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But the science team on Curiosity needed a target to try out the first close-contact work using the rover's arm-held X-ray-spectrometer, APXS. So the dark pyramid was chosen and informally given the name Jake Matijevic in honour of a recently deceased rover engineer.
BBC: Cosmic coincidence on the road to Glenelg
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The Mars Express -- the first of three missions to Mars in June -- will try to find out if there is, or ever was, life on Mars.
CNN: Mars Express leads interplanetary pack
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Most towns and cities, rather than giving up on money-losing munis, will first try farming out management to private firms, hoping for a turnaround, or spruce up their courses to prevailing standards.
WSJ: Saying Goodbye to the Local Muni
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The visitors' first try came after a Bradford goal-line drop-out and continued pressure that saw Tommy Lee find Mariano who muscled through two defenders to score.
BBC: Bradford 40-18 Wakefield
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It would make more sense to try her out with a top-tier client first, along with a leader, to get her accustomed to that level of intensity.
FORBES: Battle of Two Coaches - It's Madness
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Parisse then scored his first try of the match on 49 minutes, breaking from the tail of a line-out.
BBC: Stade Francais 37-15 Scarlets
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"It was a trivial incident - I told her to try and sort it out for herself first of all, and she did, " he says.
BBC: Letting children off the leash
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In contrast, when Twitter launched its new re-design in September, users were given the option at first to try out the new version, but go back to the old one if they wanted to.
FORBES: New Facebook Profiles: No Downgrade
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Despite the privations that come with squatting in buildings that often have no electricity or running water, Kern says she would do it again -- although she wants to try out the many other alternative lifestyles out there first.
CNN: Making a 'squat' a home
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This was one of the first attempts by a central bank to try out the big new idea of the postcrisis world: macro-prudential regulation.
WSJ: There's a Feeling of Instability Bubbling Up
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The centre, who saw the first half of his season wiped out by a broken leg, added the conversion as Bath earned a four-try bonus point.
BBC: Wasps 19-35 Bath