MPs like Bill Cash and Iain Duncan Smith were in their Eurosceptic pomp.
And while it was clear that Durant could become a great scorer, Oden was being projected not as an All-Star but a Hall of Famer, casually compared to legends like Bill Russell and Tim Duncan.
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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who has championed the bill, says the changes will ensure that "work always pays".
Duncan has led the administration's stimulus bill-funded "Race to the Top" program, which rewards states for aggressively reforming their education systems.
Mr Duncan Smith also added his policy was not cutting the welfare bill but slowing its growth to try to help reduce the deficit and get more people into work.
Mr Duncan Smith said the government was trying to lower the welfare bill "in a way that we can be as fair as possible - without slashing or attacking people but trying to reform it and change it".
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Here, laid bare, is a fundamental question for the future well-being of the UK. If Iain Duncan-Smith is able to squeeze billions from the welfare bill by getting people into jobs, then he will have achieved what politicians of all hues have failed to do in decades.
Fellow witness Duncan Campbell, an investigative journalist, also expressed concerns about whether the bill would achieve what it set out to, and whether evidence gathered from the internet under the new system would be admissible in court.
When questioned by the committee over why the formation of the bill was taking longer than usual, the Medical Directorate's Deputy Director, Grant Duncan said that they were taking their time because "organ donation saves lives" and "we want to get it right".
Mr Duncan and Chris Jones from NHS Wales, both representing the government, gave an indication of what the bill will include.
Holly found herself sharing a bill with a wide range of artists including Billy Bob Thornton, Train, John Mellencamp and Duncan Sheik, in addition to playing a string of shows throughout Europe opening for Keith Urban.
On Monday , Commons business begins with questions to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and his team - perhaps a chance for a final Labour thwack at the just-passed Welfare Reform Bill.
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