And the dreaded Stasi, which jailed and tortured citizens who stepped out of line?
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If anyone has stepped over that line, however, it is Cooper himself, rather than the Minnesota congresswoman.
Nelson, in the ring for his final attempt, threw the shot straight, but he stepped over the line.
"The whole team suffered because one person stepped out of line, " Leonard said.
However, Lucia may have stepped over the line to prove it worked.
Cynics say that Mr Platov is bound to do his best for Mr Putin because he faces a court case to do with alleged electoral malpractice: if he stepped out of line, the Kremlin would see to it that the judgment went against him.
He stepped over that gray line from dedicated recreational athlete to obsessive-ville.
This is a huge embarrassment for the IRS and likely to make it more difficult for the agency to police groups that have stepped over the political line.
However, no one until Pierce stepped quite so far over the line from humility to humiliating.
Chalmers stepped to the free-throw line with 13.8 seconds left and calmly sank both foul shots to seal the win.
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The president stepped over his no-taxes line-in-the-sand for those making less, but not by much more than the length of his big toe.
Then came probably the key moment of the match in the 34th minute as Ryan Caldwell was adjudged to have stepped illegally into one of his own line-outs in the Ulster 22.
To send power miles away without huge line losses demanded that electricity be stepped up to a high voltage, then stepped down again at the receiving end.
Belfast City Council and the Health and Safety Executive stepped in and ordered the buildings taken down in line with asbestos guidelines.
After sneaking over the line in the opener at Headingley, England have stepped up their game, annihilating South Africa at Trent Bridge on Tuesday and now winning with almost as much ease in south London.
After a Westwood burst to the line which fell just short, the ball was transferred rapidly down the line, Briers' long pass freeing King, who stepped back inside, fed Hicks and the Aussie winger dived over.
The elite marathoners have been assured by the government that security is being stepped up for Sunday's race after two explosions near the Boston Marathon finish line Monday killed three people and wounded more than 170.
On Feb. 28, Citigroup stepped in to shore up struggling lender Ameriquest, taking an equity stake and also arranging a credit line and getting the option to buy some of its business lines.
This was intended to draw a line under the civil strife that ensued, leaving some 150, 000 dead, after the army stepped in when Islamists won the first round of a general election in 1991.
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