After the damp squib of Lisbon, further big treaties look unlikely.

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This image was taken mid-morning on a clear autumn day at Windsor Great Park, just outside London, after a long, damp night.

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Meanwhile, Congress's own fiscal efforts have produced one damp squib after another.

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It was a damp day and, after he had parked the van and set off down the forest track, even the noise of the Edinburgh-Glasgow motorway was muffled by thick, dark fir trees.

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The woman's home in a narrow alley doesn't have a proper roof, so the place was damp and water-logged after recent rain storms.

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"I feel like my skin is a damp cheesecloth, " moans Bontecou after a night in the spartan wood-and-stucco house where the guests stay.

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The pits get damp, especially during the monsoons, and after the daylight fades, weavers must rely on a single naked lightbulb.

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