Color as a branding application is one of the simplest ways to form consumer associations with a brand.

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Across Surrey, a number of councillors, who stand as independents or represent residents' associations, form the second largest opposition group.

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In 1994 Nato offered former Warsaw Pact members limited associations in the form of the Partnership for Peace programme, allowing them to participate in information sharing, joint exercises and peacekeeping operations.

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While associations are known to form based on sight, smell, and other senses -- you may remember last year's baseball game through the taste of a hot dog today, for example -- their computer model shows that the young brain cells also link through time.

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Lawyer complaints go to state bar associations, and doctor complaints are in the form of lawsuits.

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Religion, in all its forms, is but another form of vested special interest, like labour unions or business associations, and should be treated as such.

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