"We've put ourselves into the garden and it shines back to us with all the faults and all the problems, " said Monty.

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Prior to Euro 2000, the England campaign were hoping that this would be their big advantage over South Africa as their's is a good all-round bid with few faults.

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Blizzard, for all their faults, have very smooth launches with their expansions for a game with millions and millions of customers.

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It is all the harder in the Himalayan region, with hidden underground faults that are poorly monitored by seismic instruments.

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Traditional cellphone makers like Palm, Research in Motion, Samsung and Motorola will all soon launch their best efforts, but each handset has ugly faults when compared with the halo-encircled iPhone--which, admittedly, has only been shown to a lucky few so far.

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Mr Yeltsin, for all his faults, had a gut commitment to democracy, freedom of the press and friendship with the West, as well as a healthy distrust of the security services.

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