Word: breaking
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...Started his boxing career at age 16, weighing just 106 lb. His early fights took place in small, local venues of the Philippines. He was inspired to pursue his boxing career following the death of close friend Mark Penaflorida in 1994. His big break came June 23, 2001, when he stepped into the ring as a late replacement, won by a technical knockout and became the IBF Super Batamweight Champion...
...Labor government's decision to run fiber to the home (FTTH) also has a political aim: to break the grip of the national carrier, Telstra, on the country's telecommunications sector. The decade-long process of privatizing Telstra ended in 2006, but the company has continued to enjoy the legacy of almost a century as a state monopoly, reaping 90% of the profits from country's $28 billion communications industry...
...Thatcher's true genius was her relentless focus on making policy in support of a remarkably prosaic goal: to let middle-class folk feel that hard work would be rewarded in a better future for their children. Prosaic - but a profound break with what had gone before. Thatcher, the daughter of a grocer from a small town in the dullest county of England, spoke for all those with zippered cardigans and frocks from Marks & Spencer who pottered around garden centers over the weekend, dreaming that they could one day afford something more than a camping trip to France in August...
...overarching fear was for the hard-won peace. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, more popularly known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, had been Prime Minister for just eight months and, while popular, has had to weather several political and economic crises. The concern over a break with the military was whether the Maoist rebels would then return to armed conflict - or that the military would stage a coup to avoid having to absorb them. Supervised by the United Nations, the guerrillas are increasingly restive, residing in military bases for two-and-a-half years now while awaiting integration. (See pictures...
Zeng Ping, a Chinese journalist who is one of 15 passengers under quarantine in Beijing, wrote on his blog that he was impressed with the confidence of the responding medical staff. "I sat down with the nurses to take a break after this long day, and I asked them if they were scared," wrote Zeng. "They shook their heads no. As young as they are, some of them had been through the SARS attack." So far, none of the passengers have shown any sign of the flu, and they have since been transferred to a hotel for further observation...