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The creature's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both.
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In a few short paragraphs, tacked onto the tail end of an appeal for popular support for the modernization of America's nuclear forces, however, Mr. Reagan launched what came to be known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) -- and forever changed the debate about how to provide for this nation's security.
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Prasanna Jayawardene contributed a useful 25 before he was leg-before to spinner Daniel Vettori, who also accounted for Farveez Maharoof and Malinga for figures of 3-53 as the Kiwis made short work of Sri Lanka's tail.
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Drogba, such a formidable force when his tail is up, still looked short of his best in the first half, when his hesitancy in front of goal allowed first Michel Salgado and then Gael Givet to dispossess him with saving tackles.
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"We had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about Darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs, while the rest of the skeleton, including a very long tail, is identical to that of primitive forms, " he said.
CNN: Pterodactyl fossil fills gaps in evolutionary tale
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Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) had a huge move since the start of the year, but a pretty nasty topping tail with a screaming RSI got me short this yesterday.
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The South African tail-ender deposited his five maximums over the short leg-side boundary, sharing a ninth-wicket stand of 71 with Naqaash Tahir, who was dropped twice on three by Dale Benkenstein at third slip.
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Guenther says the plan was to start with the magazines from the short, fat part of the curve rather than the long-tail niche properties.
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Tail-enders Ryan Sidebottom and Steve Harmison both offered return catches from short balls as the final three wickets fell for seven runs.
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