| Throughout this year retail sales have shown a rise, albeit a declining one, on levels of a year ago. |
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| Earlier this year I joined him to announce support for Scotland's first two football academies. |
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| Earlier this year another group found and raised the ship's bell and the name was confirmed. |
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| The secondary school that was in existence since 1858 was demolished earlier this year but the memories did not crumble with the wrecking ball. |
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| At the start of this year receivers were appointed to manage the brand in Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, and Stirling. |
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| He might be able to overcome that this year because he has had full workouts during the off season. |
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| All Christmas Services and Masses were well attended again this year at all three churches in the parish. |
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| And earlier this year she went into remission and put her recovery down to radiotherapy and a herbal remedy. |
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| The event, organised by the Orkney Bike Club this year saw bikers from as far afield as Germany attending. |
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| Scripts submitted this year indicate that there is a backlash against the social realism which has dominated Scottish cinema. |
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| The trust staged four meetings earlier this year and sent out a form with a tear-off strip to every patient of both GPs' practices. |
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| What I wrote earlier this year in reference to North Korea holds with equal force in dealing with Cuba. |
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| The firm expects this upward trend to continue as more companies increase space and headcount later this year to cope with expansion plans. |
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| Carleton has finished ahead the last two years and is leading by 10 this year as well. |
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| The well-organised event was again a stepping stone to the Nationals in March, which this year will be held closer to home than usual at Leeds. |
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| So for Valentine's Day this year I got one card, a bunch of flowers and a proposal of marriage. |
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| As many as 290 children were rehabilitated this year in institutions and families. |
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| He says he has unfinished business this year and he certainly looked hungry for goals on his first run-out. |
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| There'll be no doubt this year that whoever wins it will deserve to be All-Ireland champions. |
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| The hefty tax refunds many were predicting this year didn't exactly come true for millions of Americans. |
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| If the money is not found and the work planned for this year not completed, then the grant offer will be withdrawn, with no option to re-apply. |
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| Luckily, however, this year the festival admin could look to organisation for inspiration. |
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| Increasingly this year I have noticed lines and wrinkles and baggy eyes that I haven't been aware of before. |
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| One of the trendiest looks to hit the scene this year is wearing sneakers with a suit. |
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| Helen is the fifth generation of all women on her maternal line and my younger sister gave birth to a baby girl this year as well. |
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| It got off to an uncertain start this year with Bristol's Essential Festival, a three-day May bank holiday jolly. |
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| So, this year I embark on a second year course, which covers things like the rise and fall of leaded petrol, and nuclear power. |
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| We feel we are worthy of a play-off place this year and we want to push on and achieve that. |
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| This policy continues this year with a wide variety of local acts covering ballads, folk, trad, country and rock. |
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| The Fed's five interest rate reductions this year have lowered the overnight bank lending rate to 4 percent. |
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| Renowned for attracting top acts to the showpiece event, this year they have excelled themselves by signing up current chart-toppers Hear'say. |
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| And one night this year when it was near show time and he didn't have anything to do, he walked over to the Tickets booth and struck gold. |
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| A good ripe crop from the Gisborne vintage this year produced some aromatic fruit flavours, with hints of Turkish Delight and lychee fruit. |
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| This was the eighth time a vehicle has hit the wall this year in what has become a notorious accident blackspot. |
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| You are about to enter one of the most joyous and happy periods of this year for your sign. |
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| To have won the European title six times and not to be able to defend it this year is gutting. |
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| Now, this year alone, the show has been plagued by one thing after another. |
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| With billions more having been raised this year by UK buyout funds alone, the deals are likely to keep coming thick and fast. |
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| Hmm, second time this year I've been on the receiving end of a stream of semi-literate invective. |
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| For the actor-activist then, the festival this year is something of a family affair. |
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| Earlier this year he won yet another coveted Sony award for his breakfast show. |
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| Over Easter this year an enormous shoal of grey mullet was swirling round for at least a week. |
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| He went on to explain that Good Friday this year fell on March 25, the Feast Of The Annunciation, also known as Lady Day. |
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| I am honored to be attending the Expo this year as an instructor and demonstrator. |
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| They operated a calendar system this year where all games were played on set dates. |
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| The company is launching a skin moisturiser later this year and has plans to develop a range of haircare products. |
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| By the end of this year or early 2003, expect to see handsets with Java capabilities. |
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| The bushfire season has started early this year and local shires are already in total fire ban status. |
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| Tyre production in May this year increased by 10 per cent as against the same month last year, with exports jumping by 62 per cent. |
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| The XI international days of glyptography are organized this year in Palma de Mallorca. |
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| Anyway, this year the whole family were gathered round so it was time to buy a real, genuine Christmas tree. |
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| Earlier this year BT announced that it was capping the cost of phone calls for businesses as part of a move to overhaul call tariffs. |
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| Hence, Ellis went back and reshot a number of scenes in March this year with a view to increasing the gore and naughtiness. |
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| The burly Scotsman, who earlier this year was an emotional wreck after the public breakup of his marriage, had tears in his eyes. |
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| Until this year the series was available only at film festivals and special showings. |
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| They say the crows nested twice this year as there will be no food to feed the young next spring due to the hard weather. |
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| The event will in fact be launched in November of this year on a smaller scale showcasing only Quebec productions. |
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| Though the mela is an annual event, the one in progress this year is unique for astrological reasons and occurs only once every 34 years. |
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| But this year the event saw many mainstream manufacturers showing green versions of familiar models for the first time. |
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| So Chalo became a reality this year and the school has a global view and approach just as its name implies in Bemba. |
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| What was noticeable this year was the increase in the number of Thai families that attended. |
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| More than 3.3 million Britons will attend a hen or stag night this year according to Morgan Stanley bank. |
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| The previous record of 1,538 was set in 1995 and this year sees increases in breeds as diverse as Wensleydale and Texels. |
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| This culminated at the early part of this year with a complaint to the ombudsman over the Council's inaction. |
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| The two new prison blocks were opened this year and were intended to be a showpiece of how prisons should be. |
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| One of Nissan's show stoppers this year is the Fusion, a prototype design of a future four-door saloon. |
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| New this year in the Poultry Marquee is a children's area where they can draw, paint or crayon their favourite birds in the show. |
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| Other callers are just calling in to say they are okay this year or thanking the volunteers there for their support in the past. |
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| The returns of the Registrar-General for this year exhibit a higher mortality from carbuncular diseases than those of any preceding one. |
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| But a record number of Scotland's sporting estates have been put up for sale this year as their owners cash in on soaring prices. |
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| I planted a goat's beard this year under a walnut tree at the back of the garden. |
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| Although that said, this year it was just me and my sister battling with the tubs of old baubles. |
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| The nationwide open auditions produced such a wealth of talent that this year the BBC is also inviting back the best of last year's finalists. |
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| Having trimmed growth forecasts for this year last November, the Chancellor announced another haircut today. |
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| Parry, who wants to play on kickoffs, could redshirt this year and have two years of eligibility left. |
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| Also at risk this year will be newly-planted standard roses, which should be well staked. |
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| The house's beautiful interior was photographed earlier this year for a glossy magazine. |
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| I saved up for snow tires this year and went down to get them mounted and balanced this morning after coffee. |
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| The biggest Christmas craze this year was undoubtedly the selfie stick, which ended up in half the population's stockings. |
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| A deep-thinking man in our area bailed me up in January to give me a long dissertation about why this year was going to be wet. |
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| Back by popular demand is the bar person of the month awards, but this year awards will be dished out to patrons either side of the bars. |
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| Try some of our time-saving shortcuts this year so you can have more time to enjoy your lawn, garden and landscape. |
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| The barouches, which were used by the Queen Mother, will travel north tomorrow for Royal Ascot, which this year is being held at York races. |
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| High Court judge Mr Justice Burton ruled in April this year that IR35 was not against the law. |
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| It has arguably been the worst week this year for technology stocks, and that's saying something given the bearishness of the past month. |
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| The park, at the rear of the Memorial Hall car park, was opened earlier this year as an area of flat hard surface. |
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| Earlier this year more than 70 suspected mercenaries were arrested for their alleged plan to help carry out that coup. |
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| The 23-year-old was rarely out of the first half-dozen in the sprints this year in his first Tour, and will surely win a stage soon. |
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| A report by the Senate sergeant-at-arms earlier this year faulted two of the committee chairman's former employees for the intrusion. |
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| The boys entered the pop big league earlier this year when their debut single, Five Colours In Her Hair, spent two weeks at number one. |
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| The lamp of experience ordinarily guides our footsteps, but this year the lamp is dim. |
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| Aside from switching the order of the first question, this year was no exception. |
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| Work begins on the project in October this year and is expected to be completed by July next year. |
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| Nineteen film funds have sprouted in Korea this year alone, helping reinvigorate the local industry. |
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| Earlier this year Dr Smith was found in contempt of court by the High Court. |
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| The Nobel prize in Chemistry this year goes to Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. Schrock, and Yves Chauvin for the development of metathesis. |
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| Each Nobel Prize this year will carry a prize sum of 10 million Swedish kronor, to be shared if the prize is awarded to more than one laureate. |
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| It is a tough race but for one Beckenham grandmother this year it will be trebly difficult. |
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| It is understood the Manchester firm was recommended to him earlier this year by another inmate at the prison. |
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| Only this year have the two brands combined been able to nose ahead of the French number one. |
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| Do you feel the race is calmer this year having started with the long time trial? |
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| Teenagers in Blackburn and Darwen will receive an extra birthday present this year as part of a mayor's plan to encourage young people to vote. |
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| And his Wentworth woe was the fourth time this year he had gone agonisingly close. |
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| Inflation is expected to average 0.7 per cent this year and 1.1 per cent next year. |
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| For its September concert this year the group has looked to a newer generation of musicals. |
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| Earlier this year the company announced it would stop making mobile phone handsets due to huge losses in its consumer products division. |
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| No social science laureate was awarded this year as nominees did not meet the qualifications. |
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| It celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and has been re-released for the big screen. |
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| Plett also sells other home-crafted items such as Christmas stockings and beeswax candles, and this year will offer cards and books. |
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| The 2004 Ford RST Championship is also new this year and will consist of 6 rounds with 4 to count towards the final total. |
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| It was broadcast on PBS and will be restaged this year into an evening-length version. |
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| Classed as moderate requiring a reasonable level of fitness, it covers 53 km and is available from October this year to April. |
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| Plans to lift prices earlier this year were postponed after a wave of protests. |
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| Chief among the problems this year has been United's ever changing lineup, a necessity due to key injuries and frequent national team call-ups. |
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| It has been a winner at several shows and a small display of the plants will be seen this year at the Ancient Society's July show. |
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| Couples taking so-called minimoons this year will head to the Indian Ocean, according to one expert. |
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| Along with the Indian designers, FWA this year will exhibit the showcases by designers from the U.S., Latin America and Europe. |
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| It's ski racing's biggest biennial bonanza, a snow-sport event for Alpine purists, and this year it's coming to Italy. |
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| David Cuddy did announce his intention to cease inter county hurling this year but he is expected back very soon. |
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| New legislation is expected later this year that would allow the company demutualise and so end its takeover protection status. |
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| He was rearrested shortly after his release in April 30 this year following protests from Western governments. |
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| The world-famous airshow, saved this year by a News Shopper-led consortium, will go ahead in 2004 as hoped. |
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| When Essendon came to appointing a coach this year for 2005 and beyond it reappointed Kevin Sheedy. |
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| Thankfully no horses were lost this year and in fact the jocks came off worst. |
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| He stressed the importance of redoubling their efforts this year to ensure the needs of the club and the community will be met. |
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| We trust that non-aligned veterans will see their way clear to show support and strength and march this year with us. |
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| He believes that billed revenue this year will be four times last year's figure. |
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| But this year I've been given some whizzo presents which required a more proactive approach. |
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| But this year they have blooded some excellent young players who have very bright futures. |
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| Calum has won every tournament entered for kata and kumite so far this year which is an amazing achievement for someone so young. |
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| Figures released earlier this year showed a fall in the number of teenage pregnancies in the city. |
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| He kept things interesting with his mane on the red carpet this year and even experimented with a slicked-back man bun. |
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| Only this year with the re-formation of a single league has baseball once again become popular. |
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| But it was the first time we have bowled a side out this year and there is a great deal more confidence running through the team. |
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| I've always wished I was part of it, so this year I finally got my A into G and submitted an application on time. |
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| Last year, 35 trawlers shrimped off Crescent City, but this year the number has increased to 60 boats. |
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| The company has already said it will take a restructuring charge this year due to cost-cutting measures in its operations. |
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| Average rental values this year should at best increase by a modest amount but will probably be fairly static, the report said. |
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| A calendrical twist of fate found us celebrating Christmas this year on the middle day of December. |
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| If you can't make it to the orchards this year but would like to re-create a little of that harvest fun at home, try making some candied apples. |
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| But what should have been one of the publishing events of this year has now descended into astonishing depths of bitterness and acrimony. |
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| You rightly said that the royal coroner announced earlier this year that there would be an inquest. |
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| The drop in revenues between the fourth quarter and the first quarter of this year is bang in line with the trend of the past three years. |
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| Again I feel that the volume of hoggs is not going to be there this year and if you can hold onto your sheep for a week or two it should pay. |
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| Generally, I feel that we've made huge strides this year while also blooding a lot of young players. |
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| I guess for the most part of this year I felt like I don't have a lot of bandwidth to deal with all of that. |
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| The Premiership is in danger of becoming as boring as its Scottish equivalent where this year has been the same as the last dozen bar one. |
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| I ranted at length about this in an article published earlier this year in Bermuda's daily newspaper. |
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| The Lily Whites were regraded from a higher division this year and have plenty of experience of the top grade in football. |
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| China steps on to the pitch at the World Cup finals this year with one victory already in the bag. |
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| The club is hoping that this year will see more people than ever taking up tennis and joining the club. |
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| The talk of moving the championship started last year and the rumours made the rounds this year as well. |
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| With this year dominated so much by the war, diversions were welcomed whenever they presented themselves. |
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| In July this year the bank said it would close the business having failed to find a buyer. |
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| The winner of the heat will go through to the live final later this year with the overall victor being assured of a secure future. |
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| We've finished school this year and are going to university after summer vacation. |
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| Early this year more positive news came with talk that the company was close to making a profit on a monthly basis. |
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| He was picked up by the touring cars championship and his elevation to the full factory squad this year has released his talent. |
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| One telling anecdote earlier this year had watchdog watchers aghast and amazed. |
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| This crab bake is a year tradition for them and this year they had a pig roasting on a spit. |
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| There have been seven confirmed cases of West Nile virus encephalitis this year in Florida. |
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| She told them in February this year that she had left London due to a relationship break down. |
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| An elderly Georgia woman was confirmed on Friday as the first fatality this year from West Nile virus. |
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| However, this year there were concerns regarding the significant rise in the cost of tickets. |
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| But this is the third time already this year and the insurance is just going to go up and up. |
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| Fortunately or unfortunately, we're stuck this year watching the shark bait that is the Miami Dolphins. |
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| The star ratings, launched this year by the Department of Health, cover all councils in England with social services responsibilities. |
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| Past and present pupils and staff of a Sheffield nursery school which is due to close later this year are to hold a reunion later today. |
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| Earlier this year he was linked with a possible loan-move to Scarborough but that fell through when Thompson left. |
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| Analysts believe that whoever wins the election this year will be seen as a legitimate leader. |
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| There has been a change to the league structure this year with division 1 and division 2 being broken up into three groups of eight. |
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| My mum says that astrologically, this year is looking good for travel, but how does that help? |
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| From April 2003 to April this year there were 2,200 burglaries in the Bradford North division, a 38 per cent reduction on the previous year. |
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| Their nesting success will depend on whether there is a plentiful supply of tent caterpillars this year or not. |
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| They were at it again in 2001 and have been doing it since the beginning of this year too. |
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| Later this year a high school version of the site will be released for free use in the classroom. |
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| And it seems admirers have a treat in store this year on Girraween's alpine style heathlands, meadows and high altitude forests. |
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| But this year both have hit the ground first up with viewers, unusual for Seven and a worry for Nine if it continues. |
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| In years past when I have planted rutabaga only a few have come up, so this year I decided to plant nearly three rows. |
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| Rises earlier this year in tax and national insurance mean that average take-home wages are falling. |
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| In this year he returned to America with the rank of lieutenant colonel to take up a staff position. |
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| Police searched his house on March 4 this year and a computer tower and storage media were found containing 95 images in total. |
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| Earlier this year Norwegian researchers found feelings of nausea and queasiness are due more to anxiety and depression than stomach problems. |
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| A new shrub to our garden this year is the summer flowering Spiraea japonica Anthony Waterer which is still blooming here well into October. |
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| Speaking at the ceremony, Staunton said that the standard of entry this year was the highest yet. |
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| He won a landslide election victory earlier this year on the themes of clean government and a more tolerant society. |
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| Two million visitors are expected to visit Salzburg this year to join in the year-long celebrations. |
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| Save the odd case, this year has been good, the flock is hale and hearty, with strong wings and cheerful hearts. |
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| The events of this year have set the tone for a less giddy new year's celebration and perhaps one more for reflection. |
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| If their recommendations are practical and adopted by the public, will the All Fools' Day this year see the beginning of a change? |
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| Fay says he has seen the introduction this year of more peripheral items, such as cheese spreads. |
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| Women generally have a lot of fun organising cookery lessons with live demo, lucky dips and stalls and this year was no different. |
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| I'm not saying Moore is above criticism either, I really reamed him out earlier this year when he endorsed Clark. |
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| Four years ago it was the Magnificent Seven, but this year it's the Six Pack. |
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| The 16 teams involved this year will be split into four pools of four, and play quick-fire group games of ten minutes each way. |
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| Earlier this year Ottawa unveiled a draft law that proposed slapping fines on those possessing small amounts of the drug. |
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| It estimates that 70 per cent of graphic boards built this year will use DDR DRAM, and that it has 80 per cent of this business. |
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| As we we'd been planning to redecorate the family room some time this year I said she might as well take the two sofas. |
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| I would like to vote, this year or sometime, for a ticket and a party that is pro-life, pro-family, and pro-poor. |
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| It was playable last fall, but we're waiting until this year to open it up to the public. |
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| He tries to get the others to talk about it but they reply something about how the weather is fine this year too. |
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| The man carried a small satchel on his back full to the brim with goods, but this year there were no customers. |
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| The first is that the economy may be on track this year but the public finances are not. |
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| The plan involves agreeing a pay rise for this year and continuing negotiations over wage increases for the next two years. |
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| You'll find more transcendent moments in this film than in most of the pictures released this year combined. |
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| But this year the list is five years old, and Porter's ideas have joined the mainstream. |
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| Our readers seem to like it chilly, but this year Adriatic sunshine has won through, pipping perennial favourites Iceland, Finland and Norway. |
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| The longest return they allowed this year was 40 yards, but that ended in a fumble recovery. |
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| It might have been the gig of this year or any other, but not everyone was in thrall to the bands. |
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| They've got their act together again this year it looks like, after all their injuries last year. |
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| Earlier this year he spoke of the irony of having so many women interested in him when he is marooned on the island. |
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| Of the 20 who began the course earlier this year two have already enlisted and will begin recruit training at HMAS Cerberus in January. |
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| Earlier this year CBN imported Copper Crest, which is touted as a traditional beer made from sorghum, maize, hops and caramel with yeast. |
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| Just this year came the news that a big wodge of Tolkien manuscript had turned up in a carton in the Bodleian Library. |
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| It also said that the rate of unemployment is expected to average 4.2 per cent this year and next year. |
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| In response to complaints, the Council scraped the surface of the car park earlier this year to remove the loose ground. |
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| The government delayed publication of Cory's reports until March this year and redacted the most sensitive sections. |
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| I get a lot of stuff over the transom, and this year I am going to do my best to thank everyone who's contributed material to the site. |
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| To mark his seventieth birthday, a series of Laurent de Brunhoff's classic stories have been reprinted this year in special hardback editions. |
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| The celebrity lecturer this year is a well-known plantswoman and former chairman of the Hardy Plant Society. |
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| She said the school has shown a marked improvement this year in their efforts to retain the green flag. |
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| The large number of A grades this year in the A-level backs up this explanation. |
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| If, however, his lumbago is flaring up and so Great-Aunt Matilda will be taking over for this year only, I have no idea how the turkey will be. |
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| For the first time this year there were lots of swifts hawking the riverside fields. |
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| But the club was only rescued from extinction earlier this year by the new chairman. |
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| The top occupations of first-time domain buyers at the beginning of this year were photographers, attorneys, and realtors. |
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| Charles will be taking his GCSEs at Bingley Grammar School this year and is managing to lead a relatively normal life. |
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| Co-producer Cam Hayden also promises the festival is going to deliver a zydeco band this year if it's the last thing he does. |
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| When it was restaged at the beginning of this year in the new house, it seemed as intense and potently ambiguous as ever. |
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| It was unfortunate that the Bulgarian summer this year was temperamental at best, and downright terrible at worst. |
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| He has also noted that about half the cases this year occurred during active hostilities or combat operations in the Persian Gulf. |
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| That move has paid off handsomely this year and Liverpool have proved to be the team to beat in the Cups. |
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| After a lead-in period from last year, this means that from this year onwards, a grower who plants any seed potatoes, other than certified basic seed, is breaking the law. |
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| In March this year she gave him a serve in her media column. |
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| I think organisations have decided that this year isn't the year to be spending on mining their data so that's definitely not doing as well as it has in the past. |
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| Mass shootings this year in Colorado, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and elsewhere have reignited the debate over gun control in America. |
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| Even granting the dominance of Manchester United, England's attainments in European club competitions this year speak of a domestic environment more demanding than most. |
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| The band split up earlier this year amid bitterness and acrimony. |
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| The programme is due to commence delivery later this year and aims to improve the involvement of the third sector in the delivery of public services. |
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| This new nightspot throws its first New Year's party this year with DJs Baby Boy and Rico spinning the hottest salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton and more. |
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| But all the councils have set their precepts for this year and the only way they could afford to employ a lengthman would be to raise the parish precepts next year. |
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| It was the first time this year and gave a satisfying lift to my spirits. |
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| He says the wool clip in pastoral areas is much better this year than last year when the drought was in full swing and quality has markedly improved. |
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| Even the most successful elections later this year cannot possibly scrub away decades of encrusted corruption and inaction. |
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| Earlier this year he caused a storm when he said he would re-examine whether the company should be split up by demerging its wholesale and retail arms. |
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| Russian communications monitoring became even more intrusive earlier this year during the Sochi winter games. |
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| Seattle is one of the most recent, with its city council voting this year to adopt the indigenous version of the holiday. |
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| In the name of history and deliciousness, it is especially welcome this year at my Thanksgiving table. |
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| There are no elections this year so, so for the moment the government does not need to enlarge its popular base. |
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| So far this year alone, the riyal has dropped from about 18,000 to the dollar to 24,000 to the dollar. |
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| The teenager was charged with murder and stood trial at Manchester Crown Court in March this year but the jury failed to reach a verdict and a re-trial was ordered. |
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| There are only 11, and that number will go down to 10 this year when the USS Enterprise is decommissioned after 50 years. |
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| Moving forward, the company plans to open a stand-alone store this year along with expanding its e-business. |
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| Two European-owned companies plan to launch new ships this year as well. |
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| New this year will also be a street stock car race for the local racers. |
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| The programme is an integral part of the festival, which is taking place this year from June 25 to July 3, helping to provide a timetable of the events. |
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| He is also a convicted felon who tested positive for drugs in 2003 and was fired from a job earlier this year for allegedly threatening a co-worker's son with a gun. |
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| And there this year was Melching, translating again, but this time the deep voice of Demba Diawara, an elderly imam in a skullcap. |
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| For all the bile that's been spilled this year about WFF, I do have to hand it to them, they collected well over 300 movies, and many of them do look intriguing. |
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| We'll start with a plea for this year to just finish already. |
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| One of the great wine trends this year has been the growing popularity of grower Champagnes. |
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| Rabbits have been in abundance in the area this year and have been upsetting some grieving relatives by eating flowers and wreaths from the graves. |
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| Also, Japan's national budget for this year covers new research centers for nanotechnology, bioinformatics, genetic research and protein structure data. |
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| Normally I don't enjoy it that much but this year I really had a ball. |
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| The second phase is expected to start late this year or early next year. |
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| Auctioneers, valuers and land agents Richard Turner and Son celebrate 200 years in business this year with an unbroken line of fathers and sons in charge. |
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| In January this year steeplejacks climbed 100 ft above the minister floor and painstakingly removed sections, to assess what needed to be done and how much it might cost. |
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| The Northern Rivers Herb Festival is gearing up to be another huge event for Lismore with a major focus this year on culinary uses of local native herbs. |
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| It has been an interesting exercise this year and most particularly with the availability of the various derogations on fallow or ploughed or failed crop land. |
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| An initial recruitment drive saw four applicants of 70 shortlisted and interviewed but none were found to be suitable and in January this year the post was re-advertised. |
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| Schwartz gave up the seat this year to run for governor of Pennsylvania but lost badly in a primary Tuesday night at well. |
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| He bought the house earlier this year and has had builders renovating it. |
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| Meanwhile CBS announced a similar deal this year that will offer their catalogue of shows online for a monthly fee. |
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| He failed this year but had enough points on his loyalty card to survive. |
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| No other movie this year presented regular people so finely drawn. |
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| Tony and Jane were given until March this year to take the structure down. |
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| The conjugal Coat of Arms was approved this year by the Queen and is being shown publicly for the first time today. |
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| My wife and I got some money from First Active shares earlier this year when the company was taken over and we haven't done anything about capital gains tax. |
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| He followed him on the campaign trail earlier this year also. |
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| You know, in some ways it seems that, as a political reporter, I've been spending more time in bookstores this year than out on the campaign trail. |
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| The cut, which would be the Fed's ninth this year in its effort to jump-start a flagging economy, would push short-term rates to their lowest levels in nearly a decade. |
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| Meanwhile, the steady rise in equity prices this year means that laggard companies are better able to restructure by selling off noncore assets at reasonable prices. |
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| A total of 67 new carriages will enter the Dublin-Cork service later this year and next year, ultimately delivering an hourly service from which Portlaoise will benefit. |
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| Postwatch has recommended that customers sending Christmas cards this year should always use second-class stamps because of Royal Mail's poor past performance in December. |
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| But this year the festive season will be far from normal for the tot as it is the first time she will be able to thank her parents for their presents. |
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| The carnival route will also be different this year with the processions starting in Canal Road, but stopping at Bythesea Road, rather than completing a full circle. |
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| The only saving grace is that the opposition won't want another election this year any more than does the public. |
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| Red states are jockeying for greater influence on the GOP race this year by moving up their primary dates. |
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| The central bank is expected to cut interest rates today for the sixth time this year in an effort to boost bank lending and spur sputtering economic growth. |
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| But this year there are high hopes for the Mill, an 18th century water-powered cotton and latterly saw mill believed to house the only surviving example of a Thompson turbine. |
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| He revealed Russia's economic growth this year would nudge six per cent. |
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| The national kapa haka championships are being held this year in Gisborne. |
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| Bobby is known for his role as the baddy in the panto but this year he has had to take a lesser role, due to his commitment as the show's director. |
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| A bountiful crop of new nautical books sprouted up this year that should feed any boater's desire to remain connected, however vicariously, to the sea during the winter. |
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| There has been a significant rise in the number of deportations carried out so far this year compared with last year, according to new statistics. |
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| Another closet staple for last year and this year still, are flats. |
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| Add in that he was out of action for a couple of months earlier this year with a knee injury and it's clear the odds were stacked against a comeback. |
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| However, more than 20 players on the ballot this year were probably worthy of being enshrined in Cooperstown. |
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| Yet a growing stack of academic research this year suggests that playing Doom or Half-Life can sharpen your physical reactions and improve your social life. |
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| Last year's inaugural event was hailed as an outstanding success and this year promises to be no less an occasion with a very busy and interesting schedule of events planned. |
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