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								Most of these scenarios assume a gradual crossing-over, almost like the migration of dunes, as behaviors change, paradigms shift, and the digital future heaves fully into view. End Times 2009 
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								While I am reasonably sure that the comic vision of Stanley Elkin would still be preserved for those reading his fiction in a translation, how in the world could this writer's style survive the crossing-over? Translated Texts 2010 
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								Most of these scenarios assume a gradual crossing-over, almost like the migration of dunes, as behaviors change, paradigms shift, and the digital future heaves fully into view. End Times 2009 
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								This recent trend has notable "presenters" seamlessly crossing-over from reading the news into performing a script. Leslie Griffith: Anchors and Reporters: Stop Going Down With the Ship Leslie Griffith 2012 
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								This recent trend has notable "presenters" seamlessly crossing-over from reading the news into performing a script. Leslie Griffith: Anchors and Reporters: Stop Going Down With the Ship Leslie Griffith 2012 
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								But Italy is the first country in the world to experience what is known as "the crossing-over," where the number of people who are over 60 exceeds the number of those who are under 20. Italia, R.I.P. 2010 
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								“So all this living half and dead half, and crossing-over stuff… Are you saying… ?” The Haunted Jessica Verday 2010 
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								There numbers are much fewer than the moderate and liberal Republicans who are crossing-over to vote Democrat this year. ann_american2004 
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								Its subtitle hurdle aside, I could see the movie crossing-over beyond viewers hoping for Roald Dahl by way of Michel Gondry and on to hip families; the visuals seem to express fun far more than “anal perfectionist.” A Town Called Panic Movie Trailer (Now Scheduled for Domestic Release!) | /Film 2009 
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								I thought of her because she represents that crossing-over from a different field. The other g-word Roger Sutton 2007 
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