The Plaza might not have played as prominent a role in my development as it did in Fitzgerald's, but for anyone who's lived in this city long enough it's always served as a glamorous demarcation line dividing uptown from downtown.

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At the observation post, situated just a short distance from the actual demarcation line, security personnel had installed a bulletproof glass screen to protect the president as he surveyed the border region.

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"As an educator, there is a line of demarcation between you and your student, " Keith said.

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Sky and water become the focal elements, always expanding, while the buildings become simply a line of demarcation between them.

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But that year marked a stark line of demarcation in the sport's evolution, as Gola and the Explorers lost to the University of San Francisco and its star, Bill Russell.

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This is part of a wider debate on the blurring demarcation line between public and private responsibilities and how far a legal right for citizens to get access to information can intrude into the private sector.

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Command establishing the Northern Limit Line (NLL), a demarcation on the Yellow Sea designed to avert clashes at sea.

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In order to better connect with both employees and customers, corporations of all sizes will increasingly seek to identify themselves with a single, popular cause, blurring the line of demarcation between social enterprises and traditional businesses.

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For now, expect small but crucial steps like rebuilding rail links severed by the demarcation line along the 38th parallel, inside the demilitarized zone, a 4-km-wide no-man's-land between North and South.

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