First of all, there's a real mood right now in Alaska of disgust with the political class there, in particular the Republicans, who've been dominant in Alaska politics.

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Mr Jospin's real problem is that the electoral mood is turning against him just as he faces three difficult hurdles.

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In the limited fashion of the corporate world, cufflinks are the ultimate mood gaugers and prime real estate for sartorial self-expression.

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The real star is the troubled economy and the mood of menace that the director, Patricia Rozema, conjures from it.

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While there continue to be some key constitutional issues and real problems of poverty and climate change, the mood was one of urging the developed world to stick to the development commitment and funds set aside for the region, now more than ever.

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The long hype of Carmelo Anthony in New York City has coalesced into something real, and there's a lightness to his mood.

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In the real world, away from such institutional navel-gazing, why is a mood of anxiety and concern justified?

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Still, despite Lebanon's understandably gloomy mood, it is clear that the elections, however tainted, will produce real change.

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Whether the rivalry between Mr Putin and Mr Medvedev is real or imagined, it has started to resonate with more serious swings in the public's mood.

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