To make matters worse,consumers, the main drivers of the U.S.economy, were in no mood to spend.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

You sensed that all the worry of whether or not they would be able to make the journey had clouded his mood earlier in the week but now it felt like a small part of Nottingham had descended on his hotel.

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Upstairs, and throughout the two floors that make up Hertford Street, the mood is decidedly calmer and lighter.

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You are so refreshed, in fact, that you are in the mood to make the most of a warm 24-hour Emirati stopover.

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