Before public arguments and private conferences, where decisions are discussed, they all shake hands as a show of harmony of purpose.

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"We'll never be in a position where the sum of all of our sales will be enough for a Kmart to give us a fair shake, " says Canfield.

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There is all - a lot of rumor yesterday that it would be just about contractors and would shake Washington and this sort of thing, which is a little unusual.

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"The defence minister has ordered a shake down inspection for all the private airlines, " Pervez George, head of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, told the AFP news agency.

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"You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again, " said campaign spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom, a comment seized upon by his rivals as evidence that Mr Romney was willing to change his position to get elected.

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