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But while the winter months are dark, treacherous and shrouded in a white uniform of snow, summer brings with it the chance to see this part of the world in all its green grassy goodness.
Buckingham's sanguine outlook notwithstanding, most advisers see the home builders' sharp drops in the past three months as dark omens from the market that cast significant doubt on the ability of the real estate boom to continue.
When a stranger who did wear a beard and who never once was seen hatless appeared every few months after dark to ask in broken English for a contribution toward the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine, I, who wasn't an ignorant child, didn't quite know what he was doing on our landing.
The banks have been lagging this market for months as the dark cloud of regulatory reform has been hanging ominously over the sector.
The pressure has been building for months, and the dark clouds around online privacy are finally releasing their rain.
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The photographs and videos of Simpson wearing dark gloves at cold weather football games have circulated for months, but the prosecution did not try to introduce them into evidence.
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But his memory failed him a few months ago, when he misplaced his script for The Dark Knight Rises.
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Over the next two months, astronomers on the mountain will be testing the Dark Energy Camera and tuning the system that comprises the telescope plus the camera.
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"I had some really dark moments, " said Vlasic, who was on antibiotics for three months to clear the infection.
The National Farmers' Union said the lifting of restrictions would remove a "long, dark shadow" from the countryside, even though it will be some months before Britain can trade fully with the rest of the world.
He was still wearing the dark sunglasses that he and the other miners had on when they surfaced Wednesday to protect their eyes after months of living underground.
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It went on to say that "this has been a spectacular 12 months for Scotland on film, with movies such as Brave, Skyfall, Prometheus and the Dark Knight Rises showcasing Scotland as a magnificent location".
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