American K-12 education has an infinite capacity to absorb money, even to go through the motions of doing what the donor wants--so long as the outside funding lasts.

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You have to go through these periods where what you're doing looks dumb or out of favor.

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Mr. Sokol began to weigh a management-led buyout, and broached through a go-between the idea of doing a deal with Berkshire.

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But really what we need to be doing there is for the police to go through their proper investigation and enquiry to establish whether there is a case for them to be tried under British jurisdiction.

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Not doing so penalizes workers who would otherwise go payless through no fault of their own.

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Doing it this way saves both companies from having to go through protracted negotiations, and Frontier Developments gets the cash as soon as the fundraiser completes.

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What makes such a solution particularly elegant is that Wall Street and the media will scream that you don't understand what you're doing and that their "perceived" inflation is going to go through the roof.

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If he could go through a match without touching the ball much, Dave said he was happy because it meant the team was doing well and winning games.

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