The British Hen Welfare Trust said the new cages can hold up to 90 birds, which will have space to spread their wings, perch and be able to go from one end of the cage to the other.

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And in today's global village, some think Latin America, Japan and Korea are due to follow the myriad U.S. cities that the league has spread its wings to throughout its history.

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One reason is that their usual sources of capital, institutional investors, hitherto often trapped by regulations requiring them to keep a certain proportion of their assets in their domestic currency, are now, thanks to the euro, able to spread their wings.

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Now the Facebook Keiretsu have begun to spread their wings.

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But both Noll and Fort agree the momentum is in place for MLB to spread its wings.

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Nadareski peered into the birds' ears, then spread their wings to check for lice.

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First, the story is given plenty of room to spread its giant eagle wings this time around.

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Over the past month, the periodical cicadas of Brood XIII, native to the area, have crawled up roots, through the earth's surface and onto tree trunks everywhere, to moult and spread wings.

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