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Being the child of a wealthy entrepreneur must be something of a mixed blessing.

The main impression I got from the museum's displays was that the period was a mixed blessing.

I've known many couples over the years who work together, and the consensus seems to be that it's a mixed blessing.

But for those whose performance is judged against that of the stockmarket, the commodity fetish is a mixed blessing.

Roger: Me, too. With all these new contracts, I'm loaded with work. Our department's success has been a real mixed blessing.

By contrast, liberalization has been a mixed blessing for Indian cities, producing both enormous progress and enormous problems.

He also deeply mistrusts the system of patronage which has proved such a mixed blessing throughout music's long history.

If the road traffic on the streets of Beijing is anything to go by, a boom for Boeing may be a mixed blessing for frequent fliers.

My new job is much better paid, but it means that I have to spend more time away from home; so it's a sort of mixed blessing.

The best solution that science and medicine have come up with so far is the sleeping pill, which is another mixed blessing.

A stronger renminbi could prove to be a mixed blessing for the United States.

Over the past decade, the market has flowered into a tourist attraction -- a development that many say is a mixed blessing.

But detecting the condition earlier in a pregnancy through the new blood test would be a mixed blessing, Iannone said.

Even with the miraculous enhancements sure to come in the next decades, longevity is a mixed blessing.

But if it is a mixed blessing for environmentalists, it is worse for the police.

It's a mixed blessing for the banks but I'm sure investors will be happy to get some clarity and allow the market to move on.

For Mr Osborne himself, the budget has been a mixed blessing.

For the Republican Party, the rise of the Tea Party is the essence of a mixed blessing.

For the private sector, too, inflation would be a mixed blessing.

The ties that bind a diaspora to ancestral lands can be a mixed blessing for South Asia's governments.

It can be a mixed blessing, though, as I've seen a number of posts on forums regarding issues with this option.

The news may be a mixed blessing for airline travelers.

But this has been a mixed blessing.

Soaring copper prices, clearly, are a mixed blessing.

But it may be a mixed blessing.

But its fragmented private ownership has proved a mixed blessing, argues May Yan at Nomura.

It was a mixed blessing when my old car got stolen, but I don't have enough money to buy a new one.

For patients, the transformation in medicine is a mixed blessing.

But the green revolution was a mixed blessing.

As this demonstrates, Beijing's ability to intervene is a mixed blessing.

Getting the promotion was a mixed blessing because it means I spend less time with my family.

Nature, however created, is a mixed blessing.

In Jamaica, the ackee fruit is a mixed blessing.

CHENG LI: The rise of the Chinese middle class is a mixed blessing.

getting that well - paid job was a bit of a mixed blessing ; it means we ' ll have to live abroad for several years

Raising childen is a mixed blessing.

The advent of the euro in 1999 at first seemed a mixed blessing.

This is a mixed blessing.

new research suggests that the increasing reach of fair - value accounting might be a mixed blessing

Capability-oriented Administration --A Mixed Blessing of Modern Library Administration

that complexity is a mixed blessing for plaintiffs

A mixed blessing of the live vaccine strain

Economic Stimulus a Mixed Blessing for China