The scandal-spattered Mrs Ciller claims, in turn, that her directives were approved by Turkey's generals.

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Graffiti with Stars of David superimposed on swastikas have spattered the walls of Benghazi, the rebels' eastern base.

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Behind banks of snow along East Tudor Road, Lisa Albecker recently ran her mud-spattered Ford F-150 pickup through an almost empty car wash.

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The tickers and clickers spattered the fields of our ranch with their droning orchestration, and August swam all around us hot, thick, and remarkable.

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Jezegabel's bike, built around a chrome-plated BMW R80 engine from 1984, stands nearby, ruggedly mud-spattered from a trail race in the south of France.

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The few walls still standing are spattered with mud.

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Drops of rain spattered our brows.

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