It could mean every sign of individual brands, from their logo, colour or typeface, being replaced by standard packaging simply carrying warnings and the name of the cigarettes.

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Proposing the scrapping of the present system, Ms Driver suggested that it should be replaced by a standard payment to schools for all children of a similar age, wherever they lived in England and Wales.

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The same applies to Windows: in due course, if a better technology comes along (as, please God, it will), today's standard will be replaced.

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If he replaced the Fed with the gold standard, what would he do if the gold bubble burst?

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This phone reeks of TouchWiz -- whatever Android elements Samsung hasn't put a glossy coat of paint on, it's replaced altogether: WiFi and Bluetooth settings are standard to the TouchWiz UI, as are the media player, and most dramatically the 5 megapixel camera.

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For example, China and Russia have openly called for the dollar to be replaced by different currencies as the de facto world standard.

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