American International Group became the latest big financial outfit to ditch its chief executive.

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They should ditch their big government advisors.

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When the big three flew to Belgrade in a last-ditch bid to avoid war, Germany got no place aboard the aircraft.

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Freeing Michonne and making his last-ditch suicide run on the Governor is a pretty big step toward redemption.

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Having steered the U.S. economy into a ditch that he created given his unfortunate reprise of big government spending and big regulation liberalism last in vogue in the 1930s, President Obama—remarkably—is asking voters for another term.

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Stable exchange rates will be a hard habit to ditch, because having currencies linked to the dollar played a big part in the region's phenomenal decade-long boom.

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