And their color is usually greenish brown.

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Drinks (usually based on brown spirits and bitters) are mixed and poured into a wooden barrel, allowing the flavours to fuse.

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People with this disorder usually have reddish-brown skin, ginger or reddish hair, and hazel or brown eyes.

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For example, when Gordon Brown, the shadow chancellor, could not immediately explain the details of Labour's plans for union recognition, voters were given a rare glimpse of Mr Brown, usually a master of policy, floundering.

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Her shoulder-length brown hair was usually straight and parted in the middle, though sometimes she pulled it back and gathered it in a big dark clip that looked like an enormous insect.

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As is usually the case with a statement by Mr Brown, most of them had been announced or trailed before.

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Around the fourth day of the illness, a rash - flat red or brown blotches - may appear, usually starting on the forehead and spreading downwards.

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Light brown or yellowish in colour and smooth in texture, they are usually shaved raw over a dish.

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In people of African descent, the skin may be light brown, and in those of Asian or Northern European descent, the skin is usually white.

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Alistair Darling, Mr Brown's chancellor of the exchequer, looked a harried man as he made what is usually a grip-and-grin sprint to the House of Commons, brandishing the budget in Gladstone's red box.

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