However, with his father as co-owner it appeared there would be little pressure from the top to do so.

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If Mr Brown's budget was popular, it was because he appeared to be doing what the government said it would do.

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The sting in the IMF tail appeared to be calls for the government and the bank to do more to protect the poor, get credit to business, invest more in infrastructure and, if growth continues to flatline, to consider a temporary cut in VAT in future.

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"There was a tremendous amount of pressure on the Executive Branch to do something and to deal with what appeared to be very substantial security breaches, " says Michael Bromwich, who was the Justice Department's inspector general at the time.

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There appeared to be an appetite for more, and franchising seemed like the way to do it.

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Rubio appeared to be someone who could embody that change, but he didn't do himself any favors Tuesday.

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