The trip through the cities of Illinois, the flat ground of Indiana, and the northern part of Ohio was uneventful.

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This time the Nevada desert will not be big enough, so the attempt will take place over an even larger expanse of flat ground at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape in South Africa, perhaps next year.

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About 17 firefighters tackled the blaze in the ground-floor flat of a two-storey building.

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The supply of gold coming out of the ground is flat or slightly down year-over-year.

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Police spent two days searching his ground floor flat and took a number of items away for further examination, including flying manuals.

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The first fall of the final was won by skill, not weight advantage, as Davidson got Dixon circling and resisting, when with perfect timing kicked both legs from under him and left him with no visible means of support, flat on the ground.

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Instead of above-ground tombstones, the park uses flat, engraved markers for grave sites, so from afar all you can see are grassy hills.

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Where London's topography is flat on both river banks the higher ground of North London's Primrose Hill and Hampstead are several miles from the river New York harbor is surrounded by a splendid array of varied topography, most of it now obliterated by tall buildings.

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Although, we should stress that a huge amount of design effort has gone into making sure this vehicle stays flat on the ground.

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"When you get to the top of the wall there is a straight drop, a small flat bit and a slope bringing the ground back to the same level, " he said.

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