There's personal sacrifice for the greater good in Rick's relinquishing of Ilsa, the love of his life.

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"It's all well and good for Patrick McLoughlin... to say that some people are going to be upset but it's all for the greater good but at the end of the day it's my constituents in North West Leicestershire who are going to be upset, " he said.

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But I will take the risk as long as I believe it's for the greatest good of the greater number.

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Or to put it another way, unless a country like France is prepared to make a much greater sacrifice (for the good of the currency union) of its own government's budget-making powers than it currently seems prepared to do, it is quite hard to paint a rosy picture for the eurozone.

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Masood, along with other retired officers from Pakistan's armed forces, recently called for the Pakistani leader to step down for the greater good of the country.

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