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HAIL - A report from the Control and Investigation Board (CIB) in Hail has shown that in the course of a single year 400 cases have been registered of forgery, bribery, embezzlement and administrative malpractice.
Crossroads Arabia 2009
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The play that introduced the term "Hail Mary" to the football lexicon.
The Plays That Decided the Playoffs Jared Diamond 2012
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Video courtesy of Reuters That last attempt was called a "Hail Mary pass" on Saturday by Robert Alvarez , a senior policy analyst who specialized in nuclear issues for the Institute for Policy Studies, and is a former Department of Energy policy advisor on nuclear worker issues.
Plant Safety Systems Questioned From Failed Reactor Rebecca Smith 2011
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Effing Hail is the story of a catastrophic phenomenon.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Hail is formed by rain falling through dry cold air.
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About the only noticeable energy ploys were desperate, second-term Hail Mary passes, such as pretending that more offshore and domestic drilling would solve all problems.
unknown title 2009
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Undeterred, Cash and others called a Hail Mary play—instead of sending up a telescope solely for the use of exoplanet searching with the sunshade, they would propose using the Webb Telescope, due to launch in 2014, as the second part of a resurrected occulter-telescope mission.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Undeterred, Cash and others called a Hail Mary play—instead of sending up a telescope solely for the use of exoplanet searching with the sunshade, they would propose using the Webb Telescope, due to launch in 2014, as the second part of a resurrected occulter-telescope mission.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Explaining his surprise flanking attack, he said, "Once we had taken out his eyes, we did what can best be described as the Hail Mary play in football": the receivers went down one side of the field, the quarterback lobbed the ball and everyone prayed.
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