But there is one particular place in Bangkok which surpasses almost all others of its kind across the globe.

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Almost all gems these days undergo some kind of heat treatment, which enhances clarity and color.

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Kickstarter, and other crowd-funding sites like it, allow for a kind of transparency that is absent in almost all other fund-raising and business growth processes.

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Experience seems to be that a few months back in work, almost any kind of work, is all that is needed to overcome those hiring disincentives imposed by long term unemployment.

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Many donated money to the kind-hearted Mr Brown for taking care of him and almost all dined in the next door restaurant owned by a John Traill.

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Ms. BRANDY VOSE (Airline Passenger, Logan International Airport): They've taken all these precautions, but now it's the liquid thing, and it's kind of almost a moot point, you know?

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Almost all other letters, however, just bring up the names of companies and products, a kind of comment on a consumer society.

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