Bankers rejected out of hand a Yugoslav proposal that they should write off 80% of the debt.

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But last year he signed a two-book deal with Twelve, an imprint of Hachette, to write his story and hand in another novel.

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Following each contract renewal, I personally hand write a thank you card to every member of the company who works directly with the business.

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Consider whether the PR staff for Hormel's bacon brands could better spend their time creating an online, regional and national event vehicle like the World Bacon Games--where they hand out medals made of delicious bacon--as opposed to pleading with food reporters to write glowing reviews about their products.

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On Twitter, on the other hand, I follow people who are into all of the kinds of things that I like to write about.

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On the other hand, this kind of legal logic could make things difficult for anyone with a restraining order against them to ever write a memoir or blog about why.

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Some of the previous shareholders and employees have said that t hey will write letters to ask Judge Beckwith to hand down a significant prison term this time.

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