With sweat pouring off him, he managed to draw a line under the crisis which has been gripping his government recently, and raise delegates' sights to the looming general election.

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Nor does it change the fact that they might have been better off pouring their wealth into other, more liquid, less expensive investments.

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Every face-off in pouring rain can be traced to the drenched battles in a half-dozen Kurosawa classics.

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Again we had to take it easy on the Durabook, turning it completely off and pouring a small amount (100cc) of water onto the keyboard.

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In the U.S., you see, there was a Sovereign debtor and a central bank, the Federal Reserve, that together staved off the crisis by pouring trillions in the financial system here and in Europe.

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To finish off the night I wandered over to a couple tables pouring the big-bottle budget Gruners.

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The 26-year-old went off the front with a group of five riders and raced clear in pouring rain with 15km left to clinch his first major career win.

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State and federal officials said at that time that the bridge would create about 30 direct jobs and spin off another 220 "indirect" jobs -- supplying the steel, pouring the concrete and boosting the local community's economy.

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