Traces of radiation escaped at the time, but officials said there was no danger to workers or neighbors.

NPR: Calif. Reactors Might Be Retired If Restart Nixed

Yet within it there are traces of the past that surface from time to time, yet one past trace that I'm sure those of us who live in the British Isles have all seen are the coastal defences rapidly constructed during World War II.

BBC: The Last Stand

If Martin can amputate inessential drugs and divisions fast, the company has a chance of regaining traces of its former brilliance--this time without the balance sheet tricks.

FORBES: Elan's Cleanup Guy

Each time a new spectacle unfolded before him, the ugly traces of the real world would simply disappear.

NEWYORKER: Town of Cats

Catherine Moellering, head of trend-spotting firm Tobe, traces the roots of the pajama look back more than a decade, to a time when Juicy Couture velour tracksuits were the rage.

WSJ: With Loungewear Trend, Teens Wear Pajamas All Day

The Food Standards Agency says horse carcasses with traces of the anti-inflammatory have been exported and have been entering the food chain for some time.

BBC: Horsemeat - food fraud, not food safety

The exchange of rocky migrants that interests people most is between the earth and Mars. (Only a few years ago researchers claimed to have found fossilised traces of microbes in one such meteorite, though this is hotly disputed.) With luck, 1m years is enough time to reach the earth from Mars.

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