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Progress has not been a straight line and the league collapsed within two years, but the impact was still far-reaching and, according to Scurry, "set the groundwork" for what has happened since.

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Dr Marina Miron, a defence researcher at Kings College London, suggested to the BBC that there was a possibility the Ukrainian eastern front “might actually collapse” if Russia continues to advance at pace.

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The gunfire continued as Ordaz collapsed and his relatives screamed out, according to the video.

The teenagers then got back into Snook's car, which performed a U-turn in the street and sped away, leaving the boys collapsed in the street.

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Until the firm collapsed earlier this year, workers the firm employed were often underpaid and working in unsafe conditions, according to a New York Times report published Sunday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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