The decision comes in the wake of a wave of violence in Pakistan surrounding last month's elections.

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Politicians in Europe and beyond have been harshly criticized and, in some cases, forced out of office in the wake of a wave of economic woes, including governments and banks' role in contributing to debt and other crises.

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Democrats admit that in the wake of the 2009 McDonnell wave, the Washington area is no gimme.

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This computer has no internal power supply, but when a specially designed reader sends out a radio signal, a tiny antenna draws power from the wave and uses it to wake the computer up.

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My surfboard was quickly ripped out from underneath me, its leash yanking me into the wave's violent washing-machine wake.

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C. to kingdom come, and you watch the shock wave roll up, and then you wake, your tongue clamped firmly between your teeth.

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The wave of development moving along the Bowery in the wake of Sanaa's New Museum with its offhand infusion of sophisticated Japanese design already contains the marks of Meatpacking-District gentrification.

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New York City, the largest school system in the country, is following a growing wave of districts that have implemented online guidelines, often in the wake of scandal.

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The portal's acquisition of the photo-sharing site Flickr was hailed by some as a sign that it could freshen up its business model by tapping into the wave of Web-friendly start-ups that emerged in the wake of the 2001 tech bust.

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