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The regime, meanwhile, is sure to redouble its hard- and soft-power efforts to ensure that the Green Movement remains both marginal and divided.
A Green Manifesto for Iran Ilan Berman 2011
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Variations abound, depending on the room: A shoulder-height, custom-milled American-style bookcase running along a bedroom wall is cozy perfection; the three-quarter height provides ample hard- and soft-back storage with a shelf on top for a lamp, pictures and magazines.
Bookish Good Looks Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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Though we commonly speak of hard- and soft-boiled eggs, boiling is not a good way to cook eggs.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Though we commonly speak of hard- and soft-boiled eggs, boiling is not a good way to cook eggs.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Posey—like Nicholls, justifying promotion, and of the same hard- hitting indomitable spirit as Ramseur and Doles.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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Posey—like Nicholls, justifying promotion, and of the same hard- hitting indomitable spirit as Ramseur and Doles.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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And even though most of these specifications have been implemented in hard- and software and the world has been running on IPv4 address fumes since February.
Ars Technica iljitsch.vanbeijnum@arstechnica.com (Iljitsch van 2011
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Jribi of the PDP says Ennahdha engages in double-talk, presenting a moderate image in cities and pushing a more hard- line Islam in rural areas, an allegation Laarayedh denies.
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Western Digital Corp., the largest maker of computer hard- disk drives, agreed to buy a rival unit of Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. for about $4.3 billion in cash and stock to reduce costs.
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Markets in Asia and in Europe had already been hit hard- Japan's Nikkei stock average sliding more than 2 percent by the close Monday- and top European shares on track for similar losses.
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