• But - for now at least - he seems to have done enough to please eurosceptics in his own party and clip UKIP's wings a little.

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  • Most people are used to juggling two discordant views of themselves and their fellow humans, one statistical, according to which what's normal is what most people do most of the time, and one rooted in what you could call the moral imagination: a there-but-for-the-grace-of-God capacity to put themselves into other people's moccasins, however horrible or untypical the circumstances.

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  • In this fall's bank bailout bill, a provision was added to renew many of these tax credits for eight years--but tax credits for wind-produced energy were extended only through 2009.

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  • Most of us think of them as simply a nuisance - but for some cutting-edge scientists, fruit flies are nothing short of potential lifesavers.

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  • But to me and many people here today, like guys I see, Bill Bradley and Jim Sasser, who long left the Senate for greener pastures, and I hope better remuneration -- we used to kid about that, too -- but I -- for a lot of us, he was a friend, and he was a mentor and he was a guide.

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  • Both teams knew victory would ensure outright qualification for the World Cup finals - a draw being enough for the visitors - but defeat would leave them hoping for at best a play-off and possibly facing an exit from the competition.

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  • Even former president Jerry Rawlings, the architect of "macho-men" violence in the past, is now campaigning -- not for any political party candidate -- but for peace.

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  • Both men also paid tribute to diminutive fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, not just for his five match-winning penalties, but for his less-heralded defensive qualities.

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  • It is essential not just for the long-term, but for the short-term too, because dealing with Labour's recession and dealing with Labour's record debt are two sides of the same coin.

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  • But up-for-sale Chester's ongoing financial problems have had a demoralising effect at the Deva Stadium.

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  • The marines' arrival in southern Afghanistan coincided with an all-but-final victory for anti-Taliban forces in the north.

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  • Unexpected, but planned-for medical emergencies include heart attacks, strokes, choking, diabetic reactions, seizures, and other maladies.

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  • But like-for-like sales at Superdrug were almost flat - up just 0.6% - blamed on tough trading and fierce price competition.

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  • The venue was Chatham House but - unusually for the frank meetings which take place in this plush pile in London's St James's - his comments were attributable and on the record.

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  • And so this is action that the President wants to take and Congress should take that will have benefits not tomorrow necessarily but for future -- for America in the future, for future generations.

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  • We do need some fat -- it transports fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K), carries flavors and helps you feel satisfied after eating -- but look for monounsaturated and omega-3 types and avoid saturated and trans fats.

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  • But lobbyists-for-hire have been advancing steadily.

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  • Both teams needed a positive showing after difficult starts to this campaign, but Villa - for whom Kevin MacDonald is still the caretaker manager after Martin O'Neill's shock exit - were dealt a blow before kick-off as new signing Stephen Ireland got injured in the warm-up.

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  • Medicare's first prescription drug benefit, created late last year for 40 million people, will make it optional--but not mandatory--for seniors to order drugs through the mail.

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  • The Pro weighs 2 pounds, which is light for a laptop but anvil-like for a tablet.

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  • Good for Sparrow--but not for Microsoft, which would have done well to let Steve Ballmer run a little rampant.

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  • It adds that holiday presents in hand luggage will need to be unwrapped -- but only for U.S.-bound flights.

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  • That's good for shareholders--but not for passengers.

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  • David Beckham was at White Hart Lane to see the club he hopes to play for face the one he graced for so long - but for all the effort and quality on show the encounter descended into a scrappy affair.

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  • So after the tub-thumping at election time, an awful lot of this job for those who do get elected will be about hard negotiation in the boardroom between PCCs and chief constables over what is right for local people - but also for national policing.

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  • Usually for some short-term gain, but inevitably for their long-term loss.

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  • Sure, there are some programs out there to eliminate the back-and-forth -- if you both use Google calendars, the Smart Rescheduler automatically finds mutual free time -- but for the most part, real-time planning is the time- and annoyance-saving option.

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  • Sure, it's hard to imagine a reason for most people to pick up a DMP-B15 over a cheapish Blu-ray playing laptop -- the thing is monstrously thick, and can't even handle a traditional laptop-style screen orientation, only everything but -- but the hardware is reliable enough for kids to handle on the road, and the single-use makes it a good home Blu-ray player for plugging into that second HD-starved TV.

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  • But for investors - and indeed for leaders of the world's most powerful economies - it is the risk of financial crisis in Italy, the eurozone's third largest economy, that is their greatest anxiety.

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