But environmentalists are dismayed that pristine regions are even accessible.

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But even people who keep their skin pristine can end up adorning themselves in a celebrity brand.

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He refuses to be complacent, even though the area appears as pristine as it was 50 years ago.

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Finally, even if the sales pitches were pristine and the representations on point, we have lots of regulatory cases alleging forged signatures and fabricated documents.

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There are sprawling Persian supermarkets, pristine Persian pastry shops, even a branch of a Tehran store devoted exclusively to dried fruit and nuts.

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Even if others are keen on a field, however huge, in pristine jungle nearly 500 kilometres and a mountain range from the populated coast, new bids would take time: Perupetro, the state oil firm, says it would take the rest of 1998 to prepare bidding specifications, under the government's new plan to divide the deal into three: operation of the field, the main pipelines, and distribution.

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Even in Sweden, often held up as an example, the new model is not pristine.

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Even during the height of summer, a cool breeze and misty fog often roll in over the pristine oceanside cliffs, offering a respite from the smothering desert heat that blankets the city farther inland.

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They aren't all pristine, to be sure, but most of them pass my personal retina test with flying colors, even if they were shot in black and white.

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