That gave us money up front, and it also made it easier for me to do serious work, because people were buying a five-show package, and they trusted me to give them a well-chosen, wide-ranging package each year.

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But going away for a stag weekend doesn't necessarily mean buying a pre-set package.

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But Congress did the sensible thing -- something it could do again -- which is passed an extension, a delay of the sequester, by buying it down with a reasonable, balanced package of spending cuts and revenues.

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She has her headset on and is in the middle of trying to sell an indifferent manager at a big insurance company on the idea of buying a very expensive database software package.

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The cost of renting a mobile hotspot may be less than buying an international data package from your network provider.

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Because of these hardware limitations and the current dearth of gadgets, the W5fe isn't a particularly appealing package if your main motivation for buying is to get SideShow.

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Nandon Unikrishnnan, director of the Eurasia Research Fund Observer, told the BBC that India wants to reassess its arms-buying process so as to include delivery and service in a single package.

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If you are the kind of person who would ever consider buying a premium airline seat, it does not make sense to not go first class with a Derby package.

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