Working-class whites do not, however, warm to those who seem to encroach on their privileges.

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Under Sagan's leadership Akamai's invisible network has continued to encroach on more of the traditional, overtrafficked Internet.

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Cheap, fast Wi-Fi networks are starting to encroach on pricey, slow cellular nets.

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Likewise in Brazil, where its Chinese rivals are starting to encroach.

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Fiercely protective local politicians in Christian-dominated parts of Mindanao are already twitching, lest any attempt be made to encroach on what they regard as their territory.

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Mr Prescott's bruising experience has taught him a hard lesson: that pre-election de-centralisation rhetoric does not impress battle-hardened Whitehall mandarins, who instinctively resist any attempt to encroach on their territory.

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If Obama really threatens to encroach on traditional Republican states, McCain would have to protect them, forcing him to stretch a campaign budget and staff that are dramatically smaller than Obama's.

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Consumer groups have questioned whether the new partnership means Verizon and the cable companies have agreed not to encroach further into each other's markets and whether the two will no longer compete as intensively in areas where their broadband and television offerings overlap.

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For sure, the boundaries are being blurred, as both codes seek to encroach on each other's territory. (Last year, for instance, the Sydney Swans won last year's AFL grand final, while the Melbourne Storm took the honours in rugby league, which would have been unthinkable twenty years ago).

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Fixed cellular and wireless-loop technologies are enabling cellular companies to effectively encroach upon the territory that was once the exclusive domain of fixed-line operators.

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But Conservative backbencher John Redwood urged the government to ensure that any new powers to investigate fraud did not encroach upon Britain's historic liberties.

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Mr Wheatley said the line could be moved back within six weeks and would be marked by three buoys "to make sure the salt marsh doesn't encroach".

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