A Step Closer to Showdown
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By Tran, Tu-Uyan  The city of Grand Forks is another step closer to a legal showdown with Turtle  River Township Manvel, N.D., over a landfill the city wants to build in the township.
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Things are getting tighter, contenders are dropping like flies and conference races are coming down to the wire. Ahhhh, it&#39;s a good time to be a college football fan.
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The question tonight is how far the candidates will carry their increasing impatience with each other.
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Bush finds a way to win, or at least a way not to lose, a crucial showdown on Iraq.
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As we head down the stretch of the season, the significance of each game will be amplified. While it is difficult to envision any team looking past an opponent at this juncture of the season
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The latest champion, and possibly the most convincing.
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The Atlanta Thrashers are moving closer to their first playoff appearance. Now they're setting their sights on home-ice advantage.
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The quarterfinal matchup may well show their weaknesses in team play and outside shooting.
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Oracle is one step closer to taking over rival PeopleSoft now that a federal judge has ruled against the federal government&#39;s effort to thwart the $7.
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CHAPEL HILL, NC â- With fourth-ranked North Carolina, you know the debilitating offensive onslaught is coming; itâs just a matter of when.
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IT WAS typical of the trend of the match that it should finish this way. There was a power threat lurking from early on in a contest that took an age to warm up.
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By MARK WILSON, Courier & Press staff writer 46
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SEATTLE - Thereâs plenty at stake with Seattle and Arizona meeting in late December, a showdown that carries implications for the division title and postseason.
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Oklahoma has a new way of getting pressure on its opponents.
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Competitors play to win. But what if your opponent is also the occupant of the big office?
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TORONTO - The next phase of winning, after you&#39;ve won at home and on the road, after you&#39;ve blown out teams, captured nail-biters and overcome large fourth-quarter deficits, is to beat an opponent more than once.
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While their similarities may not be reflected in their records, there will be much to compare in the numbers and styles of the teams when the 9-3 Jets clash