As if that were not enough, Sky has to make this difficult transition with a new management team the old guard having departed because of a mixture of poor health and irritation at Mr Murdoch's increasing interference, which has included installing his daughter, Elizabeth, as general manager.

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The small scattered community of Oscarey was a mixture now of poor and better-off: besides the remnants of the estate families, there were newcomers.

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Latin America's overall record of productivity growth is poor, thanks to a toxic mixture of burdensome regulation, a large informal economy and a lack of innovation.

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Instead, they will be frustrated that they stand three points behind their rivals after being denied victory by a mixture of questionable refereeing decisions and poor finishing.

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LA's twin ports have been hit especially hard, thanks to a mixture of restrictive practices imposed by the unions and poor planning by the management.

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Gulan Avci, a Swedish MP of Kurdish origin who represents the Stockholm suburb of Bredang, said the rioting was down to a mixture of criminality and disillusioned young people in areas of high unemployment and poor school results.

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