As if to prove their point, the bond ratings agencies noted that delinquencies in the prime loan market had risen, but not by as much and not nearly at the magnitude of the subprime sector.

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Defoe had two further opportunities to win it late on but West Ham defended heroically to seal a point that may prove crucial in their bid to avoid relegation.

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If England had a point to prove after their unimpressive victory over Italy last time out, then Ireland had even more to make up for after their drubbing by France in Paris.

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Some of the best moments in the script come when Will toys with a series of psychologists, even pretending to be hypnotized at one point to prove that he's way ahead of their game (he bursts into a chorus of "Afternoon Delight" while supposedly under the spell).

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He told CNN he didn't know whether they had been moved for their own safety or to prove a point by the Taliban.

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They, in fact, have brought some of their own assistants to prove that same point -- that it is just plain wrong that middle-class Americans pay a higher share of their income in taxes than some millionaires and billionaires.

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Italy were able to hang on for the win but they look a shadow of the side that defeated both Scotland and Wales in this year's Six Nations and their inability to claim a bonus point could prove costly.

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And the fact that Fidel Castro chose this week to authorise the death penalty for Cuban drug-smugglers will not exactly help them prove their point.

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Many women also feel uncomfortable advocating a female point of view, because they feel pressure to prove they are no different from their male colleagues.

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