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  • Instead of state repression El Chopo must now defend itself against the ever-encroaching forces of commercialization and globalization.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Dexter's titular serial killer will be bloody busy this season as he takes on single parenting, hiding his secret hobby, and the ever-encroaching suspicions of his sister.

    Comic-Con: 5 Things Dexter Will Find in Dexter's Sixth Season 2011

  • These efforts minimized the flooding, except in some exceptional years like 1973 and 1980, but the sea waters of the Gulf remained an ever-encroaching threat because of all the disruptions to the natural processes of the river.

    Archive 2010-08-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • Hapthorn, a man of logic and reason, is still dealing with the ever-encroaching onset of "sympathetic association" or, as we call it, magic, thanks to the Great Wheel which, across Eons, swings like a cosmological pendulum between science and magic.

    REVIEW: The Spiral Labyrinth by Matthew Hughes 2010

  • These efforts minimized the flooding, except in some exceptional years like 1973 and 1980, but the sea waters of the Gulf remained an ever-encroaching threat because of all the disruptions to the natural processes of the river.

    Hurricane Katrina: The Fate of New Orleans Hangs in an Uncomfortable Balance with Mother Nature Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • They are water control systems that help the Dutch in their battle against the ever-encroaching North Sea.

    Archive 2010-08-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • Instead of state repression El Chopo must now defend itself against the ever-encroaching forces of commercialization and globalization.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • They are water control systems that help the Dutch in their battle against the ever-encroaching North Sea.

    Hurricane Katrina: Climate Change Begets Delta Urbanism Olga Bonfiglio 2010

  • Instead of state repression El Chopo must now defend itself against the ever-encroaching forces of commercialization and globalization.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Because of religion and its ever-encroaching move into the political spectrum, Americans were forced to live through an administration that would not allow medical research on single cells to help find cures for diseases in people who are alive right now.

    Lara M. Gardner: Have We Overcome? 2010

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