Looking at the sector breakdown, all the components showed strong readings except for clothing and apparel, which declined by 2.9% in July after rising 2.7% m-o-m in June.

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Yet there it is, on signs and over storefronts, in big, bold letters: C-O-M.

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O'Grady and the two companies - W M O'Grady (Haulage and Plant Hire) Ltd and Gwynedd Skip Hire Limited (Caernarfon) - were found guilty of 12 counts of illegal deposit of mixed waste at Bryn Awelon and Tyddyn Whisgin.

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Is that Meco or M-E-C-O?

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So show up a little early--8:00 p.m. for a 9 o'clock set (which usually starts late).

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Unlike the widespread HIV-1 M strain, and the much rarer N and O strains, which jumped to people from chimpanzees, the newly described P strain originated in gorillas.

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Pacific Sunwear (nasdaq: PSUN - news - people ), whose d.e.m.o. division catering to casual teen "streetwear" has been struggling, said sales dropped 9.4% from last August.

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"I'm absolutely thrilled that Aiden has signed this new four-year contract, " said Celtic manager Martin O'Neill.

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O.s, and there were whispers that a group of osteopath-hating M.

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DeLay's fund-raising tactics for the groups -- his nickname is "The Hammer" -- have prompted a racketeering suit filed by the Democrats' House campaign committee alleging that DeLay's m.o crossed the line into illegality.

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