The new name to drop, among those bits of the media still warm towards Mr Yeltsin, is Sergei Shoigu, minister for emergencies and disaster relief, now in the spotlight thanks to Chechnya.

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Once I understood the source of my discomfort, I resisted the urge to drop a name or tell people I had just given a talk or written a book or something else to identify a solid role for myself that would make me look and feel good.

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Larry Summers, Geithner, and remember how he always wanted to name -drop Warren Buffett approving of his policies in the early days?

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But there's a trap in the making: In the name of compromise, Labor's allies may drop card check, demanding in return provisions that could achieve most of Big Labor's expansionary goals.

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Anyone who has ever been to a Jerry Lee Lewis show can tell you how Jerry Lee will insert his name into the lyric of a song at the drop of a hat.

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Of course, the company's decision to drop the Cingular name from its vernacular still carries risks.

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We learned nothing from Goodluck Jonathan's appearance in this fashion bible except that the president was trying to rebrand his country through a fashion magazine and to name drop a couple of Nigerian fashion designers with his ministers of tourism and oil in tow.

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Her only hope at the moment seems to be to ensure her name be top of a reserve list, should one of the five Conservative candidates in Wales drop out.

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You can even reassemble the data however you like, adding a new screen name and a different mix of details to drop in on places where no one knows you go.

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