By 2005, when Israel and Scoble wrote their book on blogging, many loose piece were coming together.

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Cintamani, 36, interrupts the discussion on Singapore's economic environment, drawing attention to two men one in a three-piece black suit, and another in a futuristic-looking white top embellished with silver at its collar and reaching past his knees over skinny white pants with platform shoes and a woman in a white two-piece, loose-fitting suit with silver heels.

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In 1999, Martin Wizner, a sailor for a Spanish team, died when a piece of equipment came loose from his boat and struck him in the head.

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Another piece that could be cut loose: lighting and appliances.

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They threatened the increasingly anxious Spurs defence with every set-piece, and the second goal arrived when a loose ball was not cleared and Johnson was the fastest to react, spinning on the edge of the six-yard box to poach his fourth league goal of the season.

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The piece was commissioned by the city of Lisbon to commemorate 500 years of Portuguese discovery, and has a loose plot, more or less following the voyages of Vasco da Gama to Africa and India.

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