Lately, the mercury has crawled up into the 40s, turning hard-packed ice into an endless brown sea of mud.

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The American style is more, hard edged, page-turning thriller.

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Argentina's inflexible currency-board scheme not only pegs the peso at par to the dollar but limits the money supply to the level of hard-currency reserves, in effect turning monetary policy over to the United States' Federal Reserve.

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There are still plenty of hard-hat-only areas where construction workers are erecting bridges between buildings, turning paved areas into grassy outdoor gathering places and otherwise sprucing up and modernizing the facilities.

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China re-exports a lot of what it imports, turning hard drives into iPods and iron ore into steel.

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Wolfe, the director, has pulled off the stunning feat of turning them into a true ensemble, one whose hard-boiled unanimity is awesome to behold.

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"I think it's hard to say that the economy is turning around as export growth completely halted, " said Jun Min-Kyoo, an economist at Korea Investment and Securities.

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