But old as they are, these beers taste mind-blowingly fresh, bright and vibrant.

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This, in turn, suggests that its economy will continue to grow in the 3-4% range: not mind-blowingly awesome, but hardly catastrophic.

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You won't find anything mind-blowingly different here: avoid the stalls that run along the street and venture to the dedicated shopping buildings behind which are filled with antique and handicraft stores.

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This cliche was seized upon rather memorably in the third of Sylvester Stallone's Rambo films, when the frequently shirtless Vietnam veteran joined their struggle in a mind-blowingly violent movie that was released just as the Soviets were actually withdrawing from Afghanistan.

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