Despite the array of special factors helping to pull the deficit down, it wouldn't take much more bad news for Ed Balls to have the last laugh when George Osborne is forced to reveal new forecasts at the time of the Budget in March.

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One panel member asserted that this age of CYO eligibility was when kids were to be taught good and bad touching and co-ed contact football introduced confusion on the latter.

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Uncle Ed with the bad knee.

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It will clearly be bad news for the chancellor if he has to abandon such a key target - bad news which the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, will be keen to exploit.

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"After so many bad days, investors celebrated a little, " said Ed Peters, chief investment officer at PanAgora Asset Management in Boston.

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The bonuses were granted for guiding the company through "significant challenges in 2012, " including Sandy, other bad weather and a strike, a proxy statement for Con Ed's annual meeting said.

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Too bad, I'd like to get together with you and Ed for a beer or two.

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