Lady Liberty towers in her green bronze toga over the concrete jungle and waterways.

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Overall, the David Suzuki Foundation, a prominent Canadian environmental organisation, has awarded the Vancouver games a symbolic bronze medal for its green achievements.

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For the luxury segment, DuPont developed a bold bronze and jewel-like green, the latter of which happens to be similar to the emerald color that Pantone, another paint company, recently unveiled as its color of the year for 2013.

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One test case is Mr Kerry's account of rescuing Jim Rassmann, a Green Beret commando, the action which earned him his Bronze Star.

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The monument, which depicts an axe-wielding Bruce on his war horse, was originally cast in bronze but it has been weathered over the decades and is slowly turning green.

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