Bank officials have been equally scathing about nominal GDP targeting - which, surprise surprise, turns out to be inferior, in their view, to the inflation target we have now.

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In response to the DISH Proposal, Clearwire has received a letter from Sprint stating, among other things, that Sprint has reviewed the DISH Proposal and believes that it is illusory, inferior to the Sprint transaction and not viable because it cannot be implemented in light of Clearwire's current legal and contractual obligations.

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The mechanism behind this bias appears to be located in a specific part of the brain, the left inferior frontal gyrus, which is involved in language, among other functions.

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You get half a year's use out of each set of tyres so they last twice as long in total, but after the fourth year their material will be inferior compared to new, even if the car was not driven much.

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"There is a real danger if it does not go ahead there will be very significant costs to the police both in terms of time and finances and that we will have an inferior response to the serious organised crime that we face, " he said.

BBC: Keith Bristow is head of the UK National Crime Agency