As for the specialness of the transit, well, it's rarer than passages of Mr. Halley's famous comet.

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When he sees Android coming in, it winds up under-covering that specialness.

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Beneath all this is the peculiar British combination of bragging and bewilderment, an air of expectations great but unmet and of unrealised specialness.

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But the very commercial mindedness that has been the secret of much of Australia's success in the mass market has undermined efforts to create the sense of rarity and specialness that seems to be essential to pushing up the prices of the top wines.

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