He intended to send a copy to Macmillan, by now retired, as a Christmas gift.

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But perhaps, most importantly, maybe Mr. Buffett ought to lend his secretary his accountant as a Christmas gift.

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Buy his book as a Christmas gift for one's religious friends?

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Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga recently said the bill would be passed as a "Christmas gift" to its advocates.

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She gave us each Christmas ornaments as a gift of the season, but then peppered us with questions about fund-raising, marketing and promotion.

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Under the headline "Gotovina - a Christmas bonus" - playing the pun on Gotovina's surname which also means cash - the paper says the arrest comes as a gift for the Christmas stockings of UN prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.

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Christmas gift giving is, after all, a voluntary social program, as redistributive as any on record.

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