Mr Hardcastle, of consultants Kellogg Brown and Root, said the main recommendation was for an "area-wide" charging scheme which would use satellite technology to monitor the journeys of all motorists and charge them per mile.

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Cheney, who was Halliburton's CEO in the 1990s, and nine others were charged with conspiracy and "distribution of gratification to public officials" in a long-running case involving the company and its Kellogg, Brown and Root subsidiary.

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Trees take root in the acidic brown water, which sustains them only to drown them during the next rainfall.

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Brown at EDS, Fiorina is trying to root out the rot that insiders tolerate or fail even to see.

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Mr. Kahan describes Chicago's wintertime produce scene as "brown and white, " referring to the abundance of root vegetables like potatoes and turnips.

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So what were the lessons of the EU's emergency summit in Brussels which was to begin a 'root and branch examination' of relations with Russia, to use UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's words?

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