It begins with church bells ringing in mournful disapproval of the filth that is about to be set before us.
Consumers were ringing in the new year on mobile devices like iPhone 4S and playing more mobile games than ever before.
Papadeas and Harris both suffer from a constant ringing in their ears.
Are Iowans really going to hold presidential caucuses on December 31 when the rest of the country will be ringing in the New Year?
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And for half an hour, the phones stopped ringing in Chicago police headquarters, and New York subway drivers offered a play-by-play account over the loudspeakers.
With Digital Plus turned on, the conversation is easier to hear, and you can also parse background noises, like a phone ringing in an office.
Next Iron Chef runner up, chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Marco Canora is serving up an extravagant menu at his Hearth Restaurant for the ringing in of 2011.
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This little piece starts alarm bells ringing in my mind.
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One needn't be a blue nose--I have Stones lyrics ringing in my ears from my youth, too--to wonder whether the standards of our civilization and culture aren't getting confused.
With the words of player-manager Gary McAllister ringing in their ears no doubt, Coventry came out firing in the second half and almost took the lead within six minutes.
And as Keegan walked off with a chorus of catcalls ringing in his ears after England's dismal effort, he was ready to hand his resignation to shocked FA officials.
With the cheers of success still ringing in his ears, we got some quality time with Art Thompson, the technical project director, and Baumgartner's earliest collaborator on the Stratos mission.
The presenter mentioned the idea on air and said he was overwhelmed with the level of positive response, with people ringing in to his show and sending in their designs.
Perhaps with those words ringing in their ears, Scotland were far from the easy prey many had predicted they would be as they started the game with all guns blazing.
Carter, who was named man of the match, ended the Test with jeers ringing in his ears after a high tackle on Martin Roberts which could land him in further trouble.
Together, the people of Tuscany are ringing in the New Year in much the same way they do every year, and the term Cappodanno caps conversation much as it has for centuries.
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So now that Washington has decided to provide bilateral aid for Uruguay, using the same fund as that used to bail out Mexico in 1995, alarm bells are ringing in some quarters.
The winners will see their figurehead crowned queen on the last night, ringing in one of the biggest celebrations of the year on an island that rarely needs an excuse for a party.
As at last the 20th century begins to turn, perhaps we shall see Asia mark these last rites of passage by ringing out the new, for a change, and ringing in the old.
But with next year's elections ringing in his ears, commentators say it seems likely Finance Minister Simba Makoni may find himself putting short term political gains before the prudent management of the ailing economy.
The question now is ringing in my ears.
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With the stinging criticism from manager John Toshack still ringing in their ears after the defeat to Cyprus on Saturday, an early goal was exactly what the Wales players needed to settle any potential nerves.
We played for another 10 years, but we still laugh about the ringing in the ears and the workman-like way we went at each other that spring, conditioning ourselves to raise our threshold for pain.
Rochelle Peachey, a woman who makes her money by convincing people they should not be single (aka she founded an online dating site), was once busted when her phone started ringing in the middle of a fake conversation.
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With the the public's resounding 'no' to AV still ringing in their ears, and the coalition entering what is likely to be its final days as the 2015 election approaches, it would be a brave person who bet against it.
There has never been a player in the history of the game who has performed better with the boos of their own fans ringing in their ears and by all accounts Eboue was inconsolable in the dressing room after the game.
Caught in the middle Friday was Morgan Stanley, where telephones were ringing steadily in the sixth-floor offices of its prime-brokerage unit, which caters to trading by hedge funds.
"I can remember holding my face because of the ringing noise in my head, " she said.
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