"Unless we make the system sufficiently nimble to respond to dynamic demand it will not be fit for purpose, " Mr Hayes said, explaining that the proposals would get rid of "a raft of unnecessary and prescriptive duties" and "strip away central controls over further education and sixth-form colleges in respect of their governance and dissolution arrangements".

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Between Central Park and Rockefeller Center, this commercial strip is the El Dorado of shopping.

BBC: Last minute holiday shopping in the Big Apple

If there's more rain, you might expect to see it in the lee of Green Mountain's central peak and there is indeed a rainier strip, the locals say, stretching across the island from Two Boats to Comfortless Cove, a frequent source of teatime drizzle in the rainier months.

ECONOMIST: Ascension Island

Which brings me to my next point: Many central banks tend to focus on core measures of inflation which strip out food and energy prices.

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