Acting soon may pay off as well.

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Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, then you also blast them and make them pay for acting so foolishly.

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Their return may depend on the American government acting on its promise to pay for the return of Serb refugees to Kosovo in safety.

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Mr Lansley said NHS bosses were not acting on any government orders to look into regional pay.

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Maybe it's Sarbanes-Oxley, maybe it's the spirit of the times, or maybe it's just a belated effort to earn their own, sometimes lavish, pay, but corporate directors sure are acting up these days.

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In time a firm acting in this way will lose business, meaning that crime will not pay.

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The U.S. government doesn't pay ransoms, but it did send U.S. troops, acting on a tip from an Iraqi, to rescue Hallums after 311 days of captivity.

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