But the fury was beginning to undermine a world-class athletic event, not to mention its organizing body, the New York Road Runners.

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The hotel may not be one of the top international brands, but the service and accommodations here are world class not to mention a gigantic, top-floor ballroom without those get-in-the way pillars and on a lower level, an infinity-edge swimming pool.

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And whereas leaders in the other countries have stressed the need for reform, and sought the approval of western financiers, Dr Mahathir has railed against hedge funds and currency dealers indeed westerners as a class, not to mention the entire international financial system.

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Not to mention that it helped create a middle-class consumer who in turn could stimulate the broader economy.

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Not to mention, she loves her job and describes it as going to gym class for a living.

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Until recently, world-class pickers in places like Kinshasa, Congo, and Bamako, Mali, not to mention rural townships in South Africa or beach towns in Madagascar, also knew little about one another.

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This group is the actual middle class: comfortably above the poorest of the poor, but also comfortably below skilled professionals, not to mention the oligarchs.

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