To make matters worse, arch rivals Barcelona recorded their fourth straight win of the season on Saturday -- running out 4-1 winners against Getafe -- to open up a gap of eight points over Real.

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Customers, however, have been annoyed for many years, so it must have taken something else for the two arch-rivals to make peace now.

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Families thus begin preparations to help the spirits find their way home and to make them welcome, starting with an arch made of bright-yellow marigolds - a symbolic doorway from the underworld.

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But Mr Brown, an arch meddler, is wrong to suggest that the government can or should make it all better.

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Arch-rival SAP broke that rule, and it looks like Ellison is going to make the company pay--in public humiliation if nothing else.

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Intel needs to make chips on a large scale again to keep profits coming in, and Apple needs to reduce its reliance on arch rival Samsung for mobile processors.

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