While entire states like West Virginia and Louisiana inspired fear and loathing among the Gucciloafer set, the bad grades for California and Illinois seemed driven more by concern about generous big-city juries, and in the Land of Lincoln, the downstate litigation mecca of Madison County.
While the law discourages the deduction of small losses, it's generous for big ones.
As Americans, we are a bold, generous, big-hearted people.
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New Labour, for example, has been rescued from the possible embarrassment of the collapse of the Millennium Dome project by generous sponsorship from big firms such as Tesco and British Telecom.
The state-owned monopoly that provided jet fuel refused to service private carriers on the same generous terms given the big three.
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At the time, she was hoping that the measure would quickly become law so Katie, who just graduated college and gotten her first job, wouldn't be limited to working for big companies with generous insurance plans.
Large jugs, filled with garden roses, are good on tables, as is a big dish holding a generous pile of Santa Maria Novella potpourri (which I feel no room is complete without).
It's a big and bold and generous America.
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With Olivetti's share price languishing, the Brescians were happy to accept Pirelli's generous offer and cash in their big gains, refusing to get into talks with France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, which had been sniffing around Telecom Italia.
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Such numbers might be too big even for the relatively generous wiggle-room offered in the Maastricht treaty.
The Big Apple is not so generous with its income taxes however, imposing a maximum state and city tax of 8.8% and 3.8%, respectively, on residents of Manhattan.
The Big Mac numbers should be taken with a generous pinch of salt.
Averting such a disaster will take big changes: more people contributing, less generous pensions and a ban on early retirement.
If you have big unreimbursed business expenses, consider asking for a generous expense account in lieu of a raise.
Stephen Robertson, chief executive of the Big Issue Foundation, said it was "a terrifically generous act" and "a powerful statement from an artist".
And his working party supports tax breaks for equity incentives to lure managers from big companies paying big salaries, to small companies that cannot yet afford generous pay.
The big public-pension fund frequently targets underperforming companies with overly generous management rewards.
But music industry sources have confirmed to the BBC that in an effort to save the retailer from going under, suppliers both big and small have been providing it with stock on far more generous terms than were being extended to its independent counterparts.
But it seems fair to assume that, given the general atmosphere of austerity, Peace IV would be less generous than Peace III and is more likely to fund revenue for community groups than big capital projects like the Foyle Peace Bridge.
The big savings will come more slowly from a radical shake-up of the generous pensions system.
Two studies released yesterday found financial firms are planning to bestow big bonuses, and Asian and European firms are going to be even more generous.
The biggest polluters (who happen to be big and politically well-connected industries, such as chemicals) have had generous exemptions from the levy, mostly in return for signing up for long-term targets to improve their energy efficiency.
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Big cracker is not without a soul, however, so they offer you a generous severance package.
The present system, whereby big countries send two commissioners to Brussels and small countries one, means an over-generous 20 commissioners already.
This version is a big, gorgeous yeast bread, flavored with nutmeg, mace, brandy, and Madeira and containing a generous amount of dried fruits.
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