And if you are stuck for an evening outfit as the nights grow chillier, don't forget the allure of a simple black cashmere polo-neck with black pants, accessorized with a single long string of pearls.

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The single, long DNA-based string was chopped up into about 150, 000 fragments, each 120 letters long.

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Ike Davis' run-scoring single in the eighth snapped his string of 10 consecutive games without an RBI, which tied a career high.

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Ja Rule, who topped the UK singles charts last November with his single Wonderful, has had a string of hits in recent years, including duets with Jennifer Lopez and Ashanti.

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Criticism of the disaster has sprung in part from decisions made over the design of the BP well, which used a single pipe, known as a "long string", that ran from the sea floor to the bottom of the well.

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This time a single rook was presented with the same tray-string set-up, while its pair waited in a neighbouring cage linked by a one-way flap.

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Ike Davis' RBI single in the Mets' eighth inning snapped his string of 10 consecutive games without a run batted in, which had tied a career high.

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Mr Cook began his career with The Housemartins in the 1980s and as Fatboy Slim enjoyed a string of hit records - including number one single Praise You - in the 1990s and early noughties.

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Sales of new single-family homes declined 2.3% in August, and a recent string of similarly lackluster housing data and commentary offer little to suggest a swift recovery is on the horizon.

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