Because this de-silting was not done, their storage capacity dwindled steadily through years and is now only a mere 2 or 3 percent of their original capacity at the time of their commissioning.

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The entire debate represents a potential replay of the most difficult fight of his career, when Baucus voted for the 1993 Brady Bill that established background checks and the original 1994 ban on assault rifles and high-capacity clips.

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"Extending the 7 line to New Jersey could address many of the region's transportation capacity issues at a fraction of the original tunnel's cost, but the idea is still in its earliest stages, " said Andrew Brent, a spokesman for Deputy Mayor Robert Steel.

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Spurs chairman Daniel Levy had defended the club's ambition to move to Stratford by stating very clearly that staying in Tottenham - and following an original plan to develop White Hart Lane which would increase the capacity to 58, 000 - is not financially viable.

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There is a longstanding practice in the joint force of maintaining weapons systems in-house rather than sending them back to the original manufacturers for support, but that practice was partially abandoned over the last ten years due to lack of capacity in federal facilities as war-related repairs ramped up.

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