But it would lead to a libel law agreed by lawmakers on the basis of the big issues, rather than the existing raft of precedents, all set by judges dealing with narrow points and particular cases.

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He will, unusually, be a big-city president, and has a raft of proposals to help metropolitan areas.

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So far this year, GM has been able to stem the slide of the sales of big, expensive sport utility vehicles, with a raft of all-new models like the Chevy Tahoe, Cadillac Escalade and GMC Yukon.

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The banks, for their part, had to deal with a raft of non-performing loans, which required big clean-ups and recapitalisations.

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