The council started to close middle schools in 2011 but suspended the roll out due to a lack of money.

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But then the Americans went on a decisive roll and Azinger's middle-order delivered the Ryder Cup by winning the next four matches.

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The company also is scouting opportunities to roll out midprice hotels aimed at attracting China's ballooning middle class.

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African, Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern projects may not offer the glamor of an American division, but they roll out the red carpet for the Chinese.

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And it is a good antidote to an undue emphasis on interests, which (notwithstanding the new middle class) leads some people to predict that the state will be difficult to roll back further.

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