But Thailand's Mr Shinawatra was determined that the summit go without a hitch, so he laid on 20, 000 police and soldiers.

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"But I predict the day will go off without a hitch, " says Mr Church.

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We're assured the launch will go ahead without a hitch (various difficulties prevented a previous attempt from reaching market).

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The president of the institute, or IFE, as it is called, assures the nation that these elections will go on without a hitch.

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Our favorite podcast, "William Hung Cooking Show" was a no-go thanks to the restrictive codec support, but otherwise our little collection of iTunes media transferred smoothly and played without a hitch on the device.

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