The 150, 000 applicants each year must first pass exams in chemistry, physics and mathematics before they can sit for a second set of grueling analytical tests.

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Or sit down for a latte in the Starbucks cafe on the second floor of the mall.

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Rather than sit back on their lead in the second half, Fulham pushed on for a second goal and almost found one when Damien Duff whistled a right-footed effort wide of the left post.

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Whereas their neighbours at nearby universities roam their sprawling campuses and prepare for high-powered careers, the Peach Garden children sit 50 to a room at rickety second-hand desks, learning how to read and counting themselves lucky to be in any sort of school at all.

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"We want to live peacefully and happily, but we will not sit by for one second if we are provoked, " said Kim, whose job involves telling tourists about a concrete wall that the North says the South built in the late 1970s just south of the DMZ.

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And second, unlike unaged spirits such as vodka and gin, whiskey needs to sit in a barrel for several years before it can be served.

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