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"Certainly it's going to cause some reappraisals because this is what you call a 'show-stopping' event," said Robert Alvarez, a senior scholar at the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies and former senior policy adviser at the U.S. Energy Department.
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By working within this shape, providing a strong opener, some solid interim stories to get you to the midway transition, where the bar should be raised again, and then another batch of interim stories finished off with your show-stopping finale, you'll get a collection (at least in theory) that the majority of readers can appreciate.
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 3) 2009
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The shuttle had flown 24 times without any major, show-stopping events.
Space Shuttle Challenger Loss Still Felt, 25 Years Later 2011
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The shuttle had flown 24 times without any major, show-stopping events.
Space Shuttle Challenger Loss Still Felt, 25 Years Later 2011
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Will brides-to-be Kate Middleton, Zara Philips and Charlene Wittstock top some of these show-stopping royal wedding gowns?
Yvonne Yorke: PHOTOS: Bad And Beautiful Royal Wedding Dresses Yvonne Yorke 2011
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Now there's a chance to see Jones, the show-stopping model, at the National Portrait
2010 Kennedy Center Honors Watch: Jones Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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The developers told Betanews Friday night that, assuming no more show-stopping bugs are reported, Firefox 3.5 could be pushed out as an official release as soon as Tuesday, June 30″.
Weave Now Syncs Firefox Preferences, Auto-Logins | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Will brides-to-be Kate Middleton, Zara Philips and Charlene Wittstock top some of these show-stopping royal wedding gowns?
Yvonne Yorke: PHOTOS: Bad And Beautiful Royal Wedding Dresses Yvonne Yorke 2011
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Have you even factored the police into this little show-stopping equation of yours?
Show Stoppah Thomas Slater 2011
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Will brides-to-be Kate Middleton, Zara Philips and Charlene Wittstock top some of these show-stopping royal wedding gowns?
Yvonne Yorke: PHOTOS: Bad And Beautiful Royal Wedding Dresses Yvonne Yorke 2011
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