That makes auto loans easier to get, which greases the skids for more U.S. auto sales.

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Inflation, the argument runs, greases the wheels of the labour market and lowers unemployment.

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That would be Danish agent provocateur Mads Brugger, who greases several palms in a bid to get himself appointed the Liberian ambassador to the Central African Republic.

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It protects, it heals, it projects, it greases the wheels.

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