But Boeing and Washington, where the aerospace company was founded 93 years ago, have long had a love-hate relationship, and if the firm, still the state's largest private employer, appeared last year to be saving Washington from the recession sweeping the rest of the country, those hopes died in September.

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Mr. Le Meur, who said he had a "love, hate and now love" relationship with Glass, said the product could appeal to a mass audience if Google improves the design or creates a novel experience for users.

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As both these books point out, the love-hate relationship of England and France has a long, and continuing, history.

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The Bible contains scores of references to Lebanon (or Phoenicia, as it is often called) and its complicated, love-hate relationship with the rulers of Israel to its south.

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Behind Home Depot's low prices and great assortment is its love-hate relationship with its 25, 303 North American suppliers.

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There he filmed Happy Together, which details the love-hate relationship between Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung, two of Hong Kong's biggest heartthrobs.

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And he said the term "love-hate relationship" could have been invented to describe the party's relations with the unions.

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Angelo Borelli, chairman of Assopiastrelle, the tile makers' trade association, says that his members and the machinery makers have a love-hate relationship.

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There is another elephant in the room, which is what she describes as the "love-hate" relationship Americans have with the UK, its colonial past, and the idea that in the creation of modern-day America the very idea of a monarchy was considered then eschewed.

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