Mixed lots are often among the best deals at auctions, Mr. Jessen said, noting that they were popular with the "drinker" set (which I assumed meant middle-class buyers like me).

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Ms. BARRETT: With many sleepless nights, I have to say, and very conflicted and filled with lots of mixed emotions.

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The film, despite positive reviews elsewhere, has had a mixed reaction in Saudi Arabia but has received lots of positive messages on Twitter from Saudi women.

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The music on the CD is a mixed bag: fun and funky, with lots of high-energy rockers, a few radio hits and collaborations with the likes of David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz and U2 s Bono.

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He points with particular pride to a development in Brooklyn's Williamsburg, where he successfully re-zoned decaying lots and warehouses on the waterfront for mixed income residential use, a park and a ferry to Manhattan.

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