My objectives were to get out of the unbearable Dallas heat, take long bike rides and moderately long hikes to lose a few pounds.

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Apple did a moderately long lead-up to its first iPad, touting it at a January 2010 press conference before bringing it to market in April.

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"We had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about Darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs, while the rest of the skeleton, including a very long tail, is identical to that of primitive forms, " he said.

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As this New York Times story from September notes, the city has been only moderately proactive in prepping itself for the long-term risk posed by ocean floods, stressing how to respond when water breaches existing barriers rather than stopping floods altogether.

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The party is moderately Islamist and is made up of seasoned politicians who have waited a long time to be able to govern, she said.

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Therefore, in order to establish proof of principle that they can hold ground over the long-term against the Tea Party, Democrats had to at least moderately erode the gains made by Republicans in 2010.

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