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It was the first such barge-based test, a necessity that had come about because the powerful thermonuclear devices completely obliterated the small islands following detonation.
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This term and friends with benefits are fairly recent, having come about within the past few decades.
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It had started to come about in 1976.
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Rather, brain, body and world are equally important factors in the explanation of how particular intelligent behaviours come about in practice.
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Other rules are specialized, as they come about through different rule-sets, but the above two rules cover almost all of any played game.
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Technology for drilling in deeper water from platforms did not come about until the middle of the 20th century.
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All these changes have come about through democratic elections.
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Development should come about from the people themselves, both on a personal and social level.
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When the opening ceremonies come about, he disappears and blends with the locals.
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This can come about by various effects of the mutations upon gamma secretase.
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