The ideologically amorphous PRI will swoop on the centre-left territory that Mr Ebrard would have occupied, Mr Cancino predicts.

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Archaeologists believe the dwelling would have been occupied on a seasonal basis, probably during the winter months, rather than all year round.

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They would have drifted apart, she suspected, becoming wives and mothers, and if they had ever reunited they would have been too occupied with their earthly duties to let the memory of their scheme surface.

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He said that if the centre had been occupied there would have been fatalities and many serious injuries.

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This becomes problematic in virtual conversations because the massive mental resources that would ordinarily be occupied with scanning your face have nothing to scan, so they imagine it.

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The idea was that, in order to ensure that the 200 Senate seats were occupied by suitably accountable people, they would have to stand aside from the rough-and-tumble of Thai party politics.

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