There was a small black-and-white monitor in one corner showing a large, noisy meeting in progress.

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In the case of the Tu-154, it was dated, noisy and not that comfortable, but it had one great strength, I was told.

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Not Manuel Asensio , a combative soul whose noisy frontal assaults on his targets have made him one of the least popular figures on Wall Street.

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But the engine was noisy, and there were concerns about what would happen if one of the blades broke off and tore into the aircraft's fuselage.

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"It's a time of high stress and if they are surrounded by noisy siblings who have music blasting out or are playing noisy video games it can be hard to concentrate and feel like every one else is enjoying themselves, " she says.

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The messy Health and Social Care Bill, which passed a reading in the House of Lords after a noisy scrap this week, is not seen as the Department of Health's finest hour, for one thing.

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This time around, most people see the current field of Republican hopefuls as a noisy blur, an only-in-America phenomenon -- or a "matsuri, " as one woman described it, in reference to Japan's colorful, oft-chaotic outdoor festivals.

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