• Not heads of government, especially not those who do not wish to be thought to be over-doing the relaxation.

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  • Though Latinos now America's largest minority might be thought to be naturally conservative, the Republican Party on Capitol Hill boasts only four Latinos (two of them brothers), and no blacks.

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  • The word "Iraq" was uttered only once by the Queen and then only in passing in the course of the four official speeches she delivered, which might be thought to be rather strange.

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  • But in their desire not to be thought to be shoving an equally distorted and subjective history diet down young throats, the Americans may be losing a chance to ensure that young Iraqis do get a more truthful version of the past.

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  • Now judged to be too moderate, he lost his long-time job as interior minister, but was nonetheless thought to be in line to be speaker of parliament (Iran's third-most-important post, after the supreme leader and the president) after the election.

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  • With that neck problem now understood to be fully healed, Schumacher is thought to be close to completing a sensational return to the sport with German giants Mercedes.

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  • However, Dr Taranissi said genetic screening did carry a small risk to the embryo, and would only be used on women who were thought to be at high risk.

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  • "Stock markets, insurance markets, commodity markets--they used to be prohibited by gambling laws but were thought to be useful and given an exception, " says Hanson.

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  • In addition to the Surface-style smartphone that Microsoft is rumored to be developing, the company is also thought to be creating its first handheld game console.

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  • So this process means that in some ways the winner will not be the bid that is thought to be the best, but rather the one that is considered least bad by most of the voters.

    BBC: Bidding process keeps us guessing

  • He is understood to be living in Spain, where he is thought to be involved in property development.

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  • And to be sure, many technologies that were once thought to be impossible are used every day now--inspiring science-fiction writer Arthur C.

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  • The two British boats, by the way, were initially to be called Cat and Dog but that was thought to be too flippant - the Admiralty in London at the time was not into flippancy.

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  • A. (for Albert, although he prefers to be called Al) Alvarez would hate to be thought cosy.

    ECONOMIST: English writers

  • Growing Asian demand for rhino horn, believed to be a remedy for various illness including cancer, is thought to be behind the recent spike in rhino killings, even though there is no scientific evidence for its reputed medicinal properties.

    BBC: South Africa Kruger park rhinos to get extra wardens

  • It said this could mean that commercially viable exchanges would be the first to get the fibre-based service or that exchanges thought to be non-viable would be added to its deployment plans.

    BBC: BT competition seeks out UK's next fibre hotspots

  • But these come in for similar criticism to the Land Rovers and are thought to be susceptible to roadside bombs and grenades.

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  • The ugliest of these pigeonholes suggests a comparative advantage, anyway: to be thought to tap-dance well implies that you can, at least, do that.

    NEWYORKER: I, Nephi

  • Up to 100 Tory backbenchers are thought to be prepared to vote against a timetable motion, limiting the time for debate on the bill in the Commons.

    BBC: Hague urges Tories to back Lords plan

  • Mr Norris's campaign now looks likely to proceed as both Mr Ancram and party leader William Hague are thought to be keen to have the former MP back in the race.

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  • Spanish police have arrested six Algerians who are believed to have links to suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and who were thought to be helping to prepare attacks on U.S. targets in Europe.

    CNN: Suspect instructed attack pilots, court hears

  • We have taken this to the point that it is the management of knowledge has become a significant drive in many organizations, with a thought to be able to transform any practice or item of knowledge into an asset.

    FORBES: Shifting The Imperative From Knowledge Management To Expertise Management

  • North Korea has threatened to attack Washington with a nuclear weapon but it isn't thought to be able to mount a nuclear weapon on a missile yet, or to be able to hit the mainland U.S. with a missile.

    WSJ: North Korea to Restart Yongbyon Nuclear Plant

  • "I was encouraged to put the child up for adoption, since at the time stress from childbearing and child rearing were thought to be detrimental to the health of a woman with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, " she explained.

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  • Under fire for having spared Saddam Hussein's Iraq from bombing, and struggling to convince Congress of the need for further peace-keeping in the Balkans, the Clinton administration may reckon it increasingly awkward to be thought to condone Mr Milosevic.

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  • He was a northern aristocrat the caste that has ruled Nigeria for most of its 37 years since independence and his home town, Katsina, might have been expected to support General Abacha, another northern soldier, who was thought to be about to release General Yar'Adua.

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  • Chavez proceeded to suppress the labor unions by undermining their basic right to organize, by interfering in union elections, by refusing to bargain collectively with them, by establishing mechanisms of union control and by vetoing unions thought to be opposed to the government.

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  • Human-enhancement researchers at the University of Reading, for their part, are considering future technologies, such as embedded devices that enhance the senses or add new ones, and implants that improve memory or allow messages to be sent or devices to be controlled using thought alone.

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  • There are fears that kangaroo courts may be set up if the legal courts are thought to be too slow.

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  • The Slieve Russell hotel in County Cavan, also in the Republic, will be hosting part of a G8 delegation, thought to be Americans.

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