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And Benjamin Black/John Banville, equally courageous, proved himself equal to the task of resurrecting Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, his novel The Black-Eyed Blonde (Mantle £16.99) putting the melancholy detective on the trail of a vanished lover and amply rewarding those fans who have chafed at the mere seven Marlowe novels Chandler left behind.

For them the Khalīfah was equal to the task of governing bequeathed him by the Mahdī.

Roosevelt spoke of equipment which would be equal to the task "of every emergency and every defence".

The few United Nations troops deployed in the region are not equal to the task of disarming the Hutu soldiers.

Jeff, played with a subdued cockiness by Eddie Kaye Thomas, proves more than equal to the task of bringing the imperious Regan down a notch or two.

To survive the physical challenges of Venus, both Van and Lars must let go of the past, and Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways.

"We didn't play very well in the third, but Kirk was equal to the task," Coach Ron Low said of McLean, who turned aside 19 of 20 shots in the final period.

"For the French, Francois Hollande was equal to the task, he answered the accusations of lack of leadership and firmness, he donned the presidential costume and reaped the rewards," deputy general director of Ifop France told Reuters TV.

Alberich seems equal to the task, but his dreams of dwarvian dominion founder when the ring is stolen by the one-eyed god Wotan, who lost his other eye in an unrelated heist involving the World Ash Tree.

WASHINGTON — Saying that the United States economy was likely to worsen before it improves, President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday pledged to pursue a recovery plan "equal to the task ahead," including the creation of a vast public-works program not just built around bridge and highway projects, but on creating "green jobs" and disseminating new technologies.

The escapees stepped into a scene of heightened security that seemed more than equal to the task.