Walking into one of the best party hotels for the first time is like getting behind the wheel of your first sports car: Your pulse quickens and your palms get damp as you feel the power and potential for endless fun surging through you.

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They must grow their companies with little pricing power and against tough and seemingly endless global competition.

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They have their own will to power and will to create and, with a seemingly endless flow of cash, they believe they can fulfill their visions for a well-ordered life.

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My test taxes the computer more than a normal user and involves keeping Wi-Fi on, cranking the screen to full brightness, turning off all power-saving features, keeping email retrieval going in the background and playing an endless loop of music.

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In the 1970s it caused endless fights between Whitehall ministries anxious to preserve their fiefdoms and a Scottish Office keen to expand its power.

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The Egyptian cataclysm slots into Israel's endless national debate, much as Anwar Sadat's assassination did in 1981, when Mr Mubarak assumed power.

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The creative search may be endless, but in those rare moments when the artist finds what he is seeking, art can have the same power as love.

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