The Commons shadow-play did, however, illustrate the unresolved tension between agreement on paper and conversion to compromise in practice.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland

According to a report by the Washington Post, Chinese authorities instructed Tibetans to turn in their old passports, ostensibly to be replaced by electronic ones during a paper-to-electronic conversion.

BBC: Passport restrictions in Tibet

Preferred shareholders should be able to exchange their paper for similar securities in these new entities, with warrants attached for conversion into common shares.

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