The landscape is lifeless, except for a narrow cut of the Menomonee River carving through the vacant Reed Street Yards just south of downtown.

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One day last April, as darkness inked across the valley below, somebody climbed up to the Tiger's Lair, accessible by a narrow ledge cut into the sheer granite.

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"With Mastcam, we see elevated hydration signals in the narrow veins that cut many of the rocks in this area, " said Dr Rice.

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Military uniforms are designed to look good worn when standing upright to attention, and arm holes are cut narrow to aid shooting and saluting.

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According to Sonal Varma, an economist at Nomura, the government didn't have any option but to cut its expenditure to narrow the deficit as revenue growth has slowed down.

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The lumber producer cut costs and reduced production to narrow losses from the year ago period.

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Instead, little white markers cut out of polythene bags are still planted along the narrow rubble lane to the cemetery.

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Those streets, ranging from narrow roads winding around the Hollywood Hills to ten-lane boulevards that cut through canyons of office towers, are heavy traveled the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Venice Boulevard routinely sees 79, 000 cars per day, more than many expressways but rarely gridlocked.

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One grim possibility is Mr Seselj and his cut-throats have been allowed to settle scores with the more enlightened figures in Serbia's narrow political spectrum.

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