Her grandmother said it was in the cherry season, so she assumed she was born in early summer.

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Some 800 DQ restaurants got Orange Julius fountains in them early this year, with more restaurants adding it in time for the peak summer season.

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Most of this increase occurred during early 2007 in the run-up to the summer driving season.

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Men who are horse- and mule-packers during the spring, summer and early autumn have little or no employment in the off-season.

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Pulis believes he has a good knowledge of players and signed the likes of Ryan Shawcross and Richard Cresswell during the summer, while Danny Pugh and Leon Cort arrived on loan early in the season.

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Late spring and early summer, when the weather is at its most pleasant, is prime festival season in the city.

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