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The increase in releases, expected to continue through mid-August, is expected to lift river levels by about eight-tenths of a foot at both Pierre and Fort Pierre, S.D., a Corps spokeswoman said on Saturday.
Reservoir Releases to Rise on Missouri Joe Barrett 2011
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The increase in releases, expected to continue through mid-August, is expected to lift river levels by about eight-tenths of a foot at both Pierre and Fort Pierre, S.D., a Corps spokeswoman said on Saturday.
Reservoir Releases to Rise on Missouri Joe Barrett 2011
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Because he had no insurance, all he has left is eight-tenths of an acre, a dock and the scorched and warped metal roof he put on just last summer.
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So far this year, GM has boosted its U.S. market share by eight-tenths of a point to 19.8%, while Ford's is up only one-tenth, to 16.8%.
Ford and GM Renew a Bitter Rivalry Sharon Terlep 2011
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One bathroom trip is usually good for dropping between one-half to eight-tenths of a pound.
The Electronic Scale Tyler 2009
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Maybe it's late-onset teenage rebellion, maybe it's some kind of early pre-menopausal hormonal adjustment, but of late I have felt a certain new questioning spirit stir within me, a light but distinct scepticism colouring my vision and displacing some of the head-bobbing compliance that has led so many to dismiss me, rightly, as eight-tenths mud turtle.
Lucy Mangan: They can't pull the wool over my eyes. Well, not any more Lucy Mangan 2010
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One bathroom trip is usually good for dropping between one-half to eight-tenths of a pound.
Archive 2009-04-26 Tyler 2009
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The Dow is trading down eight-tenths of 1 percent.
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The Dow is trading down eight-tenths of 1 percent.
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A lead of two-tenths of a second midway through her run had stretched to eight-tenths by the finish line.
U.S. Skiing's New 'It' Girl Matthew Futterman 2010
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