And for all Thursday's celebrations - big and small the skies in Beijing were clear and blue, a striking departure from the heavy fog of a day earlier.

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The sky was just a little lighter blue than his suit, clear and even with only one cloud in it, a large, blinding white one with curls and a beard." Notice that image of the cloud, the blinding white cloud.

天空比他身上蓝色的西装颜色更亮，更清朗，甚至,空中只有一朵白云，是大而亮白的螺旋状和,胡须状，注意这多云的图像，一朵亮白的云。

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And one day, outof the blue clear sky, I got a letter from Jenny wondering if I couldcome down to Savannah and see her, and that'swhat I'm doing here.

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