Now the agency is investigating 97 complaints from Malibu and Aura owners about the same problems.
The confusion over the government's role in the latest blizzard reflects both the scope of China's weather-modification efforts, and the aura of almost mystical ability that surrounds them in the minds of many Chinese and foreign observers.
The events and their aura of all-out toughness hold special appeal to people in competitive fields like financial services and sales.
The bartenders at these establishments are of a different breed, usually older gentlemen dressed smartly and exuding an aura of calm and sophistication that can soothe even the most frazzled tourist.
Cellphones are ubiquitous and ordinary (the average cellphone) but years ago, simply having a cellphone sparked awe and an aura of exclusivity.
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It's more about how they carry themselves and the aura they project.
The German has been steadily eating away at Fernando Alonso's lead and the aura that the seven-times F1 champ has got helps him exert huge pressure on the Renault driver.
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This contributes to her enduring appeal and mysterious aura.
In a less elegant but no less impressive effort, NEXT Architects and designer Aura Luz Melis built a lamp that's filled with vegetable fat, which constantly changes its brightness through the process of melting and re-solidifying the fat.
And a couple of future cars, like the mid-sized Aura and the replacement for the current Ion, look wonderful, both inside and out.
These data and indicators provided by the various producers of information are too often given an almost magical aura and are used without caution in social and political debate.
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More so when stories and movies create an aura of superhuman characters that are enigmatic and talk in riddles.
Later, over dinner, the startup CEO made a critical mistake: He forgot that this was a business interaction, and a time to project the right aura about himself and his inventions.
But Obama must recapture the energetic, passionate sound that provided clarity to his first campaign, and Romney needs to project his new aura of ease and humanity in other venues and formats.
That success played no small role in giving Bush a different and more appealing aura in the early days of the GOP presidential contest.
There is an enormous positive internal effect: Lutz plants a flag at GM for all of the product people to rally behind and creates an aura of victory to come.
Though it contains shots that mirror the paintings of the German romanticist, Caspar David Friedrich, these are used to underpin the film's intense religious aura and are not typical of its general appearance.
For the hordes of Japanese, Chinese and Russian tourists who snap up Louis Vuitton handbags, the brand's aura of quality and exclusivity may still be the big draw.
All of these codes made journalism teachable and gave it the aura of a profession.
Patagonia's perceived quality and do-gooder aura convince customers that its goods are worth a higher price.
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Other probes are ongoing and have cast an aura of caution over the industry, said a senior NTPC executive.
"They're the Yankees and they'll always be the Yankees and there is an aura that goes along with that, " Weiss said.
Spin legend Shane Warne said Australia would miss Hayden's "aura" and "the way he imposed himself on the competition, whether it was Twenty20s, one-dayers or Test cricket".
The Base Force was described as the minimum force structure to enable the United States to address its continuing global security interests and to project the aura of a global superpower.
But it also has relatively secretive private banking laws and zero harassment from paparazzi or protesters, whose activities are narrowly proscribed by Singaporean authorities, further creating an aura of order and stability.
But it also has relatively secretive private banking laws and zero harassment from paparazzi or protestors, whose activities are narrowly proscribed by Singaporean authorities, further creating an aura of order and stability.
Of course, the purple Rhyme was a different example but with a similar goal -- it was a special project where Verizon wanted to see if it could make a phone that'd get away from the hyper-masculine Droid aura, and the color was chosen through studies.
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Economic, political and religious institutions have all lost their aura, doing away with existing points of reference and changing the face of the market.
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