Here's the explanation: If the Earth made a perfect circle round the sun, the seasons would be almost exactly equal.

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That chain is in a circle that goes round and round, with no beginning and no end.

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It will take monumental powers of persuasion and communication to fully round this circle.

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"We do a bit of endurance to get them fitter - marching on the spot, moving round the room in a circle to get the heart rate up a bit, " explained Ms Quaeck.

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Now, with another round of names coming, the UBS mess comes full circle.

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He strongly defended Circle's work at Hinchingbrooke, saying that it had turned round the hospital's clinical performance, but said it was too soon to judge whether the contract had been a success.

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But without them, Mr Singh's round table seems doomed to be yet another fruitless effort to square the circle.

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Later came intensive memorising of the star-compass, a circle of coral pebbles, each pebble a star, laid out in the sand round a palm-frond boat.

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Today I think I discovered why the world is round, because all to often you find you have just come a full circle. no matter how far you travel sometimes you find yourself straight back where you started.

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