| 31. | In 809, Emperor Saga assumed the throne, and Fuyutsugu was promoted at a stroke to and in the Imperial Guard.
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| 32. | At a stroke of Milosevic's pen, NATO would have been vindicated; the fanfares could sound and the party begin.
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| 33. | The modification would, at a stroke, permanently reduce the Polish budget deficit by 1.5 percent of gross domestic product.
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| 34. | And at a stroke, it's clear these great, vocal proselytisers of New Labour have unwittingly written its epitaph ."
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| 35. | The new line closed to passengers eight years later under this management, at a stroke depriving Siddick Junction of its greater passenger traffic.
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| 36. | In the first euphoria of possession, it would seem that this marvelous technology had washed away the loneliness of prairie life at a stroke.
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| 37. | He will have won back at a stroke much of the affection lost by his misjudgments over policing and his personal life in recent years.
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| 38. | The decision to impose currency union at a stroke three months before political unification was one of the boldest moves in Kohl's career.
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| 39. | At a stroke, Saddam will have achieved the martyrdom he craves and the Muslim world will have its worst fears about western intentions confirmed.
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| 40. | With the French defeat at Dettingen, the Duc de Noailles missed the best opportunity to win the war at a stroke for the French.
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