• The house in which he and his advisers gather today is used to de-brief and to rehabilitate British citizens who have been held captive abroad.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • In 1938, Katherine Blodgett was awarded the patent for non-reflecting glass, a discovery that has since been used to de-ice aircraft wings and increase the effectiveness of smoke screens.

    BBC: Women look to shape the future

  • But Julian Sanchez, a research fellow at the Cato Institute who has tracked the NSL issue, says that NSLs sent to an Internet service like Google could still be used to de-anonymize Internet content when the FBI knows an IP address but not a name or other identifying details.

    FORBES: Connect

  • We can't say we blame them, in fact 1394 is on its way out and even Apple doesn't support it on the iOS line of products anymore and while 1394 used to be the de facto standard for digital camcorders, most new ones don't use 'em.

    ENGADGET: FCC waives 1394 requirement in lieu of an IP interface HD

  • Two of the three whales made it to open water after rescuers used chain saws and de-icers from a Wisconsin company to create more breathing holes for the whales and a Soviet icebreaker cleared a path through the thickest ice.

    CNN: Canadians rush to save 11 trapped killer whales

  • The successful bidder will also get the tools de Weldon used to build the statue, plus the sculptor's drawings, sketches and photos of the monument.

    WSJ: Original Iwo Jima monument coming to NYC auction

  • One tiger shark they caught turned out to have a hook already lodged deep in its stomach, so they used a long pole called a de-hooker to reach inside and remove it, returning the shark to the ocean healthier than it had arrived.

    BBC: Protecting sharks off Florida��s eastern coast

  • In Guernsey, salt can only be used outside the water catchment area because it can contaminate the water supply, so the de-icer CMA needs to be used.

    BBC: Sleet and snow forecast for Jersey and Guernsey

  • But Helms' committee still approves State Department nominees and treaties, a power he has used in a masterly way to become a de facto Foreign Minister.

    CNN: Senator No

  • Awaiting discussion is Cuomo's proposed restrictions to the stop and frisk tactic being used by New York City police and the governor's plan to de-criminalize the small amounts of marijuana often found during the frisks.

    WSJ: Cuomo, Legislature promise tax cuts in NY budget

  • Herrera used to refer to herself as a "Torrejista de Verdad" or true Torrejista.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Victory for Chavez in Panama?

  • After years of denying doping, Armstrong admitted last month that he had used illicit drugs to help him win seven Tour de France titles.

    WSJ: Rafael Nadal: Tennis Players Should Be Tested Often for Doping

  • Amla in particular looked assured, caressing anything straight through mid-wicket while De Villiers used his feet intelligently to disrupt the rhythm of the Australian attack.

    BBC: South Africa seal one-day triumph

  • This was the icon the government used to sell war bonds, and which led to Mr de Weldon being given the commission by Congress to make the Washington sculpture.

    ECONOMIST: Felix de Weldon

  • After years of vehemently denying that he used drugs to boost his performance during his record seven Tour de France wins, Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey last week that he lied.

    CNN: January 24, 2013 -- Updated 0750 GMT (1550 HKT)

  • Meanwhile, the governor of Rio de Janeiro state, Sergio Cabral, used his speech to attack Brazilian football clubs, which he said were "unprofessionally run".

    BBC: Fifa and Brazil kiss and make up before 2014 World Cup

  • First-hand experience has caused Dr Brady to revise his understanding of the significance of tributes paid in the 16th century to the Aztec empire, when ulama balls were used as a de facto currency.

    ECONOMIST: Sports anthropology

  • More competition means De Beers can no longer control prices the way it used to: by buying diamonds when markets are weak and selling when they strengthen.

    ECONOMIST: Diamonds

  • He is perhaps the showiest performer since Vladimir de Pachmann, a Chopin specialist of a century ago who used to milk cows to exercise his fingers and dip each digit in a glass of brandy before recitals.

    NEWYORKER: The Olympian

  • Lance Armstrong used to perplex cycling experts with his sustained dominance in the mountainous phases of the Tour de France.

    FORBES: The Consequences of a Possible Lance Armstrong Public Admission of PED Guilt

  • China and Indonesia are the two biggest borrowers. (At the May meeting, China expressed concern about the new thrust's heavier funding requirements and the de-emphasis on aid to speed up economic growth.) ADF money is used exclusively by the poorest member-countries, including Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

    CNN: Inside Asia's New Bank for the Poor

  • However many Olympic historians believe that the wily Baron de Coubertin - founder of the modern Olympic movement - used the eruption as a face-saving formula to disguise the fact that the Italians just could not afford to stage the Games.

    BBC: The 08 Olympics... 1908, that is

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