• The returns Americans are rushing to finish now will be coloured by economic weakness at the end of 2007.

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  • But one cannot help wondering whether Mr George's views are coloured by a disinclination to see the Bank of England relegated to the status of a branch office of the European central bank.

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  • Meehan's apprehension was no doubt coloured by his experience of two Ravenhill defeats while assistant coach at Stade Francais, but nevertheless his pre-match assessement seemed somewhat downbeat considering a ball had not even been kicked in the new campaign.

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  • Go from east to west along the northern fringe of the line and Tokyo transitions gradually from the old city to the new, through squarely, sleepy middle-class neighbourhoods that are coloured by their proximity to the sprawling northern suburbs.

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  • Contaminated water has been abstracted and treated from the mine since 1992 following an drainage burst which caused visible pollution from mine water coloured orange by the high iron content.

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  • With light rain as my only company, I walked through Paris until I reached the famous pyramid, splashed with water nymphs in the form of diamond-coloured drops, surrounded by Japanese tourists holding candy-coloured umbrellas.

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  • It is framed by coloured banners with religious inscriptions, illustrations and poems dedicated to the deceased.

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  • While it hibernates, the Orbit will continue to serve as a landmark, illuminated by coloured spotlights, and from time to time there will be a 15-minute light show.

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  • Instead of the usual white ceramic tiles and bright fluorescent lights that give other Paris Metro stops the surreal glow of a subterranean hospital, the entire vault here is covered with dark, copper-coloured panels joined by oversized rivets.

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  • Detectives believe she was struck by light coloured Volvo XC90 registered between 2003 and 2007.

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  • As Mr Beck was marched away, someone briefly unfurled a rainbow-coloured banner - adopted by gay rights groups as a symbol of pride.

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  • Besides being cheap, these have the advantage that previous research has shown that a male's level of flashiness in the eyes of a female can be manipulated by putting coloured rings on his legs.

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  • It was all reflected in the smooth surface of the water, coloured a coffee-black by tannins released from decaying plant life below.

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  • At night they are lit up by multi-coloured lasers and lanterns.

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  • Alfred Weber, who runs the Kochlounge, said the schnitzel originally became popular because wealthy people liked to impress by serving golden-coloured food.

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  • The boxes are rearranged so that those going to similar destinations, indicated by a system of coloured lettering, end up on the same trolley.

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  • Over this he is seen wearing a cream-coloured bisht - a cloak worn by respected sheikhs, tribal elders and religious leaders in the Arab world.

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  • Inside, a mix of creative types and travellers mingle among the brightly coloured fabrics and modern artworks designed by local artist Maricruz Arribas, which give the place a warm, bohemian edge.

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  • Morph was later joined by his cream-coloured colleague Chas.

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  • Yet any thoughtful investor not spellbound by the vision through rose coloured spectacles could see a growing gap between reality and market fantasy.

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  • While the other parties also claim to represent all South Africans, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is mostly backed by Zulus, the Democratic Alliance appeals to English-speaking whites, the New National Party is backed by Afrikaans speakers, both coloured and white, and so on.

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  • It recently joined up with the Independent Democrats, led by Patricia de Lille, a coloured former trade unionist.

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  • Wyoming is one of the larger states by area, but the smallest by population, dominated by the discouraging, dun-coloured nothingness of the High Plains.

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  • The next step is to find the mathematically simplest versions of such maps. (What is meant by simplicity in this case is actually quite involved.) Dr Gonthier then showed that all these maps can, in fact, be re-coloured with only four colours, establishing the theorem by contradiction.

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  • When floods devastated Mozambique this year, many miners, home on leave and trapped on rooftops by the waters, saved their brightly-coloured mining overalls before being winched into rescue helicopters.

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  • Yong, emphasises the similarity by using classical baroque music and sumptuous, richly coloured costumes.

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  • The costume worn by the singers usually consists of a white or coloured tunic, sometimes embroidered around the neck and hem, and often worn with a cape.

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  • One of them, a gold-coloured civic society plaque, installed in September outside the flat owned by the entertainer at Wessex Court on the Esplanade, has been defaced with graffiti.

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  • One wall of the pub was covered with different coloured bottle tops from around the world, and a globe sat by the bar, presumably to help patrons locate the many countries from which the brews originate.

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