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  • Spate of injuries for Spain in qualifiers, usually when coming back from injury.

    Bid for Fernando Torres shows Chelsea's strengths and weaknesses | Richard Williams

  • More recently, on June 14th of this year, the Washington Post ran an article -- yes, on page one -- partly about Bush's uptick in polls with this headline: "Spate of Good News Gives White House a Chance to Regroup."

    Greg Sargent: Larry King Lets Laura Bush Lie To Him

  • Spate irrigation is called Deschek irrigation and it also includes the areas along the riverbanks, which are often called riverbank farms (5-100 meters (m) from river).

    Water profile of Somalia

  • Spate and flood recession irrigation of staple crops.

    Water profile of Somalia

  • From Spate of New Debt Another hefty bout of supply this week will keep the pressure on Treasurys as investors clear the decks for the new debt.

    Treasurys Face Pressure

  • Spate irrigation was tried in the Turkana district in the late 1980s, aimed at producing pastures for the pastoral communities.

    Water profile of Kenya

  • My elder son suggested "Karyn Surance", while my tactless husband suggested "Karyn Full Spate".

    Change of name

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Bush & Neocons\' Policy on \'Axis of Evil\ 'Suffers Spate Of Setbacks'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Bush\'s campaign against the "axis of evil" has suffered reverses on all three fronts.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Bush & Neocons' Policy on 'Axis of Evil' Suffers Spate Of Setbacks

  • That black island there was called "Long Island," and the other, with scarcely any trees, "Spate" or "Spirit Island," because it was the burying-ground of the Indians.

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  • Spate of replica handgun incidents POLICE have arrested two men with replica handguns, one on the Gold Coast and the other in Brisbane, a week after a 13-year-old boy alarmed Gold Coast residents with a fake pistol.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories

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