What we are left with is a tightly controlled "election" with a dry and uninteresting field.

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Like an individual oil field, there are only so many barrels to pump out before the field runs dry.

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"We ran 40s that day, and the field was not dry, " says McConnaughey.

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Second, funding must dry up for work in the discredited field for professors to stop engaging in it.

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My most precious asset surely was two pair of dry woolen socks, snug in my field jacket pockets.

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We were out on the field on Friday when the pitch was dry and we talked about a bit of a game plan to play expansively.

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These services may send growers real-time updates about specific problems drones find in the field such as new insect infestations or dry patches, said Mr. Hamm.

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Most raw production estimates, especially by field, tend to be wet, a number that is larger than the dry volume that would relate to national demand for natural gas, or to the longevity of the resource base (which is also usually a dry-gas estimate).

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