The most important trait that distinguishes Navy SEALs from all other military forces is that SEALs are Maritime Special Forces, as they strike from and return to the sea.

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When he turned back to 1549 to instruct it to turn west, Sullenberger advised him he had lost power in both engines because of a bird strike and needed to return to LaGuardia for an emergency landing.

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With midfield lynchpin Scott Parker forced off early in the first half through injury, West Ham offered little in return and Jermain Defoe clinched the three points with an 81st minute strike, his 14th league goal of the season.

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He said he expected workers would return to their posts and "that will mean the end of the strike".

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In return, they promise labor peace (barring the occasional strike to demonstrate their power) and tremendous election-day muscle.

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When I select a strike to sell, I make sure I am happy with where I capped my return in the event I get my shares called away and the stock exceeds the strike price.

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But - within almost the same breath as insisting the firefighters were too sensible to think they could return to 1979 and the winter of discontent, or 1984 and the miners' strike - he repeated his message that "industrial militancy to pursue political ends is not on".

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