Munch's use of color, art historians say, is a distinguishing characteristic of this version.

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The distinguishing characteristic is that oil and gas production slumped last year, far more than expected.

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If Mr Berlusconi's heterogeneous package has a distinguishing characteristic, it is an aversion to confronting vested interests.

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And in fact that's the most distinguishing characteristic of a woman.

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The only distinguishing characteristic was the welcome mat.

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At which point the mobile revolution will go the way of all successful revolutions, replaced by a ubiquity that makes mobile and, more importantly, touch, less a distinguishing characteristic and more the basic table stakes for innovation and new functionality.

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Indeed, if you take a look at the past ten years, you can argue that the distinguishing characteristic of the Scottish economy is how closely it has followed the growth path of the UK as a whole, through the boom years and the downturn.

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It may be unfortunate that Vint Cerf and the other network pioneers chose to name their network after its most distinguishing technical characteristic rather than give it a proper name, but that does not allow us to disregard the distinction.

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