The Spanish, for instance, were offended to have been left out of his G4 meeting, to which he invited only Britain, Germany and Italy.

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For instance, putting Laura Davies and Spanish rookie Paula Marti out top in both matches meant that they hardly had time to down a drink between the morning foursomes and afternoon fourball matches.

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The new building, opened last year, retains many original details (the Spanish Lounge, for instance, which was dismantled panel by panel and reinstalled in the new facility, and the ceilings supported by gnarled beams of ethereal pecky cypress).

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The lunches tended to have a more educational component, so for instance at Jaleo, the outpost of superstar Spanish chef Jose Andres, he demonstrated how to make paella, the centerpiece of the meal, over the only wood burning restaurant paella grill in the nation.

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In North America, for instance, the new Italian, Slavic and Germanic immigrants clearly had a choice of Spanish, French and English.

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All Spanish banks feel under pressure because their home market is smaller than those of, for instance, France and Germany.

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