There's no good soundbites to ring out there on the hustings, and I think it's just easier to punt right now.
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Unwittingly, Thernardier serves a purpose for good: The stolen ring on his finger when he attempts to crash the wedding of Marius and Cosette leads them to find Valjean before the dramatic moment of death.
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Her wedding ring was a wide one, but it was only nine carat, and her mother told her she would never have a day's good luck with such a ring.
But he said the Government's change of heart on the reserve power to "electrify the ring fence" was good politics but bad economics that would lead to even less lending.
The other view is that is is largely a cosmetic change - which reflects on the general low regard people now have for the banking sector, but does not make a big difference to the ring-fence, for good or ill.
Not all women are convinced money is the brass ring: "It is good fortune if the person you love--male or female--happens to have money, " says Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women.
If the problem had been that insured deposits were paying for lunatic capital markets bets which went wrong then OK, ring fencing, separation, might be a good idea.
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Our favorite wished-for items, though, were those that were imaginative, useful and a good distance beyond the state of current technology--but with that ring of plausibility that characterizes the best science fiction.
By one of those good fortunes of timing that lonely people long for, the phone began to ring just seconds after Arty set down the receiver.
Singapore's investigation of alleged ringleader Dan Tan Seet Eng and contribution to the arrest of Admir Suljic in Italy on Thursday, represent "a good start, " but tougher action needs to be taken against the alleged ring, said Declan Hill, an investigative journalist who has reported extensively on match-fixing.
Singapore's investigation of alleged ringleaderDan Tan Seet Eng and contribution to the arrest of Admir Suljic, who was arrested in Italy on Thursday, represent "a good start, " but tougher action needs to be taken against the alleged ring, said Declan Hill, an investigative journalist who has reported extensively on match-fixing.
In fact, a recent study conducted by German researchers using tree ring data reveals that 2, 000 years ago Romans wore cool togas with good reason.
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He will be given a lamb's wool shawl, known as the pallium, to represent his role as "the good shepherd, " who tends responsibly to his flock, and receive the symbolic papal ring, the Fisherman's Ring, to represent his role of spreading the gospel.
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