In that effort, we are honored to be joined by allies and partners who have stood by us and paid the ultimate price through the loss of their young people at war.

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Gibbs, a naval architect responsible for nearly 5, 500 Navy vessels that helped win World War II, put everything he had into his ultimate ship.

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But the rugged IIIf remained the photojournalist's camera of choice during the turbulent post-war years until it was replaced in 1957 by the ultimate range-finder, the Leica IIIg.

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Mr Villegas warned Venezuelans not to be taken in by a "psychological war" being fought in the media which had the "ultimate aim of destabilising the Bolivarian republic".

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"There's a tug-of-war going on as to which one is going to be the ultimate benchmark, " said Michael Sabo, senior commodities broker at RJO Futures.

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However, corporate strategic acquirers have also joined the fray as witnessed by the fierce bidding war between Dell ( DELL) and Hewlett Packard ( HPQ) for 3PAR, with HP the ultimate victor, paying a whopping 240 percent premium.

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Braque's joining of these symbols, in the context of the war, suggests that in this "Vanitas" we find what one might call a Christian message of ultimate hope, with its brilliant palette serving as a sign of faith's bold confidence in the face or fact of death.

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