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At the start, music is mournful but not quite sorrowful, a lightly contemplative jazz-inspired feel anchored by a steel hang drum.

"This was not a decision I have taken lightly, especially as we have recently seen strong trading figures," she said in a statement.

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The man, Douglas Montgomery, 78, was lightly dressed for the conditions in the high Sierra and, more curiously, was carrying no water.

But a year after ruling that Google was "a monopolist," Judge Amit Mehta proposed a series of remedies that some - though not everyone - view as letting Google off lightly.

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He is the captain of the club, he has never taken that responsibility lightly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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