If Mr Adoboli had not revealed his activities on Wednesday, in theory the final bill for UBS could have been even bigger.

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Guessing the final outcome will exercise even devoted students of game theory.

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Justices and their law clerks are holed up in chambers, furiously working to frame and craft the final opinions, making sure every fact, every footnote, every legal theory is fully checked and articulated.

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The assertion that the editor-in-chief, "of course, had the authority and final word as to what went into the newspaper" was precisely our legal theory of the case.

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The probable discovery added a final missing piece to the framework known as the Standard Model, which stands as the most widely accepted theory to explain how particles of matter interact.

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Once again, the leaked and public comments of German politicians appear to fit the theory that Germany has given up on Greece, but wants the stricken country itself to pull the final trigger.

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