And, indeed, he declared that, in keeping with the overall atmosphere, he would make his point as gently as possible.

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"The overall atmosphere should be, 'I love you and I want you to be around for as long as possible, ' " Dr. Hastings says.

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Real stars, including Sean Penn and a Moses-bearded Bruce Willis, play versions of themselves, which adds lightly to the air of authenticity, yet the overall atmosphere is too thin and stale to be refreshing.

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Overall the atmosphere is very relaxed and things seem to be going smoothly.

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Overall, Mars' atmosphere reduces the radiation dose compared to what we saw during the flight to Mars.

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Little is currently known about where such particles end up in the atmosphere and what overall effect they have on the climate.

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Although coal does not often contain high concentrations of mercury, the authors say the "combination of the large volume burned and the fact that a significant portion of the mercury present is emitted into the atmosphere results in large overall emissions from the sector".

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"The text of the Clean Air Act makes plain that Congress intended it as a measure to 'clean' the air of pollutants, not to alter the overall composition of the Earth's atmosphere, " argues the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, an auto industry lobbying group, in a brief.

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