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Alvaro Palacios, originally from Rioja, created highly-prized wines in the Priorato and Bierzo, before returning to his family's winery after his father's death in 2000.
Brad Haskel: Terroir: The Dividing Line in Wine Brad Haskel 2011
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The Bank of France governor and now the French finance minister claim that the U.K. should be the country to lose its highly-prized triple-A credit rating, not France.
French Minister Joins Criticism of U.K. Economy William Horobin 2011
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Alvaro Palacios, originally from Rioja, created highly-prized wines in the Priorato and Bierzo, before returning to his family's winery after his father's death in 2000.
Brad Haskel: Terroir: The Dividing Line in Wine Brad Haskel 2011
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Tavan Tolgoi holds one of the world's largest coal deposits, nearly a third of which is the highly-prized coking coal used in making steel.
Banpu Seeks Full Control of Australia's Hunnu Coal Phisanu Phromchanya 2011
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Niger is one of Africa's poorest countries but it has one, highly-prized export commodity: uranium.
Niger Soldiers Stage Coup Cassandra Vinograd 2010
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Furthermore, they explained that because some highly-prized clays were sometimes located in difficult-to-reach places, it had been common for people to use young girls who could fit into small spaces to procure the clay.
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Their versatility is highly-prized, and I think it worth cooking them from scratch (provided they are of a recent harvest) for the improved flavour and general usefulness of the liquor for whatever you plan on doing with them after.
Fortune's Chickpeas 2010
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In the war it had seen fierce fighting as the Americans had wrested it—and its highly-prized airfield—from a suicidal Japanese garrison.
Hell Island Matthew Reilly 2010
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Before the rally started, there were supply concerns because of a weak crop from Colombia, a source of highly-prized coffee.
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Their versatility is highly-prized, and I think it worth cooking them from scratch (provided they are of a recent harvest) for the improved flavour and general usefulness of the liquor for whatever you plan on doing with them after.
Fortune's Chickpeas 2010
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