One reason we haven't noticed the "extra" money flowing to the front line is that it has been swallowed up by pay rises, which, in turn, have meant much, much bigger-than-expected cuts in public sector employment.

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Feng shui had to be considered: A new round window receives morning sun, and a wall was built to block the chi flowing in from the front door from going out the opposite windows.

WSJ: A Country House Outside Shanghai

Muscles are loose, the adrenaline is flowing and everyone envisions themselves crossing the finish line in front of cheering crowds.

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On Andy Beauchamp's street in the notoriously irritable south London neighborhood of Peckham, for example, almost every single doorstep is dressed with flower-filled planters and over-flowing window boxes after Beauchamp decided one day to start sticking plants in front of his neighbors' homes.

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Grey leather with a graphically applied grain is used on the backs of the front seats, among other places, and continues the idea of patterns flowing over from other surfaces.

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