Women who had previously been only distant, abstract notions suddenly had a very real, very vivid, very in-my-face presence.

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"The memories are still very vivid and fresh in the mind - everybody still talks about the World Cup, " he said.

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"We're seeing extreme agitation, hallucinations that are very vivid, paranoia and some really violent behavior, so it's a real crisis for us, " Smith said.

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Due to the way the covers are formed (two different color layers, for the likes of the lime-green and orange options) they've come out in very vivid hues.

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Better still, due to the way the covers are formed (two different color layers, for the likes of the lime-green and orange options) they've come out in very vivid hues -- the soft-finish cyan shell is this editor's personal favorite.

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At a time when the EU is trying to persuade reluctant countries to open up their energy markets to the fierce winds of competition and abandon the French idea of "national champions", Gazprom is a very vivid example that such allegedly old-fashioned out-of-date thinking can work dramatically well for the country concerned.

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