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The opportunity to sit down with Sinfield in the week of the event proved that even though he is no longer a rugby league player, the sport is still close to his heart – reflected by almost the first words he utters.

By Adam Gopnik Almost the first thing that every essay about the nineteenth-century American novelist William Dean Howells announces is that no one writes essays about William Dean Howells anymore; his eclipse is his identity.

[C4.] Oil Futures Climb After Disruptions Crude oil futures rose to a one-month high after a ruptured pipeline cut Iraqi exports by almost half, the third day shipments from the Middle East's fifth-largest oil-producing nation have been disrupted.

Mansfield Town have increased capacity at the One Call Stadium by almost 300, the second expansion in three months.

The Australians, however, smashed the world record by almost six seconds, the 18th world record to fall in the Water Cube in less than six days.

If you place a dollar valuation on health insurance, then, according to the White House's calculations, the A.C.A. boosted by almost a fifth the share of post-tax income received by the poorest ten per cent of U.S. households.

The hosts easily won the gold by almost four seconds; Evans and the Australians were third, relegated from the silver medal by just 0.02 s by the Canadian team, having been in the bronze medal position at every change.

Their concern is not that the firm's revenues are down by almost a third from the height of the boom what technology firm is not suffering?

Although the BPA levels in urine samples from this new group of people were lower by almost a third, the association remained between coronary heart disease and higher urinary BPA.

The number of foreign-born workers shrank by almost a fifth in the year to the third quarter, and many of those who lost their jobs left Ireland.

Mr Taylor's review found the number of children in custody has fallen by almost two-thirds in the past decade, reaching the lowest recorded level.