But at least it has now become as much a point of honour in Salzburg to show that one is not a stick-in-the-mud, as it used to be a mark of prestige to get hold of a first-night ticket at all.

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With a 14-5-3 mark since March 1, the Islanders hold seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

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This partially offsets the mark-to-market drain on regulatory capital and helps hold the financial system together.

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Constitutional Reform Minister Mark Harper said the coalition wanted to hold the plebiscite on replacing first-past-the-post (FPTP) with the alternative vote (AV) system at an "early opportunity" so voters would know what system they would be using for the 2015 general election.

BBC: Parliamentary Voting Bill part one

Organisers have said they will hold a 30-second silence at the start as a mark of respect.

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London Marathon organisers have said they will hold a 30-second silence at the start as a mark of respect for the Boston victims.

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