For now, though, all that counts is filling empty coffers.

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When this lot is empty, all this has got to go into my little dustbin.

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Often, when the grocery store is empty and all you can hear is the buzzing of flies, I think of that young man whose name we never knew and whom no one in town ever mentioned again.

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All of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago is fantastically empty, as the hyper-protected islands have room for only about 700 tourists at once (along with fewer than 4, 000 locals), and those visitors have their choice of 17 beaches, most of which are easier to reach than Sancho.

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And yet, despite all these reservations, compassionate conservatism is not just an empty slogan aimed at making people feel warm and fuzzy.

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All the talk about it being a cash-in etc is just empty talk, I feel.

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But if this is all you can say in your defence, then you are running on empty.

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The process is expensive and lengthy, and includes bringing all non-disposables, like batteries and empty oxygen cylinders, back to Kathmandu and on to their home countries.

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Today, with the help of a government loan, that empty space is being used to manufacture solar shingles that are being sold all across the country.

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Joan Barry is approaching 70-years-old and still lives in her house amongst the empty properties, with all the heartache that brings.

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