The secluded compound is tucked behind gates, situated at the end of a winding 1, 800-foot-long driveway.

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In his letter, Mr Hain explains how John Underwood, who was a co-signatory of the campaign's bank account but had not been involved in the process of reporting donations, took responsibility for winding up Hain4Labour at the end of the campaign.

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So, how did the Tigers end up winning the American League pennant and winding up in the World Series?

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The holiday season and end of the year are approaching, with many traders winding things down or stepping to the sidelines until January.

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However, he hinted that if no bids were forthcoming by the end of this week, he would have to consider winding the club up.

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But many members indicated that they want to start winding down the program before year's end, as long as hiring and the economy continued to improve.

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While hardware sales of all other systems are slowly winding down, as tends to happen near the end of a console generation, Xbox 360 is spooling up.

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Rolex, as you might imagine, is considered low end here, a producer of mass luxury that is as ubiquitous as the Peugeots winding the streets.

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Some people treat the drive up the winding roads that lead north, to the nearby Swiss border and Alpine end of Lake Como, as a further exercise in gawping.

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Winding down one war in Iraq and determined to bring military action in Afghanistan to an end soon, too, the Obama Administration would seem to be preparing to de-emphasize defense spending and thus send the industry into a tailspin.

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In overnight news, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said in a speech in Tokyo the Fed should start winding down its bond-buying program (quantitative easing) and be completely done with it by the end of the year.

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