Patrick Salmon, the Foreign Office historian who compiled the volume of papers published on Friday as German Unification 1989-1990: Documents on British Policy Overseas Section III Volume VII, says Mrs Thatcher's trenchant objections made little practical difference.

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For the TSE 1st section, trading volume will see its third year of decline to the lowest level in six years.

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While these, along with single-malt Scotches, still make up only a small section of the whiskey market by volume, they comprise the fastest growing section, and by far the most profitable.

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The mixer section has rotaries for volume, FX and additional functions (more on this later).

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The topmost section features a physical volume dial that also serves as a mute switch when pushed, surrounded by a circular cluster of LEDs (for clockwise-flowing level indication) and then a secondary outer ring of capacitive buttons and LED indicators.

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There have also been suggestions in a section of the press that Mr Harper had turned down the feed volume.

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Its circular top handles the majority of volume and surround sound settings, while the rest of the remote's top-facing section is split into eight preset selectors for the incoming game audio in either speaker or headphone mode.

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