In Central America and the Southern Hemisphere, however, activity levels have dropped as those regions enter the summer season, Fukuda said.

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Fabiano's prolific scoring prompted AC Milan to make an unsuccessful bid for him in the summer of 2009, and his bright World Cup displays saw Tottenham enter the frame in the summer.

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The search engine giant did not even enter the tablet space until it released the first iteration of the Nexus 7 last summer.

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As we enter mid-August, millions of people will load up the car and head out to the beach for summer vacation.

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Summer solstice starts at 05.04am on June 21 if you have yet to enter in your diary the UK government's self-imposed deadline.

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