When you put yourself in the firing line, you are open to attack.

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Chances continued to come at regular intervals in an open and entertaining encounter, with Beckford firing just over on the turn from 10 yards and Crouch having a goal correctly ruled out for offside when he turned in Gareth Bale's pass.

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While being a coach does not carry tenure, like being a teacher, surely the Steubenville schools are thinking they would open themselves up to a lawsuit by firing a coach who has amassed a 311-59 record over 30 years ( the winningest active high school football coach in the state of Ohio) with no known, previous blemishes on his reputation.

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The reports of whether Apple had integrated a Trusted Computing countermeasures into their Intel dev kit boxes (and OS X for x86, as well) have been firing back and forth we heard last week from Open for Business that someone on the developer end firmly denied Apple's DRM implementation, while another Apple Developer Connection member confirmed its existence to Cnet.

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Firing a weapon at precisely the right angle for the canister to open up and spread its contents is hard, says Mr Hokayem.

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Unlike many firing ranges, which are private clubs, the American Firearms School is open to the public.

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Nuala O'Loan, the police ombudsman, says that her investigations into routine (for Northern Ireland) events, such as the firing of baton rounds, have done more to establish a reputation for open-mindedness than have her inquiries into bombings, shootings and other enormities.

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Instead of firing, Corvo slid a pass to Jokinen, all alone in the right circle with a wide-open net to hit.

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