His country, Czechoslovakia, has had mixed fortunes even by European standards.

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But the standards have met with mixed reactions.

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By most standards, American rates of mixed-race marriage have been low: one in 23 marriages in 1990, up to one in 15 in 2000.

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But to be truly urban by today's standards, Midtown East needs texture and variety, different scales and mixed uses, green spaces and reliable infrastructure.

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Grain merchants stepped in to set standards, now that grain from multiple fields was going to be mixed, and they established the Chicago Board of Trade.

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This has been met by mixed reviews from the residents as for many it is an improvement in their living standards while for others the environment is very sterile and the houses, at 400 sqaure feet each, are too small.

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Even devaluations brought about by loose monetary policy can be a mixed blessing as the U.K. has discovered, since higher inflation eats into living standards.

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