It may have taken five days to get to Number 10 Downing Street, the official residence and office of the Prime Minister, but the silver Jaguar that whisked him there was a genuine silver lining against the early morning gray clouds.

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In the early 20th century, the gray wolf was often hunted by settlers in the western United States who said the predators were killing off their livestock.

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The sidewalks of the town were gray in the early morning and at night, but the noon sun put a glaze on them, so that the cement burned and glittered like glass.

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They are masters of camouflage and notoriously difficult to find, so closely do they resemble the dreary, gray leaf litter of early spring.

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Matt Done gave the Tykes an early lead with a measured finish, before Andy Gray added a penalty when Done was tugged back by John Brayford.

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He projected a stately demeanor helped by his profusion of gray hair -- which grew at an early age -- and an equally steely facial expression.

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Gray Davis, the governor, endorsed him early.

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Mr Gray began by accusing Mr Salmond of being "scared" to hold an early referendum.

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