The most compelling argument for the solution is that while it seems both risky and bonkers it is less risky and bonkers than a continued series of showdowns over the debt limit, any one of which might send America into recession or worse.

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Together with an unmasked man, both in hi-visibility bibs, they were holding up placards to warn of the presence of a council CCTV spotter car at a place where traffic rules seem notoriously bonkers, and therefore provoke a lot of u-turns.

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Consumer affairs minister Dr Kim Howells, the MP for Pontypridd, said they were "all a bit bonkers", while his boss, Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers, has already appeared to chide the countess.

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Her first attempt at a comedy show was last year at the Tron in Glasgow and she says she is starting to go "a bit bonkers with adrenaline" as the latest performances come closer.

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Anthony may have gotten what he wanted, but not before driving basketball fans a little bonkers, and as he struggles to ignite these Knicks, it's hard not to remember the extended, exasperating machinations it took to bring him here.

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The first half was something close to a disaster: Bucks forward Mike Dunleavy went bonkers, scoring 24 points on 9-of-10 shooting.

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And, on the basis of recent history, it is fair to assume that the Bundesbank and many Germans would go bonkers if they thought they were really being forced to bail out a bank that bankrupted itself by rampant speculation on land and property.

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Certainly in the long history of egregious or bonkers pay policies, Aviva looks by no means the worst - though it is one of a minuscule number ever to have lost these votes.

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