But Malloy's outspoken support for new gun control maintained pressure for passage, even as debate ground on in legislature long after similar measures were passed by lawmakers in neighboring New York.

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When a tsunami passes by, the detector records the increased pressure caused by its passage.

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With immense pressure on Chukwu and NFA officials to earn their passage to the knockout stages of the Nations Cup, Mohammed did not rule out the dissolution of the NFA board should they fail to live up to expectations in Tunisia.

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Since the passage of a new law in 1997 guaranteeing the Bank its independence, it can in theory ignore this pressure.

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