And everyone--even the ill-fated next-generation video disc format's chief backer--stands to gain.

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Mr Li happens to be, among business tycoons, Mr Tung's chief backer.

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Germany is the architect and chief backer of the eurozone's many bailouts as the region tries to extricate itself from a debt crisis.

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The United States is the chief backer of the agency, which was formerly known as the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the Secretary-General has named former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet the Executive Director of UN Women.

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When the film's chief financial backer, Modi Wiczyk, heard ESPN radio use "Thunder Buddies" in a bit about the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat in the NBA finals, he asked the studio to push the song even harder.

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Ex-Senator Chris Dodd, who was instrumental in creating the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disasters, is now the chief lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America, the key backer of these flawed proposals.

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