This year, Democratic primary voters shut down the nominating process earlier than ever, and rallied behind Kerry. |
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Colmcille refused to surrender his book, and his clansmen rallied to his defense against the king. |
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There was a time last year when I didn't think for one moment she would still be with us but she rallied and is still going strong. |
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After falling to an all-time low of 8p a share, the price has rallied over the past month. |
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However, the shares rallied later in the day as the market digested the news. |
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However, Gareth has rallied in Ireland in recent times, so he is certainly familiar with pace note asphalt rallies. |
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The forces of reaction in Europe rallied against what they took to be the International and all its works. |
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After all, those corporations are big campaign contributors to both parties, and members of both parties rallied to their avaricious cause. |
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Though the Bucs surrendered points, this quasi-stand rallied them to a comeback victory. |
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The closely knit community has rallied round to help the MacDonald family as they rebuild their lives. |
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Striking construction workers rallied in Lima and barricaded the Pan-American Highway, blocking the movement of passenger vehicles and trucks. |
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On two occasions, Kansas City valiantly rallied from a two-touchdown deficit to the game into overtime. |
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The marchers rallied at key industrial sites, demanding that former state-owned industries be renationalized and reopened. |
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Generous people in Bingley have rallied to help the charity shop in Myrtle Walk, Bingley, collect a record amount of cash. |
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A helmeted bike messenger with no teeth rallied a group of just-released felons at the job-search firm America Works a little over a year ago. |
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More than 200 students rallied at the doors of the meeting in opposition to the fee increase. |
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The march rallied again in front of the federal building, where an open mike session was held. |
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Thousands of protesters rallied today, north of Baghdad, in the Sunni city of Samarra, charging the vote was rigged and demanding new elections. |
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Readers have rallied by sending cheques towards a shopping list of essential items. |
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But the frigate rallied and righted while the sea streamed below decks, though her hatches were laid and her hawseholes bagged. |
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He looked beaten on the run-in, and was being hampered by a loose horse, but rallied gamely for a thrilling triumph. |
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When the airline industry went into a tailspin, the government, banks and other backers rallied round. |
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In the second race on the card, A.J. Melini rallied in the stretch to give Castro his first win on the nine-race card. |
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Despite never having rallied or followed pace notes, Williams clocked a respectable 3.35 minutes for first stage, but broke down on the second. |
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The women rallied their resources, with branches throughout the country forming standing committees to collect information on nuclear energy. |
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Patriotism rallied the nation and previously popular anti-war sentiments were effectively squashed. |
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Local business and political interests have rallied to the defence of both Shannon Development and Shannon Airport this week. |
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Protesters rallied in Washington pushing for a backup paper ballot system for electronic voting machines. |
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The Forest Department is powerless to evict them since local politicians, smelling a profitable vote bank, have rallied to the squatters' cause. |
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His party rallied him on being a poor traveller unable to enjoy bush tucker. |
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Today, the dollar rose, oil fell, stocks rallied and investors got bullish on the economy. |
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Waving posters and banners, the students rallied against corruption, collusion and nepotistic practices. |
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After being ninth with a furlong left to run, War Chant rallied six wide to win by a neck. |
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His friends rallied around and he enjoyed their visits during his final illness before he slipped quietly away. |
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Buoyed by the slim margin, the Carlow border side rallied from the restart. |
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The Slavophile branch of the zemstvo movement, the so-called ' Octobrists ', duly accepted these concessions and rallied to the throne. |
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Hu rallied to win on his last dive, a backward double somersault with one twist. |
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The U.S. has rallied 120 nations to block assets of suspected terrorist groups. |
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Residents have rallied behind Mrs Tracy to try and get the decision reversed. |
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The workers rallied at the Tangerang District Court and marched to the major Serpong tollway when 150 police intervened to disperse the protest. |
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When Fox went down with a torn tendon in his left foot in the fourth game of the Minnesota series, the team rallied. |
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Meanwhile, the Clippers have rallied to a tie, and the game is going to overtime. |
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However, in each of the postseason matchups, his team rallied from behind to win, the exact opposite of their playoff predecessors. |
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He rallied once again and managed to score next, through a teammate, who broke through the backline to score under the posts. |
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Utility workers, Social Security employees, students and taxi drivers rallied in support of the strikers in San Jose on the same day. |
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Others rallied to him, and a fierce fight took place in the dooryard of the house. |
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The time to face the enemy had now come, he rallied his men into their battle formations. |
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The Dow has rallied in the last two weeks following the last cut in the discount rate by the Federal Reserve. |
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Augsburg rallied in the 7th inning, but the Scots held firm thanks to a save from Cormac Seely. |
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They rallied in the second half and pulled a goal back only to see Grindleton score a sixth. |
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House prices in east-central Scotland rallied at the end of last year despite a traditionally quiet period for sales, new figures reveal. |
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But the French Army rallied, the enemy was driven back and the borders of Revolutionary France began to expand. |
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Hundreds of members of his army rallied in the streets on Saturday, carrying arms and chanting slogans of support for him. |
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They rallied behind the cause of sending e-cards and called for people not to use postcards. |
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Edmund rallied his forces, and for a little while it seemed that the Danes might still be driven back. |
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In the United States, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war. |
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It was a time when the popular press rallied around any Seattle band wearing plaid and a guitar. |
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Hundreds of striking council workers rallied at a mass meeting in York today as their actions hit city centre tourists, shoppers and motorists. |
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In the northern city of Salta, striking bus drivers mobilized and rallied at City Hall, demanding three months unpaid wages. |
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Hundreds of teachers marched and rallied in the cities of Salta and Oran, supported by parents and other workers. |
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In Hobart, capital of the island state Tasmania, 500 students from a dozen different schools rallied in the city's Franklin Square. |
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The protesters, who rallied near the Assembly building in downtown San Jose, confronted hundreds of police. |
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The seething masses, still reeling, rallied and demanded a debate in the Commons. |
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Several thousand rallied at an early march in the south-western city of Toulouse. |
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Over a quarter of a million marched in London, and tens of thousands more rallied in other cities in Britain and Scotland. |
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Railway staff from Bangalore and outlying towns, such as Kirandul and Koraput, rallied near the main city station. |
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Baptists rallied around the confession and for the moment schism was avoided, but peace for Southern Baptists was ephemeral. |
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More than 700 people rallied in Hobart on July 15 to save Ralphs Bay in the Derwent estuary from a huge canal and housing development. |
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The accused are then charged with relatively minor infractions after public opinion has already been rallied against them. |
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Following the meeting, residents have rallied to launch the petition, which is opposed to the closure of the two schools. |
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Chapter organizer Jack Kelly rallied 300 people to oppose the new housing at the Land Use Commission's hearing. |
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The entire world rallied behind this resolution that gives him one last chance. |
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I'm also very grateful to my travel companions, who rallied round me, helped me carry my luggage, and looked out for me in crowds. |
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But when the war came, the majority of these men rallied behind the Union and the Republican administration. |
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The liberals of the nation rallied to laud her and condemn those who professed to defend their inalienable right to continue with this practice. |
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Locals have rallied behind the push to start a community bank on the Balmain peninsula with almost 30 people registering their interest so far. |
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A local community has rallied to support an asylum seeker who is facing deportation. |
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Mr Condit's comments also got an icy reception from many constituents, though some rallied behind him. |
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Although all honest and decent St Lucians were very upset at this revelation, they never manifested much dismay and your supporters even rallied by your side. |
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The team fell behind in the first half but rallied in the second half to win the game. |
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Liberal bloggers and antiwar activists rallied behind his little-known opponent, Ned Lamont. |
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Republicans rallied to the cause, arguing that the pipeline would create jobs. |
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Our tour guide, Victor, clad in army green and with a bellowing voice, rallied us, his new batch of troops. |
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During the 1986 midterm elections, Reagan rallied Republicans by raising the boogeyman of Kennedy. |
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However Castlecuffe slipped behind in the second half but the girls rallied and piled on the pressure and were back in the lead, minutes before time. |
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Freeman's troops rallied, held the Chinese off and miraculously survived. |
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The tension over the future of the company increased last week when 200 of the town's population of 3,000 rallied in support of the sacked workers. |
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In Philadelphia, for example, students rallied at the Liberty Bell where they dressed up like the founding fathers for a dramatic reading of the Declaration. |
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One group rallied behind Sulla and in 88 B.C. he invaded Rome. |
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He rallied behind the president-elect and we had a transition that went forward in a smooth way and I think we may be on the lip of such a situation here, not for certain. |
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When Gomberg passed away in unfortunate circumstances in Halifax last year, the whole community rallied behind his message of hope, love, and green activism. |
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Among those who have rallied behind him is a former teacher in a government school at Chattarpur who now takes yoga and meditation classes regularly here. |
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To everyone's relief, eventually Wood rallied and recovered. |
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Local people rallied round to produce photographic evidence for the inquiry in December to show that the field had been used as a recreation ground. |
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Yet they rallied around the scoutmaster because he was charismatic and well liked. |
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If in England it rallied a demoralized citizenry, here in America it validated the Anglophilia of the educated classes and gave British imperialism a good odor. |
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In his second career start and first try on the turf, Cartoonist rallied from last place to win the one-mile maiden special weight race by two lengths. |
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Thousands of anti-abortionists rallied outside the high court in Washington on Monday in their annual rally calling for the overturning of a woman's right to choose. |
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While some rallied to the singer-poet's defence, he was reviled by others. |
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Amy had soon rallied up all of the lodgers at Anne's boarding home. |
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The Serb population inside Bosnia rallied to the cause even as those forces were retreating rapidly. |
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And humbled Socialists rallied to throw support behind the conservative Chirac. |
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He settled his shaky fingers on the guitar strings, strummed a chord, fell silent, sighed, then rallied. |
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Large throngs of protestors soon gathered and rallied in Edison. |
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Most of the merchant marine, overseas at the moment of invasion, rallied to the government-in-exile, for which it provided an important source of income. |
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Divided as they were into tribes, septs, and clans and penetrated by family feuds they had little central organization but in times of crisis rallied under a war leader. |
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This year, pro-choice activists rallied with greater urgency than usual, feeling that a Republican White House and Congress will toughen abortion laws. |
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The Internet rallied around the boy, and his tormentors have been identified. |
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For more than 100 years concerned citizens have rallied together to provide separate special schools, sheltered workshops and institutional accommodation. |
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The North of Montana Neighborhood Association rallied behind the mortuary after a developer applied for a demolition permit to pave the way for a mini-mall. |
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Heartbreak has turned to pure joy for four-year-old Jordan Deegan after big-hearted Observer readers rallied to replace his only toy stolen by cold-blooded thieves. |
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The euro has rallied strongly on the foreign exchange markets after investors took heart from its mostly trouble-free introduction as a cash currency. |
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Karen and her partner were completely unprepared, but friends and family rallied round and loaned them a Moses basket and brought round bags of spare baby clothes. |
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At first liberalism rallied in the face of medieval obscurantism. |
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The borough recently found out it has been awarded Fairtrade status after local restaurants, cafes and supermarkets rallied around and started to stock the products. |
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The sad tidings of his sudden passing were received with much regret and neighbours and friends rallied around Patricia and family in their time of grief. |
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The team collected itself and quickly rallied to an 8-8 tie. |
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Rather than trying to tell people that they couldn't call themselves one gender or another, they rallied it huge number of troops for the creation of the gender-blind dorm. |
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Allies of Charles Kennedy last night rallied around their embattled leader as he pondered whether to sue over new claims his drinking has affected his performance in the job. |
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As the enforcing troops were not easily rallied to defend the capital, the city of Ayutthaya could not stand against the Burmese aggressors. |
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In election after election, Protestant ministers rallied their congregations to the Liberal ticket. |
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He intended to seize the queen but few rallied to his support, and he was beheaded on 25 February. |
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They came nowhere near to freeing Mary Stuart, whose presence might have rallied support, from her imprisonment in Tutbury. |
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Khan then rallied to win rounds 11 and 12 to solidify a unanimous points decision. |
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Maidana rallied and midway through round 10 stunned Khan with a heavy right hand. |
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Kotelnik rallied in the closing rounds but could not land a decisive punch on Khan, Kotelnik throwing everything he had in the final two stanzas. |
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Tabi and Moxie initially rallied the vibrant artistic community in Dumfries. |
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Tokyo stocks rallied Tuesday as bullishness spread in the market in the afternoon on high-tech issues reversing their earlier losses. |
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His attempt at kingmaking ironically rallied support to Henry VIII's eldest daughter, Mary, instead. |
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However, the team rallied and Leeds won their final game of the season to confirm promotion to the Championship. |
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The Dutch people rallied to the French call and started the Batavian Revolution. |
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The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. |
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It rallied to 800,000 last April under stand-ins Kate Garraway and Dan Lobb. |
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He rallied the reformed cities and cantons and helped them to recover from the defeat at Kappel. |
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The visitors rallied again though and struck decisively 16 minutes from time when Yaya Toure headed in the winner. |
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Finding no institutional alternative to the autocracy, discontented Russians rallied behind various pretenders to the throne. |
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Protestant preachers rallied a considerable army and a formidable cavalry, which came under the leadership of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny. |
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Emmanuel Anquetil rallied the urban workers while Pandit Sahadeo concentrated on the rural working class. |
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This brutality, though, rather than helping to subdue the Scots, had the opposite effect, and rallied growing support for Bruce. |
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The New Jersey militia strongly rallied, however, and the British quickly returned to their bases. |
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While the Bretons were fleeing, rumours swept the Norman forces that the duke had been killed, but William rallied his troops. |
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In 1919, Benito Mussolini's Blackshirts rallied for the first time in Piazza San Sepolcro and later began their March on Rome in Milan. |
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The attack on Fort Sumter rallied the North to the defense of American nationalism. |
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The entire 115th Brigade soon rallied, and achieved their initial objective while the 113th were able to gain a foothold near theirs. |
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The Penangite, egged on by a 2,000 strong crowd, rallied to take the fourth and force a decider. |
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The Welsh Marcher Lords were friends and allies of Prince Edward, and when he escaped in May 1265, they rallied around his opposition. |
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The Dutch looked to be on easy street but reckoned without Japan's battling spirit as the visitors rallied. |
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Gold further rallied hitting new highs in May 2010 after the European Union debt crisis prompted further purchase of gold as a safe asset. |
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The Scots rallied hastily, and battle was joined at a bridge which Clarence attempted to cross. |
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Charles' position in Scotland began to deteriorate as the Scottish Whig supporters rallied and regained control of Edinburgh. |
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The country had rallied behind Henry and supported his claim in parliament. |
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Communists and others rallied in Moscow to protest the Russian government's economic plans. |
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In the Far East, the British Army rallied against the Japanese in the Burma Campaign and regained the British Far Eastern colonial possessions. |
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In sprints of 7 furlongs and less, 13winners have gone wire-to-wire, and 10 have rallied from second, 4 from third, 6 from fourth, 7 from fifth. |
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The SNP's support subsequently rallied, with the two parties level in April polling. |
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It rallied support by emphasizing the revolutionary nature of the strikers. |
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Now, when you're fighting Republicans... Democrats are all rallied around and ready to go ahead and go to the mattresses. |
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Initially claiming to support Henry and to be seeking only to have his title of Duke of York restored, he soon gained the city of York and rallied several supporters. |
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Bruce then rallied the Scottish prelates and nobles behind him and had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone less than five weeks after the killing in Dumfries. |
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Warriors were sometimes rallied into battle by blowing horns and warpipes. |
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The Imam escaped to the Saudi Arabian border and rallied popular support. |
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For all its somewhat ahistorical idealism, the melting-pot metaphor still represents the standard around which fervent proponents of assimilation have rallied over the years. |
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Asquith's fall was met with rejoicing in much of the British and Allied press and sterling rallied against the German mark on the New York markets. |
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The protesters rallied for peace and against war and nuclear weapons. |
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Teach rallied his men and the two groups fought across the deck, which was already slick with blood from those killed or injured by Teach's broadside. |
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Benn was knocked down again in the eighth round, but an exhausted and drained McClellan was unable to follow up and Benn rallied to stop McClellan in the tenth round. |
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Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight. |
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It occurred at a small fortification or set of trenches where some Englishmen rallied and seriously wounded Eustace of Boulogne before being defeated by the Normans. |
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Everett got a solo home run from Patrick Kivlehan in the second inning and led the rest of the way until the ninth inning, when the Ems rallied for two runs off Brandon Plotz. |
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The New Zealand dollar has rallied to a record-high against the euro last week, following the surprise policy of the Swiss National Bank to leave its minimum exchange rate. |
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After a stunning German offensive along the Western Front in the spring of 1918, the Allies rallied and drove back the Germans in a series of successful offensives. |
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Labour led the SNP in the polls for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election until the campaign began in March, at which point support for the SNP rallied. |
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