Mr Gephardt, meanwhile, did not hesitate to present his resistance to fast track as a principled stand against globalisation and all its works.

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Thanks to this, we can currently track outbreaks of infections and trends in antibiotic resistance.

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After putting Glamorgan in, Dalrymple was the only home batter to offer any real resistance on a slow, benign track, hitting four fours and a six before holing out to long-on.

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Despite this H20 resistance, the Flex won't track your butterfly strokes (or doggie paddles), but it will keep count of your steps, calories burned, sleep and distance walked.

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In defending its decision to lay track in the middle of nowhere, the HSRA argues that there is plenty of space there, little resistance from local residents, and that the line from Los Angeles to the Bay Area will eventually have to go through that part of California anyway.

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