Sam's dream of cutting out the middleman and passing the savings to consumers is a reality.

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Spray from a passing driver shot into his air intake, cutting his power and ending his chances.

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Portsmouth badly lacked a cutting edge early on but there was no lack of purpose in their passing and approach.

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They had been up the night before, I should say, passing a package of spending cuts, cutting programs such as student loans and Medicaid and food stamps, and that was a highly contentious issue that took much arm-twisting and went till 2, 3 in the morning.

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But they can slow its growth, which means passing the responsibility back to consumers where the problems began, by raising taxes, cutting pay and pensions, and slashing government services.

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