In the years of his best form (helped by the advent of colour, which made sense of the balls), snooker became a television sensation.

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The other new technology in development uses colour in a rather more literal sense.

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Being a natural cynic I sense that all politicians, whatever their political colour, keep a weather eye on the political cycle.

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