Bill Clinton can dissociate himself from the foundation, or the foundation can void the gift.

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"Olaf found that Commissioner Dalli had taken no action to prevent or dissociate himself from the facts or to report the circumstances, " it said.

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But nowadays you find dogmatic hostility to France only on the dottier fringes of the Spanish right, and Mr Arroyo is keen to dissociate himself from jingoism.

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The longer Mr Sarkozy continues to serve in government, the harder it will be to dissociate himself from the record he intends to condemn, and from the political class that the French so distrust.

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Mr. Mistry said in a separate statement he will "legally dissociate" himself from the management of his family businesses to avoid any conflict of interest.

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