But starting your Test career with a bang is no guarantee of continuing in similar fashion, as the first man to do so would attest.

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But being intelligent, if in fact any test can measure intelligence accurately, does not guarantee wisdom.

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The court later heard that officials would consider appeals for support on human rights grounds ahead of test cases next week - but there would be no guarantee of continued accommodation.

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Next month, the group also will start test marketing a concept called the Soil Trust, an ambitious loan guarantee for money lent to local enterprises.

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