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The essays on "Mrs. Dalloway" and "To the Lighthouse," though relatively brief, manage to seize their heart, brain and radiance.

Although the Shabab did manage to seize a great deal of territory — almost half of Somalia — and hold it for a surprisingly long time, it never did much harm to the West.

Depending on which squandered opportunities one chose to emphasize, the final score, 2-1, could have been more lopsided in favor of the Dutch or could have ended up shockingly in favor of Slovakia, the little team that could and did against Italy but could not quite manage to seize the moment from point-blank range against the Dutch.

Although the cadets and their civilian supporters failed to assassinate the Emperor's brother Grand Duke Constantine (who was commander in chief of the armed forces in Poland) or to capture the barracks of the Russian cavalry, they did manage to seize weapons from the arsenal, arm the city's civilian population, and gain control of the northern section of Warsaw.

Sheikh Mahmoud warned of terrible consequences: "If they manage to seize power, Sunnis in Bahrain will suffer and we'll see bloodshed and killings".

Thus, law enforcement agencies benefit in a very direct way from every dollar in assets and currency they manage to seize and forfeit.

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Obama has managed to seize this moment without stealing it.

With stealth and bayonets, they managed to seize 158 prisoners.

Singer has so far managed to seize $39m of the country's oil sales.

Mr. Díaz-Canel may in fact find himself on a lonely perch if he manages to seize the top job.

Perry jumped over him and, though his arms were still bound, managed to seize the rifle from the stocky man.

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