• Anderson ripped through the middle and lower order after the visitors resumed on 28-3, chasing an unlikely 323.

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  • Samit Patel destroyed the lower order and took 5-41 with his left-arm spin, his best figures in all listed cricket, after he had earlier made 31.

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  • With 31 overs lost on day one because of rain, play began half an hour early on Tuesday and England's bowlers were quick to get among the Australian middle and lower order.

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  • Once again we had batted ourselves into a winning position only for our middle and lower order to crumble resulting in a final innings total for England to chase that was 50 or so runs too short.

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  • It's been working for us to be aggressive, and if you take wickets it puts pressure on the lower order to try and get runs.

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  • Deregulation laws passed by many states in the late 1990s required vertically integrated utilities to separate their generation, transmission and distribution businesses in order to foster more competition and lower prices.

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  • While these savings are expected to come largely from organizational streamlining, the company will also target areas such as real estate, information technology, product and service procurement costs, overall general and administrative expenses, and a significant reduction of suppliers in order to further lower costs and improve quality.

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  • In theory, this would prompt companies to trim costs and lower their premium costs in order to compete with other providers and the government plan.

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  • Shakib mopped up South Africa's middle and lower-order as he took 5-120, before the declaration.

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  • But corporate managers are also to blame for searching high and low to find actuaries who would supply such inaccurate forecasts in order to lower pension costs and improve profits.

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  • And although Stuart Carlisle and Guy Whittall, lower down the order, scored in the 30's, a slow run rate and tight Pakistan bowling denied them a better score.

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  • Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel fired off a note to suppliers demanding they step up the pace of innovation, provide more exclusive merchandise and lower prices in order of the retailer to better compete with online retailers.

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  • Obviously, the major potential problems are lower trading liquidity and order processing delays.

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  • The employers generally fund the development and maintenance of the child-care centers and subsidize the services in order to lower costs for employees.

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  • Suddenly, England's lower order was rudely exposed and there was only one more boundary from the last five overs - courtesy of Stuart Broad.

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  • By cutting transaction expenses, aggregating buying power, holding auctions in order to lower prices and exploiting the efficiencies of a single marketplace, the companies hope to save billions of dollars while simultaneously making a fortune on their stakes in the exchange itself, which is to be floated as a stand-alone firm next year.

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  • But judges cannot make workers accept lower wages and they cannot order customers into the showroom.

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  • The data bear out that monetary and fiscal policy have historically been easiest during these periods as the President moves the machinery of the Federal Government in order to promote economic growth and lower unemployment.

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  • On the other hand, WB tends to be very disciplined in messaging, even during internal debates, so it might make more sense to think that some lower-level folks heard the rumors and know about the different ideas floating around, and it was one of those lower-level people who took the info and leaked it in order to advance one position or the other.

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  • Now the company Chairman is threatening to move the headquarters to another state, in order to find lower operating costs and lower taxes.

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  • Some might contend that black players are more likely to have roots in the south and midlands, and so might accept lower wages in order to play close to home.

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  • Among other cities that have recently experimented with new parking technologies, some, including San Francisco, have introduced dynamic pricing systems that raise and lower the cost of a space in order to control the supply of available on-street spaces.

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  • Focusing on execution, in order to lower cost, keep lowering price and expecting the market to expand.

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  • However, lower order cameos from Mark Boucher (19) and Albie Morkel (19) ensured South Africa ended their 20 overs with a competitive total.

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  • On the other hand, a bullish outlook may suggest an exercise and hold strategy at a much lower premium in order to get future long-term capital gains.

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  • "If the lower order can face about 100 balls between them and I'll bat at the other end then hopefully we'll get a really good score on the board, " he added.

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  • In this sort of form, none of the lower order were likely to resist Anderson for long and Sulieman Benn frankly did well to last 12 balls, before a superb ball swung through his defences to make a mess of the stumps.

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  • He responded to Mr Swinney's question by stating that he believes that the Scottish Parliament should support the UK Government's efforts to pressurise those who are responsible for the production of oil and the international price of oil, in order to secure lower prices.

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  • And in some cases a bank decides on its own to hold on to a transfer in the hope of getting a better foreign-exchange rate for the customer the following day, or in order to batch it with other transfers and so lower its costs.

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  • With the turn and bounce becoming increasingly unpredictable, Harbhajan and Mishra were nigh-on unplayable for the lower order.

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