• Congress made clear its view by passing, in 1996, its own Defence of Marriage Act.

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  • Saracens had their tails up and Ratuvou was almost sent clear after some slick passing between replacements Andy Saull and Rodd Penney.

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  • With each passing day, it is increasingly clear that Syria means to extract a high price from Hariri in exchange for Hizbullah's sought-after participation in his government.

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  • According to the U.K. border agency, it takes between five to 10 minutes to register for IRIS and a registered traveler entering the U.K. by passing through the IRIS barrier can clear immigration in about 20 seconds.

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  • And he says the Bank of England should halt its programme of quantitative easing - the process by which more money is pumped into the economy - until it is clear that banks are passing more cash on to businesses through increased lending.

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  • Mr Jones made reference to the political reality his government faced in passing legislation given its lack of a clear majority in the assembly.

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  • And after rewinding the film and watching it without any adrenaline to threaten our objectivity, it became pretty clear that during this year of epic passing, San Francisco played one of the greatest defensive games in playoff history.

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  • Yet Hibs made the more lively start full of flowing passing football, although they were unable to create anything clear-cut within their Edinburgh rivals' penalty box.

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  • It admitted it understood Minogue was "motivated to talk about" the milk because of her commercial deal, but added that producers had given "clear advice" to the singer that "only a passing reference" to the product could be made.

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  • The history of the Roswell Incident investigatory efforts is rich with phony and altered documents ( Roswell Incident co-author Moore got caught passing one), dubious sworn statements, a filmed autopsy hoax, clear lying, wildly changing accounts and researchers sporting bogus credentials.

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  • Fierce opposition by the NRA and its allies in Congress -- mostly conservative Republicans but also some Democrats from gun-friendly states -- made clear that the universal checks sought by Obama had no chance of passing, leading to efforts by Manchin, Toomey and others to work out a compromise.

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  • You were also clear yesterday the White House would not accept a promise from the House GOP about passing the omnibus, leaving town and then coming back.

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  • If the rules are clear and expectations reasonable, most people can do it without fear of getting run down by a passing truck.

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  • But the near-farcical playing surface, with the ball repeatedly held up in surface water, put Chelsea's passing game all at sea and Frank Leboeuf was almost caught out on the edge of his area trying to dribble clear.

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