The breakout for Chinese women tennis came in 2004, when little-known duo Sun Tiantian and Li Ting snatched gold in the doubles at the Athens Olympics.

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Keene couldn't use regular paint because the sun and the elements would ruin it, so he used gold-leaf metals in blue, gold and green.

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The researchers used their technique to create an image of the sun inspired by the drawings of Robert Fludd, a 17th-century alchemist (the sun is the alchemists' symbol for gold).

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In 2010 Maj Malins also became only the second non-Japanese national to be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for his reconciliation work.

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As he talks, the afternoon sun casts long shadows over Langdale, burnishing the fields and fellsides a deep copper-gold.

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Candelaria's best stock for the year was Canadian-based Brazilian mining company Desert Sun Mining, up 213% after it was acquired by competitor Yamana Gold in April.

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