The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.

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The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.

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NatWest will not say whether a divestiture is in the works, but it has hired Lazard Brothers, a mergers-and-acquisitions specialist, to help sort out its investment-banking strategy.

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But Ofcom has said it will keep an eye on whether the scheme works as planned.

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But the other big question for expanding results is whether large clinical trials that are now ongoing will show that it works in a broader array of heart patients.

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