In 18th-century America, where garden history sometimes dovetailed with political history, the trends were 30 years or so behind Europe.

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The Neumann advertisements have dovetailed, in a suspiciously neat way, with ads paid for by the Republican Party's national campaign committee.

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He spoke convincingly of Obama's strengths and they dovetailed with Biden's own.

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Now if he could have found himself a good partner and then dovetailed to perfection with that partner, Flitcroft could have been an International Pairs success.

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"The information this man had dovetailed into the information we had so we are as sure as we can be that it is correct, " said Mr Gibson.

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Drinking and hedonistic behaviour dovetailed with Marinello's career - and among many colourful episodes he lost his virginity in front of his team-mates and was kidnapped in Nigeria.

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The barrier on the West Bank, which Mr Sharon at first opposed but later espoused and energetically began to build, dovetailed with this long-term strategy of distinguishing between the big blocks and the more scattered, remote and smaller settlements.

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The advent of American silver triggered an economic boom in China that dovetailed with a vast increase in population. (Silver was critical in paying for the construction of the Great Wall.) Spanish silver coins also became the primary currency of the North American colonies.

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