There is a caveat, of course: the scheme must work.

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This is why nations such as France have been pushing this scheme, of course, and why left-wing academics have long dreamed of this type of arrangement.

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Well I would say two things, first of all of course we've got a work permit scheme which allows you to import labour where you can't get local skills.

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Having failed to do so he reversed course in 2008 and came up with a clever scheme in which he, along with China Netcom, PCCW's second-largest shareholder, would take the company private, buying out the other shareholders for slightly less than he would receive from the company in a special dividend issued after the deal's completion.

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Of course, there were some embarrassing glitches with the new scheme over the weekend.

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Laudably, Mr Baucus has pursued a moderate course, rejecting a proposal for a government-run insurance scheme.

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She was offered a driver's improvement scheme instead of being prosecuted, but mounted a kerb during the course.

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The entire debate, of course, will prove pointless if Iraq cannot be persuaded to agree to whatever new scheme emerges.

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The resulting investigation uncovered a kickback scheme that encompassed more than a dozen mid-level Con Edison employees and took place over the course of nearly a decade.

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Mr Obama, of course, had called for such an overarching plan, in the form of a cap-and-trade scheme for all big sources of emissions, only to be rebuffed by the Senate, thanks not just to Republicans but to a number of conservative Democrats too.

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