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Prohibitive gold-medal favorite Davis settled for silver, beaten by half a second by a lightly-regarded Dutchman, and Hedrick closed his individual racing career with a heartbreaking 6th-place finish.
Defeated Shani Davis plans to compete again in Sochi in 2014 2010
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A widely viewed YouTube clip shows a a bendable OLED prototype from Sony labs, and there's an outside chance that a high-end version of the Apple tablet Prohibitive cost and size.
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Prohibitive inheritance-tax rates are certainly the main reason, but other factors might be at fault as well.
Under the Futon 2008
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Prohibitive costs, says Sierra Club president Carl Pope, make the revived nuclear energy debate "nothing but a distraction."
Radioactive Debate 2007
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Prohibitive prices likely discourage wider consumption.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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Prohibitive orders under Section 144 was imposed in the area.
Karnataka: Land Struggle in More Areas Abhay N 2007
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Prohibitive prices likely discourage wider consumption.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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Prohibitive prices likely discourage wider consumption.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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Prohibitive weather conditions in key drilling locations in Canada also resulted in production losses.
Natural-Gas Glut Buys And Sells ValueForum.com Illi Eisner 2006
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Of course the larger picture is serious, but I guess I still think there is some humor ala the Onion headline of last week: “Prohibitive Cost of Rocket Fuel Brings MidEast Conflict to a Standstill”
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