"If you have reasonable growth without an overheated situation, that bodes best for the markets, " said Michael Holland, a New York-based money manager.

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Michigan is beginning to see some signs of new life: perennial cellar dweller Holland-Grand Haven rose a remarkable 202 places to 19th on the overall list.

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The event will end with a new version of the National Anthem, featuring calypso-style drumming and Holland on piano.

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On Saturday morning, police officers stopped and searched for a third day box trucks as they approached the George Washington Bridge, which links New Jersey with New York, as well as the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

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Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland, has warmly welcomed the new publicity for the long-held belief that syphilis was not the cause of his death.

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New York Times art critic Holland Cotter has made it official: The contemporary-art boom is over.

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Ministers and industry bosses have planned for this, approving an upgrade to the big Zeebrugge-Bacton pipeline that links Britain to the continent, and the construction of new lines from Norway and Holland.

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