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Blake Snell dominates over eight innings as the Dodgers overcome a disastrous double play in the fourth inning of a 2-1 win over the Brewers in Game 1 of the NLCS.

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The consequences for Native Americans, who lost their lands, and Black slaves, forced to labor on southern plantations, were disastrous.

Such a shift would be disastrous for the hundreds of millions of people whose livelihoods are tied to coral reefs, and the estimated one million species that depend on them.

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One previous candidate dropped out of the running after a disastrous hearing before the council, and another would-be commissioner quietly withdrew from running earlier this year.

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"It really is disastrous and our executive need to take a good look at this and think about what kind of society we want here," she told the Good Morning Ulster programme.

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