Eager to emerge from Mr Weld's shadow, he fought hard for a bill he could tout as his own.

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Shadow ministers, meanwhile, had worked hard at finding out about the machine.

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And in March, good light stopped play between New Zealand and England when a troublesome shadow had encroached onto the pitch, making it hard for the batsmen to see the ball.

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But on the day of his historic resignation - in the shadow of St Peter's Basilica - it was hard to find anybody speaking badly of him.

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David Catania, a District council member, says it is hard to believe that a businessman would invest so much in a shadow campaign and not tell the beneficiary.

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Unlike Melisandre, whose penchant for giving birth to shadow demon-assassins and burning men alive makes her rather hard to like, Thoros seems a jovial sort.

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