Buffett also extracted a big slug of warrants from each company, a further penalty.

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This robbed markets of a big slug of liquidity, almost certainly exacerbating the price falls.

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Simmered all day in a cast-iron pot with a big slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed the bodies and souls of many hardworking men and women of the Appalachian coalfields.

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It's interesting that if I took somebody in the emergency department and gave them a big slug of adrenaline, you'll find that an hour later they're just wiped out, and that'll really persist throughout the day.

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What needs to happen, if Greece is to remain in the eurozone in the longer term - they say - is for eurozone governments and the European Central Bank to write off a big slug of what they are owed.

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That will happen naturally as the newcomers slug it out with big-bucks ad campaigns.

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That is what is happening now as the two big chip makers, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, slug it out by repeatedly slashing prices.

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