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FBI veterans struggled to recall anything remotely comparable to the island-wide raid, which netted 129 of the 133 law enforcement suspects charged with providing protection for drug deals.
FBI’s ‘unprecedented’ Puerto Rico invasion Jeff Stein 2010
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In order to deal with antisocial types and nip dodgy behaviour in the bud, the Taransay Duma would have the power to get rid of our 10 most unpopular residents through an island-wide annual plebiscite.
If we buy Taransay, we can save the Union | Kevin McKenna 2011
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Then, with the island-wide vaccinations in the 60s and 70s, the disease was at last officially eradicated.
Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part II of II) Richard Bangs 2011
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He will face either Tsai Ing-wen or Su Tseng-chang of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which will choose its own candidate in an island-wide public opinion survey early next month.
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For example, Sicily has been very smart about exploiting its island-wide IGT designation, which gives them lots of flexibility and the ability to label their wines by varietal, which plays well in international markets.
Sasha Smith 2009
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Then, with the island-wide vaccinations in the 60s and 70s, the disease was at last officially eradicated.
Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part II of II) Richard Bangs 2011
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Pollán took up her cause when her husband, Hector Maseda, was arrested, along with 74 others, in an island-wide crackdown on dissent in March 2003.
A Dissident's Mysterious Death in Havana Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011
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While no party will be mounting an island-wide campaign to push its own manifesto, this strategy will at least ensure each voter sees an alternative to the PAP on his ballot.
Polling Singapore 2011
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Ms. Tsai beat out former Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang by a single percentage point in an island-wide phone poll that served as the party's primary.
Taiwan Opposition Makes Its Pick Paul Mozur 2011
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The extended failures were the result of "island-wide devastation" that made quick restoration of power a challenge, LIPA spokeswoman Vanessa Baird-Streeter said on Monday.
Long Island Tallies Cost of Irene Robbie Whelan 2011
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