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[001] enue has said that ordinary and preference shares of _____ Diffusion are of "negligible value" for taxation pur
[002] ies, a majority-ruled South Africa must be based on a _____ economy. The British line has been that there is a h
[003] ation, and range from the shouts of "freedom" and the _____ of Stasi truncheons hitting skulls to the even more o
[004] said yesterday. It's true the horse was 100 per cent _____ five minutes afterwards, but there was definitely som
[005] ether it was day or night. No reflection of light, no _____ from inhabited land, no roaring of the ocean could ha
[006] ny sign of existence. They stopped to listen, but no _____ arose above the roaring of the waves and the dashing
[007] d be heard the howling of the wind and the monotonous _____ of the surf breaking on the shore. The waves rolled t
[008] perhaps two hours from morning, when Pencroft, then _____ asleep, was vigorously shaken. "What's the matter?"
[009] the fight uttering from time to time--a sharp hissing _____ , which was with him the sign of great rejoicing. At
[010] llow, or at least having been so. A continual hissing _____ issued from his lips, his aspect was wild, but he di
[011] htly wounded in the shoulder, and Pencroft, safe and _____ , whom their friends received with open arms. All imme
[012] e last shots fired at Ayrton not a report, not even a _____ , had betrayed the presence of the brig in the neighbo
[013] The reporter and Pencroft, halting at any suspicious _____ , advanced with great caution. They walked a little di
[014] ed open. Gideon Spilett and Pencroft listened. Not a _____ could be heard inside the palisade. The musmons and
[015] e joy they felt, on seeing him again, almost safe and _____ , after a hundred and four days separation. Ayrton th
[016] t even the edge of the road could not be seen. Not a _____ in the forest. Both animals and birds, influenced by
[017] olemn silence reigned in this basaltic cavern. Not a _____ could penetrate into it, even the thunder peals could
[018] und, "it seems to me that I can hear a dull, rumbling _____ , like that of a wagon loaded with bars of iron." The
[019] hich formed over the latter disappeared. A frightful _____ was heard. The colonists at first thought the island w
[020] e hissing of the water rent the air with a deafening _____ , and the vapor, blown by the wind, fell in rain upon
[021] posals combine the "indispensable elements in a _____ health program- people, knowledge, services, facilit
[022] r financial aid in purchasing equipment needed for a _____ civil defense program. Matching funds also can be
[023] ee children. Helping foreign countries to build a _____ political structure is more important than aiding th
[024] Mike Rice, Meek expects the squad to be physically _____ for Rice. "Kelsey is very doubtful for the Rice g
[025] d deter Russia's use of hers; that theory was and is _____ . The danger lay in the American delusion that nuclea
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[001] esident Ceausescu by letting their cattle die of old _____ or starvation both because fodder is extremely scarce
[002] deal which brought another 15,000, many of them the _____ he was then, to the West. He flew to Prague to convi
[003] 891006 Hungary's old guard attacks reformers: "Stone _____ " conservatives are set to clash with "monetarists" at
[004] the day when he referred to his opponents as "Stone _____ conservatives". With such an inauspicious start to th
[005] ost African countries, where open air markets are an _____ -old tradition. But Rock Santeiro, which takes its na
[006] ut, national experience was limited. No one under the _____ of 41 has any experience of voting in elections. He e
[007] ch garments, Mr Zhu insists, will recall this golden _____ of Chinese socialism when people "worked hard and wer
[008] TONY ALLEN-MILLS AT THE end of the Treta, or Second _____ , Dasaratha, the childless king of the Solar race, pe
[009] year- old bowler taking on two batsmen whose combined _____ was 42. After an hour had been lost to rain straight
[010] - during the winter. Any contracted player under the _____ of 22 will be eligible. Barclays Bank have donated £5
[011] Ferguson was being asked unkind questions about his _____ , and then, as now, he was partial to the odd pack of
[012] Barrington, the former world No. 1 who has waited an _____ for signs of Englishmen who might become world beate
[013] re like that. Winning has to become a habit". At the _____ of 29, Durie must be wondering how much longer she ha
[014] s". ’Ä¢Sport Page 36 891005 Cricket: Yardley's golden _____ of graft By DEREK HODGSON NORMAN YARDLEY died yester
[015] rtherner, thin, bony, lean, about forty-five years of _____ ; his close-cut hair and his beard, of which he only ke
[016] lett was tall. He was rather more than forty years of _____ . Light whiskers bordering on red surrounded his face
[017] encroft, a man of about thirty-five or forty years of _____ , strongly built, very sunburnt, and possessed of a p
[018] est, having first torn open his clothes. A minute--an _____ !-- passed, during which he endeavored to catch the fa
[019] d on the groups of trees. Some old trunks, bent with _____ , showed black against the verdant grass which covere
[020] nions! Herbert alone slept for two hours, for at his _____ sleep is a necessity. They were all three anxious to
[021] ert. "Perhaps," answered Gideon Spilett. "About what _____ is he?" asked the lad. "It is difficult to say," repl
[022] us was his constitution. He was now eighteen years of _____ . He was tall, and promised to become a man of noble
[023] of Bundelkund. His father sent him, when ten years of _____ , to Europe, in order that he might receive an educati
[024] ntry to a level with the nations of Europe. From the _____ of ten years to that of thirty Prince Dakkar, endowed
[025] n the depths of the ocean. He was now sixty years of _____ . Although alone, he succeeded in navigating the "Nau
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[001] e chips saw high turnover as shares firmed across the _____ . The all-share index, at 1, 178.8, was up 11.3. Mila
[002] meeting by sacked directors trying to get back on the _____ , Amalgamated Financial Investments has sent out a sui
[003] the agenda when the chairman of the Federal Reserve _____ , Alan Greenspan, becomes the first US central bank ch
[004] k thousands who block the tracks and want to jump on _____ . Hundreds gather on the platforms at Hof station, Ba
[005] bringing out 7,600 refugees from Prague and climb on _____ . About 10, 000 people were believed to have been inv
[006] ists emerge as the largest group, they will sweep the _____ . In the first vote of the day, they ensured that Cent
[007] ison in Switzerland for the murder of a Frenchman on _____ an Air Afrique airliner during a hijack attempt which
[008] San Salvador Wounded FMLN guerrillas in San Salvador _____ a plane, believed to be bound for Chile, after they w
[009] pecially since it is not the only idea on the drawing _____ . A private consortium has financial backing for a sc
[010] pan, the visiting chairman of the US Federal Reserve _____ , wound up three days of discussions with Soviet mini
[011] ans already had an unassailable 3 &1/2 points on the _____ . I really enjoyed it," Calcavecchia said, yawning in
[012] y the policy and behaviour of the South African Rugby _____ ," he said. They have been ready to give priority to
[013] critical of Welsh officials who went to the SA Rugby _____ celebrations. But Terry Vaux, the WRU committeeman w
[014] WRU committeeman who resigned from the International _____ because of the row, has written to clubs in his area,
[015] du Prince d'Orange. Cash Asmussen is likely to be on _____ the unbeaten colt. ’Ä¢Sport Page 37 891003 Racing: S
[016] by League By PAUL WILSON (First Edition) THE LEAGUE'S _____ of directors yesterday found Castleford and Hull guil
[017] a busy night. John Morris, secretary of the British _____ of Control, has commended Bolsover's Ian Bulloch for
[018] om the home life of our own Combined Services Sports _____ , which has yet to recognise the 13-a- side code. The
[019] s to probe the background to the South African Rugby _____ centenary tour. The only subject open for debate wil
[020] en elevated, with Denzil Lloyd, to the International _____ , Home Unions and Five Nations committees. ’Ä¢Sport P
[021] calls" have been made to the Test and County Cricket _____ , according to Dave Hill, the Australian whose product
[022] planning and maintaining close liaison with the Levy _____ and the Horseracing Advisory Council. Possibly, Hain
[023] e on a sunny afternoon. Ratings dip right across the _____ . In any case, we have only 18 matches live and need to
[024] continue annually. When the British Amateur Athletic _____ was in financial crisis three years ago, we had to cu
[025] BBA ROW, the chairman of the Test and County Cricket _____ since 1985, last night announced his intended retirem
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[001] s and Lybrand are expected to hand the Serious Fraud _____ their report on how Ferranti came to be defrauded of
[002] eas where there is more potential". The society's 145- _____ estate agency chain, Property Leeds, is also to be c
[003] mily trust. The deal, which needs the approval of the _____ of Fair Trading and the European Commission, will gi
[004] iam Waldegrave, the Minister of State at the Foreign _____ , met a delegation from the Southern Africa Coalition
[005] ion, was unharmed but two aides at the Liberal Party _____ , which serves as the opposition coalition headquarter
[006] nted as part of the furniture of any self- respecting _____ and available to all on every high street. Not so in
[007] mmunity, which now has the use of a state-of-the-art _____ services joint venture to be found at 50 Gorky Street
[008] t by the Secretariat of State, the Vatican's Foreign _____ , that Mr Gorbachev's authority may come under increas
[009] Tzannis Tzannetakis, resigned after three months in _____ , writes Peter Thompson. Mr Tzannetakis was asked to
[010] icts the Socialists will be swept into a third term of _____ on 29 October by an absolute majority. Mr Gonzalez's
[011] der of the ruling People's Action Party, has held the _____ since 1959 when Singapore became a self-governing st
[012] ready," says Estonia's Deputy Prime Minister in his _____ in the elegant pink government building, atop the hil
[013] cy; autonomous local governments; the creation of the _____ of state president; an independent judiciary; an end
[014] judiciary; an end to censorship; a supreme auditing _____ to inspect state finances; constitutional guarantees t
[015] or they don't care what happens anymore". The Foreign _____ dismissed the conspiracy allegation. "There is no ev
[016] he border. An official from the New China News Agency _____ , China's de facto embassy in Hong Kong, said no progr
[017] WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, Minister of State at the Foreign _____ , called yesterday for the improvement in human rights
[018] ext week the strike is expected to spread to the Post _____ . ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 15 891012 East Germany admits
[019] rategy adopted by Mr Papandreou, whose eight years in _____ ended when his socialist Pasokparty was defeated in a
[020] s week to begin his reign by promoting a new range of _____ furniture. Strong and reliable stuff, see. A good tie
[021] troduced to the media yesterday on his second day in _____ , smacks very much of a Pavlov's dogs" response which
[022] rs old, stressed that he believes that five years in _____ is sufficient, and that negotiating the International
[023] esmen of MCC. What history will say of his tenure of _____ is that he had very difficult decisions to make in aw
[024] saddened by the internal strife, he resigned from an _____ in which he took great pride. Yardley was proud that
[025] oblem with that. When I was a player, I'd go into his _____ and we'd talk contract for five minutes about other t
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[001] ar. That would certainly suit the Jaguar management's _____ and has less potential for political embarrassment th
[002] agents, although the agency is listed in the telephone _____ . Apparently many emigres are unaware that phone books
[003] Maradona's restoration period By PHIL SHAW THE FORM _____ proved a poor guide yesterday when Napoli, who stumbl
[004] ner in straight sets, Durie needed to upset the form _____ . For half an hour or so she had Barbara Paulus, ranked
[005] ttles, in the first rank, revolver in one hand, note- _____ in the other; grape- shot never made his pencil trem
[006] and sketch of the battle. The last words in his note- _____ were these: "A Southern rifleman has just taken aim
[007] believe that Mr. Spilett would rather keep his note- _____ than his match-box." Herbert did not reply. The loss
[008] after some hesitation tearing a leaf out of his note- _____ . Pencroft took the piece of paper which the reporter
[009] of the catastrophe. We must mention, however, a note- _____ and a watch which Gideon Spilett had kept, doubtless
[010] no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a _____ which was always at hand, always open at the page wh
[011] at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a _____ which answered all their questions, and which they o
[012] act list of them as stated in Gideon Spilett's note- _____ : -- Tools:--3 knives with several blades, 2 woodmen's
[013] "Quick!" Spilett rapidly tore a leaf from his note- _____ , and wrote these words:-- "Herbert wounded. We are at
[014] ded Pencroft, "the world is very learned. what a big _____ , captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And
[015] made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger _____ still with all that is not known!" answered Harding.
[016] the 'Nautilus' was struggling?" "They escaped, and a _____ has appeared under the title of 'Twenty Thousand Leag
[017] Stram, quipping, "I think I'll put that play in the _____ ". The early Southwest Conference football leaders
[018] nows the code as thoroughly as the man who wrote the _____ . This knowledge has come in handy, too. His first
[019] Mrs. Edward App will entertain the members of her _____ Club on Tuesday. Mrs. A. Voorhees Anderson entert
[020] Mrs. H. E. Godwin will entertain the members of her _____ Club at her home on Tuesday. DR. AND MRS. Richard Pe
[021] cation. Advance publicity on the Los Angeles Blue _____ does not mention names dropped as did the notices fo
[022] ostman. Publisher Richardson has updated the Blue _____ "but it still remains the compact reference
[023] "but it still remains the compact reference _____ used by so many for those ever-changing telephone nu
[024] uring the past year. Last two to be added before the _____ went to press were the marriages of Meredith Jane Co
[025] sted as newly wed in the Pasadena section of the new _____ are Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Moody Haskins /3,. She is th
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[001] ration of Tibet", China's efforts to keep him and his _____ in quarantine will be all the more difficult. The aw
[002] l Peace Prize will encourage all those who pursue the _____ of peace to do so in a renewed spirit of optimism and
[003] nti- terrorist squad said they knew of no particular _____ for alarm and that only normal security measures had
[004] search of a new life. "You've got to be careful: they _____ lots of trouble," said Manoel, glancing nervously at t
[005] know. All Issaqs are SNM fighters". The Issaqs have _____ to hate the Mogadishu government. In Djibouti I met 1
[006] be opened. We now have the possibility to analyse the _____ of cancer in a much more precise way, because we now
[007] much more precise way, because we now know that the _____ of cancer is within ourselves". Professor Gahrton said
[008] ol sprays and refrigeration equipment and is the main _____ of the ozone hole - in the stratosphere than two yea
[009] 75,000- acre estate next to Balmoral Castle. But her _____ was badly damaged in 1985, the day before she was to
[010] ets. Mr Chirac is tackling the effect rather than the _____ of the problem. His scheme involves eliminating 100,0
[011] power pack of the Galileo space probe, said it could _____ a nuclear accident worse than Chernobyl. Galileo is
[012] s McLaren. Prost's result does little to further his _____ in the championship if he has to drop his lower score
[013] es' heel for the McLaren- Honda and it will doubtless _____ Senna one or two anxious moments before this season
[014] rphy's collection of reserves. That Saints managed to _____ an upset with nothing more than direct running and h
[015] s countryman may prove a crucial figure in Bedford's _____ . A sniping and competitive scrum- half straight out
[016] irmly into touch by student authorities. Instead of a _____ for celebration, yesterday's conference to announce t
[017] lage trimmed off, but it feels fine now and shouldn't _____ me any problems at all next season". PETER RAWSON, Z
[018] bt that the South would soon be subdued, and that the _____ of the North, the
[019] of the North, the _____ of justice, would triumph, thanks to Grant, thanks t
[020] guess what the smoke was which at first, not without _____ , had startled him. "This fue," said he, "or rather, t
[021] sciences, would render greater service to the common _____ . Neb was devotion personified. Clever, intelligent, i
[022] atly facilitate the treatment of the ore. This is the _____ of the wealth of the mines in Great Britain, where th
[023] ne is ignited by caps of fulminate, which in bursting _____ the explosion. A shock is therefore needed to produce
[024] itro- glycerine, would burst by means of a fuse, and _____ the explosion. But Cyrus Harding knew that nitro- gly
[025] . During this period of cold, Cyrus Harding had great _____ to congratulate himself on having brought to Granite
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[001] Six- year- old Robert, clutching a small brown teddy _____ , will remember how he missed school to go on a sudde
[002] ppalling conditions until March this year. Some still _____ the marks of their torture, but they appeared remarka
[003] as are often met with in granite countries and which _____ the name of "Chimneys." Pencroft and Herbert penetrat
[004] brought his practical science, his inventive mind to _____ on their situation, perhaps all hope would not have
[005] captain," asked Herbert, "shall you be in a state to _____ the fatigue of the ascent?" "I hope so," replied the
[006] was the crejimba, of the palm family, which does not _____ edible fruit. Long straight branches were cut, the le
[007] er branches of a tree, an animal which he took for a _____ , and which he very tranquilly began to draw. Happily
[008] l, which they did not disturb, Gideon Spilett erased " _____ " from the title of his sketch, putting koala in its
[009] one of that species of the order of cetaceans, which _____ the name of the "dugong," for its nostrils were open
[010] er during our absence." And, at this moment, as if to _____ witness to the truth of the sailor's words, two or t
[011] nly too evident; he wished to bring her broadside to _____ on the Chimneys and from there to reply with shell a
[012] reech- loaders, they ought consequently to be able to _____ a considerable charge, and also have an enormous rang
[013] have, therefore, reason to believe that our guns will _____ without risk the expansion of the pyroxyle gas, and
[014] to leave the corral, and when! He believed he could _____ removal to Granite House. He was sure his strength wo
[015] House. "Captain Harding," said he, "I must go; I can _____ the journey. I must go." Gideon Spilett approached He
[016] ccupied themselves with bringing their researches to _____ on the most secret parts of the island. The explorat
[017] accompanied them, but never Pencroft, who could not _____ to look upon the prospect of the island now so utterly
[018] is two doubles against Lefty Don Rudolph to open the _____ 's attack. After Al Paschal gruonded out, Jay Cooke w
[019] tive is to bring the maximum service of libraries to _____ on the schools, and on adult education in general.
[020] watched them sprout, bud, blossom, and get ready to _____ . She was ready to kill the beef, dress it out, and w
[021] that its new and enlarged membership are bringing to _____ upon it. But at least the pessimists who believed th
[022] ficant, Pope John has said that Catholics themselves _____ some responsibility for Christian disunity. A major
[023] iece the costumes, bric-a-brac, vehicles, and decor, _____ the stamp of unimpeachable authenticity. The majo
[024] cipals there is nothing lacking. Bob Carroll may not _____ quite as close a physical resemblance to LaGuardia a
[025] vior of protons and electrons. Protons and electrons _____ opposite electrical charges which make them attract
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[001] Czechoslovakia, despite East Berlin's ending of visa- _____ travel across the border. Between 20 0 and 300 East
[002] eath to get out, arriving exhausted but so happy to be _____ . "Unless your country has been divided too, you just
[003] An unknown group called "Young Palestine, Proud and _____ ", in a letter to Belgian newspapers yesterday, said i
[004] a "total change" from Poland's communist system to a _____ -market economy. "But this chance was given to us in e
[005] extremely bad conditions". Poland must cut spending, _____ prices, tighten tax discipline, cut state subsidies
[006] he Tzannetakis administration left state broadcasting _____ to report objectively. It reformed the judicial syste
[007] socialist movement capable of contesting next year's _____ elections, the first in Eastern Europe for 40 years.
[008] an interim coalition government and winner- take-all _____ elections. The US supports Mr Savimbi's position. A
[009] sefire and face-to-face negotiations, and, ultimately _____ and fair elections'. Mr Savimbi says he has no intent
[010] e and without open military involvement, then he was _____ to go ahead". The order was, in effect, an authorisa
[011] ved a carefully worded programme for transition to a _____ , multi- party state. "We now have the backbone of the
[012] r Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), such _____ markets are illegal, officially anyway. Many visitors
[013] ket. The Angolan government, increasingly looking to _____ market policies to revive the economy, last month jo
[014] For many, the scramble for enough cash to afford the _____ market prices inevitably leads back to the state sho
[015] proposal that the current system of exporting goods _____ of VAT be abandoned and that after 1992 the tax shoul
[016] forces, who were said to have used bayonets. Curbs on _____ speech - the banning of books, revocation of newspap
[017] nks to young women with babies - prayed with him "to _____ us from the temptation of power, the temptation of vi
[018] rful businessmen with little interest in a genuinely _____ market. The municipal and new regional elections on
[019] ion into West Germany. Nor does the Chancellor demand _____ elections for East Germans immediately, his aides sa
[020] inary open letter to the same paper, the organ of the _____ German Youth (SDJ). The president of the Writer's Ass
[021] wances in worth - then the whole dream of a frontier- _____ Community will be lost. ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 16 8910
[022] of music, Kurt Masur. It read in part: "We all need a _____ exchange of views about how Socialism is to be contin
[023] he streets". The usually ultra- orthodox organ of the _____ German Youth (FDJ), which on Monday attacked "pervas
[024] by the Western financial community that red- blooded _____ market therapy cannot alone provide the answer. Natu
[025] as Tigers came back again, until Roberts scored and _____ -throws from Tom Seaman and Paul James gave Bracknell
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[001] tremist political ends. "The next parliament will not _____ merely as a forum for making political statements but
[002] half straight out of the All Black mould, he has to _____ out his time but qualifies to play in the league in
[003] se sport as part of a commercial product. We have to _____ sport and sports viewers and keep a broad range of pe
[004] taking the tiebreak 7-5 but not before she lost her _____ to 5-5 and then saved a set point at 5-6. Such was t
[005] to light a fire on a point of the islet, which would _____ as a signal to the engineer. But they searched in vai
[006] ea, it did not offer the smallest fissure which would _____ as a dwelling. It was a perpendicular wall of very ha
[007] ablished, Herbert looked for some cavity which would _____ them as a retreat, but in vain; everywhere the wall a
[008] y boy," replied the sailor, "and these Chimneys will _____ our turn. Let us set to work, but first come and get
[009] linen," replied the boy. "That could in case of need _____ for tinder." The sailor thought it very sensible advi
[010] neer and reporter, Pencroft burned a little linen to _____ as tinder. As to flint, that would not be wanting in
[011] poke was the construction of an apparatus which would _____ to transform the natural substances. The part which h
[012] ch they must be armed, that is to say, a substance to _____ in lieu of iron, could not be met with so easily. Bu
[013] putting in a line with the sun two trees which would _____ him for marks, he thus obtained an invariable meridia
[014] t a furnace of bricks of a particular arrangement, to _____ for the distillation of the sulphate or iron when it
[015] ortance to us. Everything, my friends, everything can _____ us in the condition in which we are. Do not forget t
[016] then in use, its beam moved with extreme power would _____ to stretch out the wire by rolling it round itself.
[017] g saw nothing, not a cavern, not a cleft which could _____ as a retreat to any being whatever, for the foot of t
[018] nce made in the hull, discovered tackle, which would _____ to hoist up the barrels and chests. The boat receive
[019] mmunition and provisions, and, if necessary, it would _____ as an entrenchment." "Forward, then!" said Gideon Spi
[020] es. Without speaking of the complete rig which would _____ for the vessel now on the stocks, utensils and tools
[021] interim citizens committee. "These actions should _____ to protect in fact and in effect the court's wards f
[022] Y, as SMU's food wrangler, buys enough groceries to _____ 32,000 meals a week. Tell that to the little wife wh
[023] ed, in butter. Sprinkle over top of chicken breasts. _____ each breast on a thin slice of slow-baked ham and sp
[024] young people like the high schoolers he and his wife _____ as advisors at First Presbyterian Church. And he
[025] an decorators. Regional representatives appointed to _____ from each section of the country include Frank E. Ba