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  • Famously, he keeps original copies of every signed pledge -- each of which has to be co-signed by two witnesses -- in a fireproof vault for protection.

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  • In addition to capturing regular passwords, man-in-the-middle attacks can be used to intercept one-time passcodes offered by traditional two-factor authentication systems.

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  • At present, solar panel production capacity exceeds supply by a factor of two to one, and prices have fallen by two-thirds over the past two years.

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  • The National Archives sells a poster-size scroll, twenty-two inches by twenty-nine inches, that is a readable facsimile of the first page, for twelve dollars and ninety-five cents.

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  • Between 1995 and 2001 the number of state-owned and state-controlled enterprises fell by nearly two-thirds, from 1.2m to 468, 000, and the proportion of urban workers employed in the state sector fell by nearly half, from 59% to 32%.

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  • They have gone two points clear at the top after Eintracht Frankfurt were held 3-3 at home by two-time defending champions Borussia Dortmund.

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  • He criticised the focus on talk of a "double-dip" and "triple-dip" recession - defined by the economy contracting in two consecutive quarters - saying the longer-term trend was more important.

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  • The U.S. could easily reduce the tax-filing population to pre-World War II levels by dropping two-thirds of taxpayers from the drudgery of filing annual returns.

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  • Surrounded by the Pioneer Mountains, Divide was nestled in a flat-backed valley sprinkled with sagebrush and half-burnt two-by-fours, a reminder of when people actually used to live here.

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  • "Yesterday I was interviewed by the police concerning two complaints - one of which dates back four years, made by two people who are well-known to each other, and who until yesterday I regarded as friends, " he said in a statement.

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  • During the regular season, Albany was beaten 70-45 and 50-43 by Vermont in its two lowest-scoring games of the year.

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  • And in the New York governor's race Carl Paladino, a political novice backed by tea-partiers, trounced Rick Lazio by two-to-one in the Republican primary.

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  • "While the budget resolution takes important steps in the near-term of cutting the deficit in half by 2012 and by two-thirds by 2014, it is clear that more will be needed to address the long-term fiscal imbalance confronting the nation beyond the five-year budget window, " said Conrad.

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  • Red Bull's Mark Webber recorded the fastest time -- 1m21.953 -- followed nearly two seconds back by Hamilton's team-mate, Heikki Kovalainen.

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  • Suzuki followed a walk by Travis Hafner with his two-run shot in the second inning, and Overbay followed a double by Jayson Nix with his two-run homer.

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