Although the machine is not a technical tour de force, its compactness, glowing green transparent shell, absence of conventional cables and simplicity appeal to both traditional Macophiles and computer virgins.

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Banish from your minds the notion, for instance, that when an Australian sports team takes to the field the entire nation watches spellbound wearing green and gold shell-suits.

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The outside, with its woody shell and velvety green coating, admittedly offers the more attractive vista.

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He was wearing a grey hooded top that had lime green laces and front pocket, black shell-type tracksuit bottoms and white trainers.

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Brazil is a leader not just in producing biofuels, attracting big investments from Shell and BP, but also in green innovation.

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Dennis Green was fired after a poor regular season by Arizona, while Shell's second stint with the Raiders - this time in Oakland - also ended in January.

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Soft-shell crab with a hazelnut salad, fried oysters with a green-chile-buttermilk dressing, a gin-and-tonic salmon with a subtle juniper aroma: these were creative combinations not often seen on New York menus.

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Around 1, 400 company chairmen and CEOs will also be in attendance, including News Corp. media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer, Renault President Carlos Ghosn and HSBC Chairman Stephen Green.

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Better still, due to the way the covers are formed (two different color layers, for the likes of the lime-green and orange options) they've come out in very vivid hues -- the soft-finish cyan shell is this editor's personal favorite.

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