These changes may not bring Goldman back to earth but they will clip its wings.

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Mr. Ahmadinejad has led an unprecedented behind-the-scenes challenge to the supreme leader, while Mr. Khamenei has worked steadily to clip his wings.

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Hedge funds will be particularly keen to get their hands on cutting-edge risk-takers who fret that new regulation will clip their wings.

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"When you have a goose that lays golden eggs, you clip its wings and don't let it leave the farm, " he wrote in one filing.

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Disregarding heritage, severing our root, will inevitably clip our wings.

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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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They might want to clip the committee's wings by limiting its powers in some way.

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If Turkey does clip Mr Denktash's wings, it will be out of fear that the country's timetable for starting EU accession talks could be derailed if the Cyprus issue remains unresolved.

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