In my class, in 2000, for example, six of us took seats held by Republicans.

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On the minimum wage, the government took great care to limit its potential cost in terms of jobs, for example by setting a lower rate for those aged under 22.

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An Austrian bank took the tactical approach to create reports from existing infrastructure, Rogers said by way of example.

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His Jumex collection includes, for example, pieces by 29-year-old Minerva Cuevas, who recently took over part of a Mexican amusement park to create "Dodgem, " a mad display of bumper cars sporting oil company emblems, smashing into one another.

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And in another example revealed by the BBC, John Hawthorn, from Blackpool, said the workmen took away the meter when he was away, even though he told them not to.

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The most recent high-profile example took place in the 2010 World Cup last 16 match between Germany and England when a disallowed goal by Frank Lampard was shown to have crossed the line.

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For example, the Department of Transportation took months off the timeline to approve the Whittier Bridge Replacement project in Massachusetts by working with the state government and doing concurrent project reviews.

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All the same, that figure sits uncomfortably alongside a claim by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), for example, that nearly ten million illegal downloads took place in December 2009 alone.

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