But the upside of Heilongjiang's arctic-like climate, which corresponds to that of neighbouring Russia, is that it is often close to the end of February before the sculptures start to melt.
Close to the end of the first official open-floor day at IFA, Samsung managed to eke out yet another product we want to get our hands on, soonish.
It would be comforting to think that this crisis is close to an end.
It was April 9, 1945, agonizingly close to the end of the war in Europe.
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When Allen was close to the end, Eber had done a presentation at school on the manatee.
"I think we are close to the end of the growth in the size of notebooks, " Sanchez said.
So the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end.
Just a quick word on Great Britain rider James Ellison, he is close to the end at Yamaha unless his new chassis comes good.
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By placing small units close to the end-user, utilities (or end-users) need not in the first place send so much power down those ageing lines.
Even the dismissal of Boro's Gianluca Festa for a second bookable offence in the space of two minutes came too close to the end of the match to inspire a breakthrough.
Since the 2010 Office suite is not as close to the end of its life cycle as Windows 7, and we expect the revenues from this segment to continue to grow.
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Gerhartsreiter was close to the end of a prison term for the kidnapping of his young daughter in a Boston custody dispute when the murder charge interrupted his chance to regain his freedom.
"The hardest thing for me is not being able to see my friends, " she said as the girls reluctantly headed back toward the train station as the festival drew close to an end.
As the plans for the airport developed Phillip explained that the focus of their research had moved as well and led them to begin excavating the next field close to the end of the airport.
But I think it's one of those things that you learn as you become more of a veteran player, to kind of get that hand out there when you see the ball, when you're starting to get really close to the end of the real estate.
Profits would be close to the top end of this range due to better-than-expected cost controls and margins, it added.
For instance, historically the market has been willing to pay between 6.6x and 14.7x times cash earnings per share for Halliburton, but the stock currently trades uncomfortably close to the high end of that range at price-to-cash earnings of 13.8x.
The Helmsley store will close at the end of the month, with the shop in Thirsk to close by the end of March.
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Larger planes need to touchdown as close as possible to the end of the runway because they need as much runway as they can get.
The share transfer and payment are targeted to close by the end of January 2012, subject to necessary approvals from regulatory authorities.
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Comcast said the deals are expected to close the end of the first quarter.
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Clock speed is also TBD, and the early silicon on demo at the show wasn't operating anywhere close to its top end.
So the important question at this point is whether these levels are attractive enough for investors to be willing to jump in so close to year-end.
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Are we close to seeing the end of buttons?
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Close to the western end of Margaret Bridge, find the steep, cobbled Gul Baba Street which winds upward from Leo Frankel Street, then take a sharp left at the top, and look for the new moon symbol on a small, domed roof.
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