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  • The life-long Mormon has faced distrust from some evangelical Christians who claim Mormonism is a cult.

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  • In Lebanon, meanwhile, the beleaguered pro-Western parliamentary majority, which has faced a long insurrection by the Syrian-backed opposition led by the political-cum-military Islamist Shia group, Hizbullah, was further undermined by the arrival off the Lebanese coast of American warships.

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  • These sorts of pressures, long faced by medical-device companies, are now also confronted by firms in industries such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

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  • When faced with these long-term structural deficits, Governors and their job-seeking coalition partners, such as their State Chamber of Commerce, should realize that it is time to hold state government spending more accountable.

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  • "We have a large gun which is 20 metres long, which fires flat, iron-faced projectiles into an iron target, making a shockwave, " he said.

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  • It's always been pimply-faced, geeky, long-haired kids who don't fit in.

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  • The Northumberland Theatre Company, which takes plays to village halls and community centres, recently lost its regular Arts Council funding and said it faced an "uncertain long-term future" after being turned down for the touring money.

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  • The 61-year-old president, who was elected in December and inaugurated Feb. 25, has long faced claims of being aloof and an "imperial" decision-maker.

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  • Faced with short- and long-term problems, we are far from out of the woods.

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  • Vaughan faced serious doubts about his long-term future as a player of any description, let alone at the highest level, after a fourth knee operation took him out of the international scene in 2006.

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  • It is for his consistency in Test matches that Dravid will be best remembered -- no one has faced more deliveries in Tests -- but he also enjoyed a long one-day international career, scoring 10, 889 runs and 12 centuries.

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  • "When I got married, I got a whole new life, " said the rubber-faced Mr. Walsh, his long arms stretched out on the back of a leather sofa, vintage guitars surrounding him.

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  • Republicans, faced with an opponent who stood for long-term fiscal rectitude, decreased gas prices and the Lee Marvin school of foreign policy, would be dumbstruck and forfeit the next election.

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  • This claim does not take into consideration the enormous progress made by Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe in diminishing human rights violations nor the harsh reality Colombia has faced in fighting a forty year long narco-guerilla insurgency.

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  • Now -- as the West is faced with the tantalizing prospect of triumphing over the ideals, values and institutions long associated with communist totalitarianism -- is not the time to shrink from the challenge.

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  • One monk, whose faced was covered, shoved a foot-long dagger at the neck of an Associated Press photographer and demanded his camera.

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  • The Blok's roots do indeed lie in the resentments of families of former Nazi collaborators who faced penalties and discrimination long after the war of 1939-45.

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  • "This droll-faced northern girl, who in the course of a long and happy life, took her place amongst the best we have, " said Bennett.

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  • The money spent on improved digital sound and stadium seating, coupled with the slow death of the long-playing hit film, was partially why a number of theater chains faced bankruptcy towards the end of the decade.

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  • Of course, the Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments that include access to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, one of the largest insurance pools in the country, which ensures the jurists aren't subject to the sorts of limits for pre-existing conditions and inflated premiums that most insured Americans have long faced.

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  • But having been rarely tempted to hook, he had a go at the 282nd ball he faced and was well caught by Oliver Newby running in at long-leg off Chapple.

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  • The normally glitzy alpine town has had a noticeably austere, dressed-down feel, with fewer parties and more conservative business suits in evidence, as grim-faced delegates appeared to resign themselves to the prospect of a long recession.

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  • It has long been said that the eurozone faced a choice in this crisis between coming together - and breaking apart.

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  • Proximity issues stuck the Giants and Dodgers with long road trips back then, similar to the realities faced by any potential 21st-century Japanese or Korean club.

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  • Whether you are investing for long-term growth or to provide you with a regular income, you will be faced with an almost endless list of different choices.

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