The refusal to compromise, rapidly becoming a point of honour for both parties, is wreaking damage elsewhere, partially shutting down the Federal Aviation Administration (see article) and postponing trade bills.

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He cautions that optic nerve damage can point to a number of diseases and is not a unique diagnostic tool for MS. However, he says, it certainly sends up a flag suggesting that MS might be present.

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The damage of an 8.9 point offshore earthquake and subsequent tsunami that pummeled Japan Friday has yet to be tallied, but for a U.S. insurer with a major presence in the country the disaster is unlikely to have a major impact on the bottom line.

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Eventually the damage of digital breaches will reach the point of disrupting those agendas.

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England seemed keen to gift Croatia another goal as first Bridge cleared on to the top of his own crossbar and then Carson repaired some of the damage by brilliantly saving Olic's point-blank header.

BBC: England 2-3 Croatia

The locomotive and the next two vehicles travel over the fracture point without coming to harm but the HSE can tell from damage caused to the underside of the coaches that the rail had already started to disintegrate.

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"It would continue to damage her and obviously the separation, though sad and even tragic from her point of view, does provide some degree of protection, because I would have thought she couldn't survive much longer".

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At that point, all the pearls of Russian literature may not provide western policymakers with enough wisdom to limit the damage.

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The FAA's abundance of caution shouldn't be allowed to damage the Dreamliner's image, say experts, who point out that no one has been hurt in any of the Dreamliner incidents.

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