But since then, soot in the snow has increased several times over due mainly to industrial emissions.
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Cross-Channel ferry passengers face major travel disruption over Easter due to a strike by French port control officers in a dispute over pay.
Notebooks are gaining increasing popularity over desktops due to their improving performance and falling price points.
"It would surprise me greatly if the European Commission had run roughshod over its due process, " he said.
Analysts and traders say the slide may not be over yet due to potential for further momentum-based selling.
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It is now demanding the over-due repayment of loans the government made last year to Bull, a computer group.
But over the next three decades third-generation Redstones would be embroiled in legal wrangles with their elders over their due.
On the other hand, if the unemployment rate increases, then cars will likely be preferred over trucks due to its lower sticker price.
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Many items, like the Noguchi-designed set for "Errand Into the Maze, " would have been replaced over time due to normal wear and tear.
Steps should certainly be taken to rebuild the coastal wetlands that have been eroded over time due to river dredging, oil drilling, and other human progressions.
The latter two enjoy a cost advantage over Vale due to the geographical proximity of Asia-Pacific countries to Australia from where they primarily ship iron ore.
Cameroon international Song was substituted during Saturday's Premier League win over Wolverhampton due to a groin worry, but a scan on his knee has revealed cartilage damage.
Economists would bet that, once a move is imminent, more Californian wealth would choose Las Vegas over Phoenix due in part to the favorable tax advantages that Nevada offers.
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Meanwhile, as my colleague Jeff Bercovici reports, Murdoch has moved back the timetable for acquiring British broadcaster BSkyB, apparently with the hope that the hacking scandal will blow over in due time and the acquisition will be allowed to take place.
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Although Acer maintained growth in PC shipments, the Q2 consolidated revenue declined over Q1 due to the worldwide total PC market downturn from Q1 to Q2, and unfavorable economic conditions in Europe, the U.S., China and Asia Pacific that resulted in weaker consumer demand.
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Housing prices in the big eastern seaboard cities like Beijing and Shanghai remain high compared to where they were five years ago, but have been coming down month over month due to the current policies that curb lending to the sector and restrict home purchases, especially for non-resident home buyers, foreign investors, and second or third home buyers.
And the series will be expanded to 50-over cricket in due course, Chandra has said.
The agency notes that Alcatel faces 2.1 billion Euros of debt coming due over the next 24 months.
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The mood is particularly tense in Abyei, an area the south thinks it can win over in elections due in 2009.
But the story is very different for investment banking services that ironically benefited over the period due to the low interest rates.
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And Indonesia, with its first free elections for over 40 years due in June, is at least stumbling in the same direction.
Officials say further savings will come from having driven a hard bargain with generating companies over extending contracts due to expire soon.
Last week, two tech firms, including telecommunications-giant Nortel Networks, said they expected to lay off over 300 people due to softening market conditions.
The company took advantage of the fact that customers were starting to prefer renting over buying DVDs due to the accompanying cost savings.
Trouble for the bank continued in the first quarter, with its net profit falling 12 percent year-over-year due to the impact of a special banking tax.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters that lines at some airports, including Chicago and Los Angeles, were up to twice as long over the weekend due to budget cuts.
City residents were urged to evacuate after the authorities warned them that Bangkok's Chao Phraya River could burst its banks over the weekend due to high tides, which are expected to last until Monday.
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The Japanese auto market has already been declining steadily over many years due to its aging and shrinking population, rapid urbanization, leading to space constraints in many Japanese cities and high tax burden on car owners.
By the time you do the job over three times due to substandard results or contractors who disappear on you, you could have hired someone qualified here in the U.S. and saved yourself precious time, hassle, and aggravation.
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Knight Capital, the Jersey City-based trading firm that nearly collapsed over the summer due to a trading blunder, told clients it was having power issues and instructed them to route order flow away from Knight, according to Reuters.
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