In retrospect, though, cracks in the Soviet Union were (it is argued) becoming evident as early as the late 1960s, although it would not break up until 1991.

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Westwood and Kaymer began Europe's challenge and finished the day one up, although they had been three up before the rain-break.

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Although electrospun bovine serum albumin does not actually break up into droplets, the resulting threads have been so short and irregular as to be useless.

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