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Mind you, they could have mistaken this project, which casts Watts, Paulson and Close as high-powered attorneys, as a serious endeavor.

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"Let no-one be mistaken: the theft of the crown jewels is a resounding wake-up call," said the court's president, Pierre Moscovici.

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The mistaken release of two prisoners in a week has once again drawn attention to the Category B jail.

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"Over the coming months, industrial production should show very tentative improvements. However, any of these improvements will be of a cyclical nature, coming from very low levels, and should not be mistaken for structural improvements."

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And, context is everything in politics: this row now comes after the mistaken release of perhaps the most high-profile prisoner jailed this year.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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