• Sheltering from a rainstorm in an abandoned factory, the boys encounter a trio of tramps.

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  • Miss Bhutto, who is in self-imposed exile sheltering from corruption charges, seemed willing to help if the general elections were to be free and fair.

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  • It was a curious business, having trains discharge passengers who were then forced to step around or over the sleeping forms, sheltering from the German bombing.

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  • In Khepupara town, in the southwestern Patuakhali district of Bangladesh, families sheltering from the storm said they were worried about their homes, rice fields and shrimp farms.

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  • The demonstrators gathered in a park beside the research centre, a good-natured throng sheltering from the scorching sun beneath a tree, enjoying spirited singing and delicious organic bread.

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  • Aid workers are needed in the region to provide medical help to tent camps across Dagestan and neighbouring Ingushetia, where some 150, 000 refugees are sheltering from the Chechen war.

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  • In 1591, the Lord of Leitrim in Ireland, Sir Brian O'Rourke, was executed for sheltering Spaniards from the defeated Armada.

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  • The prisoners who organized a special effort to protect the children here, sheltering them from work and giving them extra food.

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  • After sheltering workers from financial risks for decades, politicians and pension administrators are justifiably nervous about reversing the practice: if there are any nasty surprises, they will be blamed.

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  • By sheltering him from the police, under the Pushtunwali code of protecting refuge-seekers from their enemies, Mr Kamal ensured that the man would be one step behind him always.

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  • Relatively low contamination levels in western Japan could be explained by mountain ranges sheltering those regions from the dispersal of radioactive material, the authors said.

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  • That often means sheltering each other from the violent streets.

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  • The bastion of its long-guarded independence is the mountain range known as Picos de Europa (the Peaks of Europe), a vast natural barrier sheltering the region from the south.

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  • All of us, regardless of party, should be worried that it will be that much harder to get fair, common-sense financial reforms, or close unwarranted tax loopholes that reward corporations from sheltering their income or shipping American jobs off-shore.

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  • There are several methods for sheltering such large estates from ruinous death taxes, but they can get complicated when the values rise into the billions.

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  • This figure may now be lower: torrential rain in late September drove many refugees down from the mountains, where they were sheltering under plastic sheeting and tarpaulins, into nearby towns.

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  • In Kuala Lumpur, he won promises of co-operation from Abdullah Badawi, the prime minister of Malaysia, which Mr Thaksin used to accuse of sheltering militant leaders.

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  • Relief is pouring in from all quarters, and excellent service is being rendered by British and foreign naval and merchant ships in sheltering the fugitives and bringing relief.

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