How do I pivot this in T-SQL?

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Published on 2010-05-28T10:17:42Z Indexed on 2010/05/28 10:21 UTC
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How do I get this:

entityid    name                 stringvalue
----------- -------------------- --------------------
1           ShortDescription     Coal
1           LongDescription      BlackCoal
1           ShortDescription     Gold
1           LongDescription      WhiteGold
1           ShortDescription     Steel
1           LongDescription      StainlessSteel

To become this:

entityid    ShortDescription     LongDescription
----------- -------------------- --------------------
1           Coal                 BlackCoal
1           Gold                 WhiteGold
1           Steel                StainlessSteel

Many thanks everyone,

Matt.

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