She recently appeared in the film Tamara Drewe, and her TV credits include Episodes, Friday Night Dinner, Black Books and Green Wing.

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Wing Commander Green then has to slam on the brakes.

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Indeed, the whole project began as an attempt to stop Mark Green, a left-wing public advocate, from automatically succeeding Mr Giuliani should the mayor leave office early (as he would, if he were to be elected to the Senate in 2000).

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As domestic solar crashed, the green swan of shale gas took wing.

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What about Dominique Voynet, the sole Green minister in Lionel Jospin's left-wing coalition government, who is in charge of regional development and the environment?

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Mr Gore's sallies against big business help shore up his left wing against the challenge of Ralph Nader and the Green Party.

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The Green Party - which is a member of the left-wing government - is opposed in principle to a third airport, arguing that it should be sited in the provinces to encourage decentralisation.

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Their two sons, 9 and 11, have the upstairs wing to themselves, with a playroom and two bedrooms (one painted bright orange and the other green).

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