People are cutting back on everything from shopping trips to hanami parties to view the spring cherry blossom.

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Overlooking Valley of the Waves, and completing the fantastical view from the Monkey Spring Plaza, are the domed towers of the otherworldly Palace of the Lost City.

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The abuse at Winterbourne View was exposed by Panorama in spring 2011, when an undercover reporter secretly filmed support workers slapping patients, pinning them under chairs and giving them cold punishment showers.

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People who had a system installed in winter often found that it stopped working in spring, as trees sprouted leaves that blocked the terminal's view of the base-station.

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Only 16% of Saudis have a favorable view of America, according to a Gallup poll taken this spring.

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Meanwhile, many baseball fans have already begun their annual pilgrimages to Florida and Arizona spring-training sites, the Clemens fiasco already in their rear-view mirrors.

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Besides being sited amid a beautiful setting with a view of the stage and the sound of rushing water, the spring also remains a constant 106.7 degrees Fahrenheit because the staff is always checking the temperature and adjusting the amount of water entering the spring.

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Both supporters and opponents view the elections to the local synods in the Church's 718 deaneries in spring 2014 as the next key date.

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