Their scores for quietness and cleanliness, among other dimensions, also increased by up to 36 percent.

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It helps with the technicalities and quietness you need for dressage.

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Without the influx of tourists, Olymbos exudes a certain quietness.

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Couple that quietness with the highly volatile month that is coming to a close and there seems to be little appetite for bullish bets before Memorial Day.

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"It is an eerie quietness, " he said.

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The Australasian bid, centred on the virtually unpopulated Shire of Murchison, in Western Australia, scored better for radio quietness (important to prevent interference), and on non-scientific factors such as political stability and the quality of the working environment.

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The result is a vehicle sound at low speeds (up to about 17 miles per hour), that was designed to be very detectable around the vehicle but not take away from the quietness of the interior of the vehicle.

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