 miles away.

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And other questions loom over the new electric cars.

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The twin spires of Basilica of St Anne de Beaupre loom over the low-rise fast-food joints, motels and banks that litter the road leading to this, one of North America's main sites of pilgrimage.

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Now, two deadlines loom over the bankruptcy process.

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Several hotels loom over it, such as the recently renovated Shangri-La, which has Asian design touches in the rooms and all-harbor views, and the also recently renovated InterContinental, which has a new presidential floor incorporating an outdoor roof terrace.

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The ghost of Countrywide will loom large over that call.

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But less than a month left in the regular season, the two standings points the Kings collected by beating the Blue Jackets in regulation that night still loom large over the NHL playoffs.

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The dark cloud of another recession will loom (or rain) over the equity markets, our practices and the economy.

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Over time the issue will loom larger if North and South manage to hash out measures to wind down tensions and reduce the mutual military threat.

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And if Brazil could be spared the fate that seems to loom, it would do emerging markets all over the world, not least elsewhere in Latin America, a power of good.

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