It led to a temporary moratorium on car purchases last March in Beijing.

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Such power-sharing has usually proved temporary in the car industry.

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Situated in a former car dealership, their temporary digs were originally designed as a place for Hsieh to throw parties--with a hot tub, a kitchen and a sound system set up for a disc jockey.

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Located in a former car dealership, their temporary digs were originally designed as a place for Hsieh to throw parties--with a hot tub, a kitchen and a sound system set up for a disc jockey.

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About 30 traders ran stalls and Boots the Chemist opened a temporary unit in the centre's car park on Saturday.

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Castlepoint in Bournemouth opened in 2003 but the car park has been held up by temporary props since 2005 when it was found to be unsafe.

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In a move which should surprise no one who's been following along, New York City livery car groups successfully won a bid yesterday afternoon for a temporary restraining order against New York City's smartphone-based hail pilot program ("e-hails, " if you will).

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Because each week's recipients were selected at random, the survey, taken as a whole, automatically negated the effects of other temporary influences on spending, such as changes in the stock market or car makers' cheap financing deals.

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