"It shows black people now refuse to vote just on the colour of skin, policies such as the war and education also have a big impact, " OBV director Simon Woolley said.

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"They allow you to play with lots of different colour, they just sing", she said.

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But just as important as the colour of his skin is its thickness.

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"I am deeply alarmed by the general discrimination and social exclusion many people with albinism suffer, as a result of their skin colour, not just in Tanzania but in other countries as well, " she said.

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Here are just a few of Burri's colour frames, along with his reminiscence.

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Such lawsuits are strengthened if the brand-name drug company files a new patent covering, say, the colour of the pill bottle just before the main patent is about to expire.

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But this isn't America versus Britain, it's not a colour thing, it's just a fight and I'll kick this guy's backside any place we fight.

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On one level, ministers are just defending their departments' budgets, regardless of their political colour.

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The most prominent display of colour is along the growing Massachusetts Avenue Arts District just northeast of downtown.

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Just often enough, once every dozen or so interesting facts, comes a splash of colour and a telling anecdote.

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