Brown said the Wood Review showed that contracts were on average 30 percent cheaper when awarded openly.

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Nearby, the new 240-room Okura Prestige Bangkok oozes Japanese style and elegance, from its chic brown marble, wood- and copper-trimmed lobby to its dramatic rooftop infinity pool.

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More than 60% of the 3, 000 species surveyed have declined over the last 50 years, including some much loved and familiar plants and animals like the lesser spotted woodpecker, the hedgehog, the natterjack toad and the High Brown Fritillary and Wood White butterflies.

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Dark brown, almost like wood, the tea rose inside the white cup.

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Fellow historian, vice-president and dean of the faculty of humanities Professor Keith Brown, said that Mr Wood would bring the university "his expertise in making history accessible to the public".

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British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown commissioned Siemens chief executive Alan Wood to undertake the review last December based on the experiences of UK-based businesses.

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It is often richer, too, due to the occasional inclusion of egg in the dough, and sport a mottled beige-brown crust from baking in a wood-burning oven.

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Inside, the house is a faded daguerreotype of wood-panelled walls, brown linoleum floors and a cast-iron kitchen stove.

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They all display various hues of murky brown with odd smelling aromas, some taste like wood, some taste like the smell of musk (really), and some taste a little bit dirty but not in a terrible way.

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