However, of the four fundamental forces, gravity is by far the weakest, and it took until 2002 before gravity's quantum nature was proven.

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Wigan has elected a Labour MP at every general election since 1918, and any notion of the seat becoming jaded with the party s policies were dispatched in 1997 when Roger Stott, MP for Wigan 1983 until 1999, won by the greatest majority of his career so far - 22, 643 votes.

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The petition, which will run until 3 December on the council website, has so far been signed by 3, 932 online, with more signatures on paper petitions taking the number over the 5, 000 mark.

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The introduction of new solvency rules by 2012 should change this, but until then those keen to know how far markets would have to fall before insurers had to raise new capital are still partly in the dark.

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Or to put it another way, it is difficult to embark on the disposal of RBS and Lloyds until we know how much more of Lloyds might be hived off by government fiat and how far the profitability of RBS could be reduced by the ring-fence expected to be erected around the retail activities of universal banks like it.

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I've also made a commitment, which goes far in excess of any other commitment made by any other party leader, saying that until new rules are in place we as Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet commits itself to pay back every penny, every pound of gain made on any second home sales where those homes have been subsidised by the taxpayer.

BBC: The Speaker must go

The International Olympic Committee had imposed drug tests that were far more rigorous than those used by Major League Baseball, which didn't even outlaw steroids until 2003.

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But the member of Congress who by far took the most money from Abramoff is Texas Republican Tom DeLay, who was House majority leader until he was forced to step aside last fall after getting indicted in a campaign finance lawsuit.

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