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But her resolute tapping hit many fault-lines and reduced several inflated edifices.
Philippa Foot obituary Jane O'Grady 2010
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More than 90 people were killed last year in Bangkok in clashes between pro-Thaksin supporters and security forces, deepening the country's fault-lines.
Thai Military Accepts Election Result James Hookway 2011
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Lieberman's right-wing but secular constituency is profoundly opposed to Jewish ultra-orthodoxy with its theocratic ambitions -- and the list could be continued along cultural, ethnic and religious fault-lines in Israeli society.
Carlo Strenger: Social Justice Unites Israel More Effectively Than Nationalism Carlo Strenger 2011
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Several major fault-lines run through the area and we experience frequent earth tremors, as a result.
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Several major fault-lines run through the area and we experience frequent earth tremors, as a result.
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More than 90 people were killed last year in Bangkok in clashes between pro-Thaksin supporters and security forces, deepening the country's fault-lines.
Thai Military Accepts Election Result James Hookway 2011
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The nuclear crisis in Japan has debunked the claims of authorities that their nuclear power stations, built with inferior containment on fault-lines, are safe and fully under control.
Alyn Ware: Nuclear Energy and Weapons: Uncontrollable in Time and Space Alyn Ware 2011
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But serious cracks are appearing along fault-lines similar to those in the wider European economy.
Europe's Economic Woes Mirrored on Football Pitch Alen Mattich 2011
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Several major fault-lines run through the area and we experience frequent earth tremors, as a result.
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Over the years, it has turned its forests into firewood, built flimsy concrete block homes even while sitting in one of the world's deepest earthquake fault-lines.
Blame Canada 2010
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