Some have protested by building tree houses and digging tunnels and then securing themselves with locks which had to be dismantled by bailiffs.

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My job involved writing a lot of SQL queries, digging into unknown unknowns, and then formulating interesting hypothesis and stories to help steer executives in the right direction.

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One of Dykes' next-door neighbors said the suspect spent two or three months constructing the bunker, digging several feet into the ground and then building a structure of lumber and plywood, which he covered with sand and dirt.

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It beats the current system of stating and digging in on partisan positions, getting nothing done, and then watching nothing getting done.

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In 2007, following 40 years of digging, archaeologist Ehud Netzer unearthed the foundations of an elaborate mausoleum, and then the fragments of three sarcophagi.

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At the breakdown, I don't want to see the scrum-half digging the ball out and passing the ball three yards to three forwards who then get smashed by an Australian defence who are ready to cream them.

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They then informed him that another 20 or so fragments were too small, or too deep, to risk digging around for.

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Digging deeper, I looked at the percentage of pre-August bulls each year, and then looked at the return for August based on the percentage of bulls.

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Gridlock is probably in the cards, since both parties are certain to be digging in for 2012, but investors should be mindful that if economic recovery takes hold between now and then, a political re-reversal cannot be ruled out.

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