When a neighbor reported her mail stolen, I began imagining black-coated thieves with rubber gloves waiting in the bushes on my quiet, tree-lined street.

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He may get 67 if he can yet draw in the five bearded, black-coated members of United Torah Judaism, and perhaps even more, if some of Labour's seven recalcitrants can be persuaded to fall in behind their party leader.

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Lucy was replaced by her half-sister, Sadie, a black Labrador-curly-coated retriever cross, in 2003 after nearly a decade by Mr Blunkett's side.

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These are wrapped in carbon nanotubes - tiny "straws" of pure carbon that are renowned for their electrical properties - and coated with a platinum black powder.

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Instead, it's coated in smooth soft-touch black plastic on the back and a textured version of the stuff on its sides.

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