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But China's claims to a chunk of the South China Sea are preposterous, and its belligerence is driving neighbors closer to America.

Students learned from veterans, townies got to know Vanderbilt and Nashvillians got access to a chunk of the public commons otherwise dominated by big business: the airwaves.

The half-seat was to be joined to a chunk of the English mainland, creating a constituency divided by several miles of sea.

But he indisputably snared Andrew Luster, as he promised to do in January, on camera, making a legally dubious claim to a chunk of the million-dollar bail.

Most are now in their 80s, and they argued to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission that they too are entitled to a chunk of the Libyan settlement fund.

After reading Stanley's newspaper reports, Belgium's King Leopold, eager to lay claim to a chunk of the continent, concluded that the vast Congo territory in the middle of Africa, somehow still unclaimed by Europeans, could be his.

If any guests are coming to your meeting to discuss topics of importance, you'll want to devote a chunk of the meeting time to these people.

While it doesn't send money directly to Flint, the city will be able to apply for a loan to receive a chunk of the money. .

Reputed to have cost more than $130m £87mm) to develop, SWTOR is a bid to grab a chunk of the lucrative gaming market for publisher EA.

Instead, the executive agrees at a future date to sell a chunk of the stock to an investment bank, in exchange for an immediate cash payout.

The Obama administration has said that it plans to use a chunk of the bank bailout money, up to $100 billion, to provide foreclosure relief.