They require no watering, no mowing and no chemicals.

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The abrupt postponement of the reform package left Mr Koizumi's government scrambling to limit the damage and the prime minister insisting to an increasingly sceptical audience that there would be no watering down of the central elements of Mr Takenaka's proposals.

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Look for the watering down of No Child Left Behind testing standards, as a favor to the National Education Association.

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If the walls could talk in Dublin's oldest watering holes they would no doubt have some colourful stories to reveal about the city's literary greats trying to release the muse over a few pints.

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That was the trouble: he would suddenly find himself driving his car on Route 50, or in the garden with watering can in hand, and have no idea why he was there.

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The Indian Room (952 S Pacific Ave, 310-514-3511) is another classic watering hole, complete with a friendly bartender who seems to have no problem keeping pace with her customers even if it means she might spill a cocktail every now and then or miss a glass with the soda sprayer.

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It will come as no surprise that the residents of a city known as "The Nation's Watering Hole" like to have a beer or two.

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