• Unless, that is, everyone around you knows that to offer you a drink would be not just a bad idea but a hugely selfish and dangerous one.

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  • If someone described to you an ancient civilization in which, every four years, at great expense, citizens convened to watch a carefully selected group perform a series of meticulously preset routines, and in which the watching was thought of not as a duty but as a hugely anticipated and unambiguously pleasurable experience, you would guess that, socially, this ritual was doing a lot of work.

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  • But before I do this, I just want to acknowledge a few of the folks who are here, as well as a few who are not here but who played a hugely important role in getting this legislation passed.

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  • Hull are still without a win in nine league games, but this was a hugely encouraging point for Phil Brown's side and their performance was more reminiscent of their early season form when they won away at Tottenham and Arsenal.

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  • The preferred mode in Europe is to build not a few hugely expensive incineration behemoths but a larger number of smaller, community-based utilities that burn trash to provide electricity and heat through underground conduits.

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  • The 4-0 margin flattered the Republic but it was nonetheless a hugely positive evening for Steve Staunton and his squad ahead of next month's Euro 2008 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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  • India is a more mixed picture as mercantile families from a previous, more protectionist, era are hugely wealthy, but there are a sprinkling of new fortunes and young faces.

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  • In reality, Hyundai had to make good on the pledge very few times, but it succeeded hugely as a marketing gambit.

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  • That record was eventually broken by Call of Duty: Black Ops, but Grand Theft Auto remains a hugely powerful franchise in the industry, with 22 million copies of the fourth game sold to date.

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  • Shadow Scotland minister William Bain agreed, saying it was a "hugely significant bill" but SNP spokesman Stewart Hosie derided it as a "modest little measure".

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  • Romney must tread carefully: a criticism of the politics of the historic resonates hugely with voters, but only at a superficial level.

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  • McCourt is a hugely talented footballer but criticisms of his work-rate have led to him being described as a "luxury player" by some commentators.

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  • Hugely experienced but lacking a popular touch, Mr Serra commands a consistent 40% or so in pre-election polls, 20 points ahead of Ms Rousseff.

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  • It is a small start, but hugely welcome.

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  • Camel racing has always been a Bedouin pastime, but over the last 30 years or so it has become a hugely popular event.

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  • Honestly Move support here feels a little less necessary than with other titles, but the game is still hugely cute and fun... and a little weird.

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  • Duke Nukem Forever was a hugely anticipated title, but sales have been cut by an extremely vast array of negative reviews.

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  • William Webb, executive councillor for Highways and Transport, said the money was "hugely welcome" but represented a fraction of the full repair backlog.

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  • What enabled us to take on projects that might not have been hugely profitable but gave us a critical clients and credibility was our holding onto cash.

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  • Police authorities have suggested making officers serve for 35 years instead of the current 30 years before being entitled to a pension, but this would be hugely unpopular.

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  • It was supposed to be a hugely popular idea, but within a couple of months, it just flipped: going from an 80 percent approval rating to an 80 percent disapproval rating.

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  • After an uneventful opening, Chelsea launched an innocuous-looking attack with Deco heading on a ball that hugely favoured the home keeper, but when James's kick met air instead of ball due to a large bobble off the turf, Drogba was able to run on and slot into the unguarded net.

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  • But anyone hoping for a truly radical revamp of the country's high-quality but hugely expensive and inefficient public health service will be glum.

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  • But well done to them, they are indeed a hugely valuable company.

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  • Narrative brand strategies across multiple channels can be hugely successful, but Pepsi is having a hard time finding the new Pepsi generation because it needs to find itself first.

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  • Neate has since become one of the leading contemporary artists in the world, but for all the hype and success, he remains a hugely likeable character.

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  • Money may not be his primary motivation, but Ketsbaia is hugely ambitious and he talks openly about a return to Tyneside one day to manage a club he cares deeply for.

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  • The Dolmen Grove does not belong to the Network, but Mr Jameson says the decision is hugely significant, a sign of official acceptance that religion need not be all about rules and a prescribed form of spirituality.

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  • Singing contests, a relatively inexpensive but popular form of programming, can be hugely profitable for networks.

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