To avoid that, Germany could well agree to pay for a transfer union, either believing that the transfers needn't be permanent, or hoping they'd be less expensive than a euro break up.

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Courts are usually reluctant to break up a company, and the D.

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The far closer working relationship between the Foreign Office and the Quai d'Orsay established in 1991 with the break-up of Yugoslavia has meant that the old scars from the failed collaboration over Suez in 1956 have largely healed.

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Aided by a stiff breeze in the first half, Leinster's initial tactic was to run the ball at every opportunity against the French Championship leaders and Gordon D'Arcy's break into the Racing 22 set up a simple penalty for Isa Nacewa in the fifth minute.

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Along with Casar, Efimkin and Mikel Astarloza, he had made a decisive break on the final climb, up the Col d'Agnes, then held off the peloton on a long descent to the finish line and fighting it out for the stage win.

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The Heat signed Varnado to a guaranteed contract in late January but if the Heat win the NBA championship this season, they'll break a D-League jinx: A team that has signed a Development League call-up to a guaranteed contract during the NBA season has never gone on to win a title in the same year.

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One woman came up to me to shake my hand during a commercial break, telling me she'd just finished arguing a case before the Supreme Court.

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