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The price was particularly hefty considering that the painting had sold for $4.5 million at Sotheby's in 1991.

Since then, the UK bank levy - a Britain-only tax that is particularly hefty for banks like HSBC with large balance sheets - has been slowly ratcheted upwards.

The tenor Anthony Dean Griffey was particularly strong and funny in his second and third songs, using his rare ability to be hefty and dancingly light at the same time.

In itself the commitment is not particularly hefty: typically the directors of large American orchestras are on their home podiums from 12 to 15 weeks each season.

Few Portuguese have computers, and hefty phone and Internet access charges are particularly damaging in a country that has one of Europe's lowest average disposable incomes.

"Actually, if you look at what happened it wasn't a particularly hefty kick, but my body was tired.

That is particularly bad news for retailers who depend on the holiday shopping season for a hefty share of their annual revenue.

Self-styled as "the Bishop", his website boasts that he has "a stunning range of skills" and "his address book has been compared with a particularly hefty volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica".

Disney is backing its latest musical confection with a particularly hefty marketing campaign.

But experts say the educational campaign failed to persuade voters that the renovated facility was worth the hefty price tag -- particularly the older, tax-averse conservatives who typically turn out for off-year elections.

That was a hefty opener back there.