Unusual individuals such as Ms Bausch have, moreover, laid down aesthetics for an art form which, in this large, culturally often fractious country, has always lacked a centre.

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Destruction of the world's forests releases large quantities of CO2, which form part of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.

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Since the rate at which small drops sweep one another up to form large drops varies with the square of their diameter, such drops are too tiny to make rain.

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Similarly, keeping weak life insurers alive helps the country's banks, which have lent large sums, often in the form of subordinated debt, to insurers.

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Such displays usually take the form of a large, blank sheet of paper on which students are invited to write anything they like.

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One large area of research is in plaques of beta amyloid which form on the brain.

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Christopher Campbell, one of the authors of the tax alert, says several large S corporations, which he refused to name, are banding together to form a coalition and fight the bill.

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