She held onto a branch in the water for three hours before help arrived, she said.

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When the dinghy capsized in the River Swale, the boy grasped hold of a branch in the fast-flowing water.

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Then he accidentally knocked her off the branch, and she plunged into the water and swam off.

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There's been some online commentary suggesting this gives the executive branch power to allocate energy, food, water in either peacetime or wartime.

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Local resort manager Greg Shean said the rescuer whacked the crocodile with a tree branch until it let go and disappeared into the water.

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But he was afraid of falling asleep and dropping into the gator-filled water, so he duct taped himself to a branch.

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His moment of recognition came late on a raw winter's night, when he hankered to stay under his blankets but couldn't, because his family business makes quirky demands: Oyster growers like the Bishops engage in a rare branch of agriculture that farms in two elements, exposed earth and water.

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The State Geologist has the testimony of old residents of Long Branch, who state that they farmed on land which is now a half mile out in the water, showing a tremendous eating away of the beach in half a century.

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The Trust decided to branch out from its usual territory of measuring energy use and carbon footprints because there was not a global standard on water reduction, he added.

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The Holiday Inn Shanghai branch said it gathered input from various architects and even aerospace experts while constructing this sky-high glass-bottomed water container to ensure its safety.

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