Like the brooding Manhattan of the "Godfather" films, this Gotham is an organic entity, whether pelted by yellow rain reminiscent of "Blade Runner, " overrun by criminal lunatics sprung from their asylums, or beset by toxic fogs.

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These charges reported over the past two days in important articles by Claudia Rosett, editorial page editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal suggest that the brutal communist government of Laos has resumed the use of poisonous "yellow rain" against democratic Laotian insurgents.

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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain across large parts of England.

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As the boats pull up to the dock, an Asian man wearing a yellow-and-white rain coat crouches on a knoll, staring out at the boats.

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The valley seemed barren now, he said, but in the spring, after a dusting of rain, it would be bright with cactus blossoms and yellow creosote.

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