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  • initialism petrochemistry Crude distillation unit.

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Examples

  • Merkel, who is often described as the CDU's dominant "brand," stressed the importance for her party to maintain its broad appeal.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The left sees what's going on — Peer Steinbrück, Germany's outgoing SPD finance minister, calls the CDU's appropriation "piracy" — but so far it has proved helpless to stop it.

    Europe’s Right Turns Left 2009

  • Mrs Merkel ended a flirtation with the ascendant Greens last November, calling the idea of CDU-Green partnerships "pipe dreams".

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2011

  • The CDU is the party of Helmut Kohl, who led Germany into the euro.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2011

  • The CDU is the largest party in the centre-right coalition in Germany, which in recent months has been rocked by a series of internal battles, including more than 20-billion-euros (28.6 billion euros) worth of tax cuts already agreed to for 2011.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The CDU is the largest party in the centre-right coalition in Germany, which in recent months has been rocked by a series of internal battles, including more than 20-billion-euros (28.6 billion euros) worth of tax cuts already agreed to for 2011.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The CDU is the largest party in the centre-right coalition in Germany, which in recent months has been rocked by a series of internal battles, including more than 20-billion-euros (28.6 billion euros) worth of tax cuts already agreed to for 2011.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The CDU was a "mass party for everybody," Merkel said following a meeting of the party's executive in Berlin.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The CDU was a "mass party for everybody," Merkel said following a meeting of the party's executive in Berlin.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The CDU was a "mass party for everybody," Merkel said following a meeting of the party's executive in Berlin.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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