But the union saw a breakaway faction emerge during the industrial dispute, when miners in Nottinghamshire voted by three-quarters to oppose the strike and form the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers.

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Infantile spasms, a rare form of epilepsy, strike 2, 500 babies in the U.S. every year.

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The more unpredictable form of liquidity that can strike cash alternatives occurs when a sudden shock causes investors to all sell at once.

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To strike out looking is considered poor-form.

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And in August Mr Sarkozy pushed through a law obliging public-transport workers to negotiate some form of minimum service during a strike.

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We do not know when, what type of form or how it is going to strike us.

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And Tevez's sensational second-half strike ensured that Maradona's team continued their excellent form in South Africa with their fourth straight win of the tournament.

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The in-form striker scored the opener on 63 minutes with his deflected strike deceiving keeper John Connolly.

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But it was Wimbledon who began the contest the stronger, and in-form striker Connolly came close to scoring when his 20-yard left-footed strike went narrowly wide 10 minutes.

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The smaller warships are multi-mission vessels that help protect the strike group from overhead, surface and undersea attack while providing additional striking power, mainly in the form of cruise missiles.

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