This summer had already been particularly hot with heavy rains that caused outhouses to flood into several drinking wells.

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"This summer, the environment was particularly choppy, " said David Viniar , Goldman's chief financial officer.

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This summer's crisis hit particularly hard.

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This has been a particularly unpleasant business in the summer months, when the heat and humidity are unyielding, and one that resulted in a lot of sweaty tourists then tramping around the hallowed spaces.

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This observation was consistent with concerns about a particularly warm summer that year in some U.S. regions.

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Absent of a particularly sparkling track record, British football fans are looking to this summer's World Cup in Munich with feelings of both excitement and trepidation.

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Taylor has reportedly been a target this summer for both Aston Villa and Everton, the latter particularly in the wake of the sale of Joleon Lescott to Manchester City.

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Frieden said the H1N1 virus -- which he said never really went away, judging by the cases reported this summer -- is spreading in the United States, particularly in the Southeast.

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