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Yet in a sign of a relationship in flux, the same plane that flew home the expelled Iranian diplomat also carried the Egyptian delegation of legislators, ex-diplomats and uprising activists to Tehran for their ice-breaking trip.
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Ottawa has pledged to deploy a fleet of new, ice-breaking naval patrol craft, build an Arctic deepwater naval port and bolster Arctic warfare training.
Canada Escalates Its Arctic Presence Chip Cummins 2011
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The Coast Guard said it started its springtime ice-breaking ritual Saturday on the Kennebec River, and will continue through Tuesday to reduce the risk of property damage.
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To substantiate their demand the letter states, The proposed activity threatens a number of significant effects, including effects to endangered Bowhead whales from drilling and ice-breaking noise, effects from a very large oil spill, and cumulative effects, and has the potential to harm subsistence activities that are of central cultural significance to Arctic coastal communities.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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Tom Patterson , a vice president at Fednav Ltd., a Montreal-based shipper, says the company has plans to build the world's biggest ice-breaking cargo ships to service what it expects will be a boom in Arctic mining.
Canada Escalates Its Arctic Presence Chip Cummins 2011
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Yet in a sign of a relationship in flux, the same plane that flew home the expelled Iranian diplomat also carried the Egyptian delegation of legislators, ex-diplomats and uprising activists to Tehran for their ice-breaking trip.
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Keith Cossrow, co-director of Truth in 24, which debuts on ESPN tonight (8 ET), says it took some ice-breaking: We're used to being in locker rooms with (NFL coaches) like Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin.
Zany sports science show answers questions you never had 2009
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Maybe my relief at having a little ice-breaking moment with Kim blinded me.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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The manager tends to lubricate things with friendly, ice-breaking conversation.
Unbearable Lightness Portia de Rossi 2010
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Maybe my relief at having a little ice-breaking moment with Kim blinded me.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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