In response, many boat owners did a Kerry, weighing anchor and setting course for more tax-friendly Mediterranean marinas.

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None of us get out of the world alive, of course and dad-in-law is surely setting you up for some grief.

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Ms Findlay is a research fellow and economics lecturer at Glasgow University and co-director of Glasgow University Football Research Centre, where she has been involved in setting up a post-graduate course in sport and public policy.

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It appeared as though all was going to plan, with his 30th-minute header setting the Blues on course to a deserved victory that takes them four points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.

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Not only did his record-setting 5 million followers receive the tweet, but of course the media picked it up too.

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Once satisfied, it reversed course, reducing interest rates by nearly 12 percentage points from mid-1981 to late 1982 and setting off a roaring recovery.

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This question was addressed in a large-scale project by Gretchen Rubin who tried to increase her happiness over the course of a year by setting herself specific goals that covered, among other areas, marriage, work, leisure, parenthood, friendship, money and so on.

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Of course, in many ways the open-world quest-driven nature of Skyrim might fit very well in an MMO setting.

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