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• The armies then pushed forwards, and the chief roads leading from the French frontiers to Madrid were entirely in their possession. —  The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
• What's more, Florida created something called "the gay index," which he calls the leading predictor of a city's ability to attract and retain high-end workers. —  DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS
• Britain's Times newspaper reported on August 13 that the personnel at a Russian army checkpoint on the approach leading from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi to Gori were all ethnic Chechens and quoted one soldier as saying his unit was part of the "42nd Chechen Division." —  Jamestown Foundation: All Publications
• The national economic crisis surfaces as a leading issue in statewide voter surveys and in interviews with folks in a region that's already seen many years of hard times. —  GOPUSA
• While climate change was identified as a leading threat to rainforests, many of the scientists argued that the tropics may also be the key to mitigating the impact of global warming. —  Mongabay.com News

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