And 45% of the adults surveyed admitted that they do not bother to retain credit card receipts for cross-checking against statements.

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Price, a Ryder Cup winner with Europe at the Belfry in 2002, needs a strong final round as he bids to move 26 places up the money list to 115th in order to retain his Tour card.

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Yet the French want to retain the anti-American card on which so much of Mr Chirac's stature in the Arab world depends.

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