The British have been reluctant to enter into a bidding game with France to lure the Toyota investment.

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But in the game of playing God, Dr Bodenschatz is bidding fair to achieve the status of a minor deity.

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The story of Connor as an assassin is never fully realised: for most, if not all of the game he is a lackey that does everyone elses bidding.

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As with their opponents, Japan were bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time and came closest to scoring during a game of few chances when Daisuke Matsui smashed a long-range strike against the crossbar in the first half.

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