Our coach journey crawled through the streets as police tried to keep them at bay.

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In other words, when the wolves come back to our door, there will be fewer, and noticeably weaker, dogs to keep them at bay.

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One way to keep them at bay is to preach conservation.

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The conglomerates' revenues and share prices should hold up better than those of other mining firms, allowing them to buy struggling firms at a discount provided, of course, that they can keep their hunger at bay until then.

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