About 43 percent of the volunteers had signs of infection plus cold symptoms, such as a stuffy nose, cough, and sore throat.

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Hopefully not the full four-plus decades of the Cold War.

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Hurt by falling demand for its office and hotel properties, plus pricey investments in cold storage and residential development, Crescent Real Estate Equities cut its earnings outlook for 2001 by 13% and its dividend by 32% in October.

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Plus, if you took off from somewhere cold (say, London) and then landed in somewhere warm (say, Istanbul), you are very likely to forget your coat.

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This, plus new ice machines that kept the catch cold and the development of railway tracks connecting major cities and ports, made fish more accessible and affordable than ever before.

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But Mr. Paulson's cold streak has continued, with the Advantage Plus fund down more than 16% this year through June, according to an investor.

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CFOs must translate the board's dreamy visions of synergies into cold hard sums, and calculate whether one plus one really is greater than two, then it will be tested by the proliferation of mergers, acquisitions and alliances.

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The Springboks arrived at the same venue with an under-strength side, starting with three new caps, two more on the bench, plus four other men who had been left out in the cold since choosing to play their club rugby outside South Africa.

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