But it gave the green light to a slimmed-down version, with so-called "customer-facing" areas - such as libraries and one stop shops - staying within the council system.

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However, at the heart of the Lunar men's interests lay a driving curiosity in the workings of the natural world (fittingly, they had chosen the full moon to meet because it gave the most light as they stumbled home, drunk on fine ideas and clever talk).

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This is not a new thing, but it gave us all a new chance to examine it, especially in light of the project that inspired Chen to do his own digging.

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It was wood that gave light and heat to the oldest of civilizations.

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In a spasm of temper Yvonne swung around and opened her hand, flinging away into the river something tiny that gave out one glint of light before it was swallowed without a splash, the water healing instantly behind it.

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She just seemed to take it, never gave anything off, not light, not heat.

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"It was an asset-light model that gave us a lot of flexibility, " says Gautam Watve, Renuka's head of strategy and planning.

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It also gave United revenge for the defeat in the Stadium of Light that sent them out of last season's Champions League.

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FIFA, world soccer's governing body, gave the green light to sponsor advertising for referees in domestic leagues in 2001, but it remains forbidden in FIFA competitions such as the World Cup.

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Roland says that working for the European Commission for two years gave him an insight into the down sides of European integration, but it also made me see the light in "a very missionary kind of sense".

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