The annual exercise involves six ships, more than 20 helicopters and 3, 000 troops which make up the Response Force Task Group (RFTG).

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Going forward as trustees engage in this annual exercise, there will be more reason to hand income out to beneficiaries in lower tax brackets.

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Tis the season for the travel industry to publish its "best" lists, an annual exercise in stocktaking and kudo-bestowing that can prove as rewarding for the public as it is for publicists.

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We recently had our annual pay increase exercise at my university and it did a number of things, including hand delivering pay worksheets and emailing password-protected Excel spreadsheets to ensure that the amount of the raises given was a well-kept secret.

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In a joint plea, the government and representatives of workers and bosses called on companies to exercise flexibility over annual leave, unrecorded time off, no-pay leave or alternative arrangements.

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British Petroleum for example, states clearly that no executive can exercise options until his shareholding is equivalent to at least five times his annual salary.

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