The tradition in the EU, he notes, is that member governments never gang up on another country and isolate them on a point that touches their fundamental interests.

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Could I see Apple and Microsoft gang up on Google?

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So it is that Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, Randy Couture, Jet Li, Terry Crews, Chuck Norris, and Arnold Schwarzenegger gang up on Jean-Claude Van Damme, which does seem a little one-sided.

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Let the shorts gang up on Jobs.

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He reckons sport is a powerful aid in preventing potential gang members ending up in prison or on the streets, not least because it introduces them to people who have managed to live beyond the age of 20.

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He said the poaching gang is believed to be made up of 10 people and was being hunted by rangers on foot and from the air.

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Reports indicate that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, negotiating through the Gang of Eight senators, had reached significant agreement Friday on a new visa program to bring up to 200, 000 lower-skilled workers a year to the country.

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As a Sami descendant, I became curious about the origin of Santa and his gang of reindeer last year on the Arctic tundra, where I experienced firsthand how difficult it can be to rig up even one reindeer.

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