Warrant Officer class 2 Mike Brazier, who worked with Capt Bidulph, said the propellants, which are attached to shells, could have degraded with age and made it fall short.

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Shane Rector, the highly-regarded point guard who was the cornerstone of former coach Mike Rice's recruiting class, signed with Missouri.

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"The east of England has this very large concentration of world class research, " says Prof Mike Bevan from the John Innes Centre.

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In fact, Mike has been a heavy benefactor in world class physics research, where his donations are making a major contribution to physic research and discoveries.

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As for the assistant coach Mike Ford saying England have not got any world-class players, that is ridiculous.

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"When you put pigs in a barn, it's like sending kids to school: One snotty nose in class and everyone has it, " said Mike Haag, who raises 1, 200 hogs on his Emington, Ill.

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"It is vitally important that in the run-up to 2008, when more and more visitors are coming to Liverpool, that Lime Street presents a first-class welcome to the city, " Cllr Mike Storey said.

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MySpace users tend to be "in middle-class, blue-collar neighborhoods, " said Mike Mancini, vice president of data product management for Nielsen, which used an online panel of more than 200, 000 social media users in the United States in August.

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Mr Gerbeau wants to develop the Dome site into a world-class visitor centre capable of attracting stars like Michael Jackson or sporting events like a Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson fight.

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