While far from a vintage performance, the overall mood in the German media is now clear: the final is there for the taking.

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But the overall mood in the city was one of let's go, I'm not taking any more chances and that is the leap from a typical New Orleanians mind set.

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The recording's overall mood, recalling the manic days of the 1960s, is something like a hyperactive Beatles album, an impression heightened by liner notes with a comic-strip layout and larky photographs.

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But the overall mood of the Liberal Democrats north and south of the border is that Mr Blair has delivered a lot less than he promised to Paddy Ashdown, Mr Kennedy's predecessor.

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But overall the mood among millions of Egyptians who have patiently queued again and again in the past year to have a say in their future is one of weary disgust with the whole messy business.

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Previous studies have shown that quick, insightful solutions tend to be more correct than analytic solutions (at least, for the types of tasks in the study), and other studies have shown that a positive mood enhances overall cognitive performance.

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Overall, however, the mood was said to be that the issue had been discussed for "long enough".

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Why the sour mood about the overall U.S. economy?

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On Wall Street they get an overall picture and there I detect a different mood to some of my previous visits.

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Overall, Mr Fabius has been praised for doing what he could, given the present political mood.

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