In the end, only two real options are left in the hands of the U.S.: the oil sands of Canada or rethinking the drilling ban.

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Two tentative hands in a sea of hundreds are raised.

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Two Senate seats are likely to change hands.

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In fact, Two Hands exports to the U.S. are up by 20% over last year, said Mr. Twelftree, who was lucky enough to have signed a 20-year distribution deal with Chicago-based behemoth Terlato Brands in 2005.

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The culprits are not mentioned in the paper, but traders talk of vertically integrated markets in Spain and Italy, in which power production and transmission are virtually in the hands of one or two national entities.

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Two in particular are exciting delegates because they put the power of decision in the hands of women.

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Those are the times when you can confidently raise your bet or spread to two hands or signal for the Big Player to sit down and bet the max.

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That is especially true at a moment when Muslim Brothers are consolidating their hold on power in Egypt with the cashiering of two top generals at the hands of the Brotherhood's newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi.

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One surprise about the panel is how many doctors are on it--usually the number of experts on an FDA panel can be counted on two hands.

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The top rankings are reserved for insurers that can quickly lay hands on enough cash to cover all possible policy redemptions two to two-and-a-half times over.

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