Written on the paper, Mr Latham said, was "4.55-5pm got in bath" and "5.40-45 dog in", as well as "6.25 come down to put tea on".

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Such advance analyses is the key to reading the tea leaves correctly from new developments as they come to pass and act with conviction quickly and early.

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The Tea Party had come to wide public notice that summer, in a series of contentious town-hall meetings with members of Congress who were weighing whether to support health-care reform.

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Incapable of reaping anything from the garden to use, Janus Brian had simply gone to the kitchen cupboard and taken the first thing that had come to hand - a packet of PG Tips tea bags.

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One Turkish man who serves tea inside the zone appears to be allowed to come and go at will in order to use the tap on the Turkish side to wash his cups.

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All of my family is OK. We are sitting in the living room, some are drinking tea, some are drinking milk, waiting for Dad to come back.

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Each Sunday, the archbishop of Buenos Aires would come and pick up the paper himself at 05:30 before catching a bus to distribute tea to sick people in the suburb of Lugano, said Luis Del Regno.

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In 2012, however, the race is too close to read the early voting tea leaves - but McDonald says the bulk of early votes will come in next week, at which point stronger trends might point to an eventual winner.

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