It is precisely because such undertakings would be a nightmare to negotiate over the Internet that the Grid has come into being.

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Most importantly, a substantial middle class has come into being between what one political scientist called a "small elite and a large impoverished mass".

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SEC, has designed an alternative regulatory system that would come into being if Congress were in the end to fail to legislate.

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Rooney's temperament has repeatedly come into question and he was lucky to avoid being shown a red card in England's World Cup qualifying defeat to Northern Ireland seven days ago.

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Anyone who has come into close contact with the woman, who has not been named, is being offered screening for the disease.

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The Ares rocket system being developed to loft the shuttle's replacement into orbit has also come under fire.

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Alternatively, the UK could cease to exist and two new states could come into being - Scotland, and one comprising England, Wales and Northern Ireland that has not previously existed.

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