In November, Assembly members failed to agree on an Ulster Unionist motion to end double-jobbing by 2011.

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The vote on a motion to end debate had a final tally of 53 to 45 as 60 votes were needed to move the nomination ahead.

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On Thursday, Republicans forced the delay with a parliamentary manoeuvre blocking the Senate Democratic leader's motion to end debate on Mr Hagel's nomination and proceed to an up-or-down vote on confirmation.

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Belfast City Council has backed a motion urging an end to cheap drinks promotions.

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And then, after last season, came the slow-motion betrayal to end all betrayals: The acrimonious departure of Dwight Howard to the Lakers.

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All pretty routine, and a routine motion setting up the Commons end of the committee, and naming the MPs who should serve on the committee, has gone down on the Order Paper.

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An immediate, first-weekend failure would not be the end for Research In Motion.

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In the end, a joint motion was passed.

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Movea's unique motion processing capabilities enable customers and partners to quickly add motion intelligence to their products, meaning reduced risk, cost, and Time-to-Market for delivering compelling new motion-based features that create more end-user value.

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Mr Doran's motion was passed without a vote at the end of the debate.

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Democrat secretary-general Sanan Kachornprasart mused that the bombing spree will end once the no-confidence motion is over.

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In an industry first, ASUS will also bundle the world's most accurate 3-D motion-control technology into new high-end notebooks and premium All-in-One (AiO) PCs later this year.

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So to that end we're filing the motion today.

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Then, grasping either end lightly, perform a bench press motion to exercise the same muscles as a pushup.

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At the end of the debate Labour's motion was defeated by 290 votes to 234, a majority of 56.

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Earlier, Burma's new parliament approved a motion calling for a ceasefire and peace talks to end the 18 months of fighting between the military and Kachin rebels.

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While Apple has blazed through the consumer market, however, analysts say Chief Executive Steve Jobs will have a lot of work to do to wrest the corporate market away from Research In Motion, which dominates the market for high-end business phones.

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And the judge didn't even tell the lawyers that she was going to issue an order on their motion to compel these various depositions until the very end of the call, around 7:45 Eastern Standard time and that the clerk would actually fax them a copy at that point.

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Motion-sensitive HSS emitters can flog Doritos on one end of the snack aisle and hawk Cracker Jack on the other.

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