That should lay to rest the myth that Germany is irredeemably anti-consumer (although quality of service still leaves much to be desired).

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The Russians have said they will withdraw from the treaty if we improve the quantity or quality of our very limited anti-missile capabilities.

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But the BBC's home affairs correspondent Andy Tighe said there were fears within the Police Federation, which represents officers, that removing additional payments for anti-social or dangerous work could deter high-quality candidates from applying to join the police.

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He withdrew to a house in the south to write art history, dismissed anti-German activists with lectures about realism (not a quality that loomed large during any other period of his life) and maintained friendly relations with a ferocious collaborationist, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle.

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With face recognition, anti-shake and a panoramic camera, the ZTE Grand S truly presents a high-quality multimedia option for today's smartphone audience.

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With an Anti-Vibration Integrated Subwoofer inside the speaker unit, the SC-HTB70 provides high-quality, clear sound playback in each of its four layouts.

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Kadish's leadership, engineering challenges and quality control problems that have plagued the development of successive hit-to-kill anti-missile systems have been largely overcome.

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