Beyond that, France has made no secret of its desire for decision-making among the 17 euro-zone members and sidelining the British.

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But Education Secretary Michael Gove has made no secret of his desire for a much-reduced national curriculum and his preference for a return to more traditional subjects such as history.

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Chief of staff Erskine Bowles has made no secret of his desire to return home to North Carolina, but the search for his successor has dragged on since spring.

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Spotify has made no bones about its desire to make even the Apple iTunes model for digital music obsolete.

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Many of them want Mr Lieberman, who apparently has no desire to seek a deal with the Palestinians, to abandon Israel's ruling coalition and for Tzipi Livni and her more emollient Kadima party, with its 28 seats, to join it instead.

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