• If Scotland's First Minister managed to get rid of the nuclear-armed submarines based in Faslane, there would be a welcome for them - if not in the hillsides - in the deep waters of Milford Haven.

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  • If elected, in your case -- if reelected, in your case -- what would you do about that?

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  • Mr Kim's traditional support has been confined to his regional stronghold in the south-west of the country, but his chances of success will stay high if the in-fighting continues in the ruling party.

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  • But if - as in the case of South Tyneside - the number of young people using drugs is not currently increasing, then perhaps it is also an indication that the situation might no longer be spiralling out of control.

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  • If there had never been a minimum-wage law passed -- if, as in the years before 1938, Americans today could be paid as little as employers could get away with -- and if, in 2013, someone in Congress proposed the first law ever that would guarantee workers a minimum wage.

    CNN: What if there were no minimum wage?

  • So where does the controversy - if any - lie in the Carney pick?

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  • If - if - qualifications gained in England are indeed seen as the gold standard, what do they do now to ensure exams sat by pupils in Wales are judged in future to be equally rigorous, equally valued?

    BBC: Welsh Baccalaureate or bust?

  • Chocolate's flavonols may help control coronary artery disease-- if ingested in primarily dark-chocolate formulations. (See "Sweet Temptations, " page 162.) As a topical spa service, there's no evidence that chocolate does anything at all, other than make you want to take a bite out of yourself.

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  • Well, OK. I had a terrible and traumatic time in the Boy Scouts and I saw firsthand what it was like to be the subject of discrimination - if you will - in my troop, where it wasn't so much that I was Asian but just sort of like a fat kid with glasses.

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  • Ms. WILLIAMS: Fathers can do that if they - in fact, you know what?

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  • Another thing to think about: if plug-in electric cars catch on it will mean greater demand for electricity, less demand for gas.

    FORBES: In Fuel Costs, Electric Cars Win

  • Thankfully, programmers keen to see what Courier might have been -- if just in bits and pieces -- can already download the source code for themselves.

    ENGADGET: Microsoft resurrects Courier through Project Austin app for Windows 8, sparks nostalgia (video)

  • If walk-in clinics in retail outlets are the most convenient, cost-effective way for families to safely meet simple needs why should government stand in their way?

    CNN: McCain's October 11, 2007, speech on health care

  • The President and the team certainly have not ruled out the notion that if -- in order to ensure that viability moving forward, they wouldn't preclude the idea of, as they said, a quick, largely preplanned bankruptcy to make some of those changes.

    WHITEHOUSE: White House Press Briefing

  • For all the riches in the world, Max cuts a lonely -- if elegant -- figure in this former baronial hall.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Studies consistently show that consumers are open to targeted marketing if they have opted-in and if the content is relevant.

    FORBES: WikiLeaks and the FTC Open Debate About Digital Privacy

  • Davis was then replaced -- in reality if not in title -- by Steve Schmidt, part of Karl Rove's operation.

    CNN: Commentary: McCain campaign following in Hillary's footsteps

  • So, in effect, at the incomes - if they work in minimum wage or near minimum wage - they're in effect uninsured, even though they have insurance.

    NPR: Imagining More Widely Available Health Care

  • One officer tackled the older brother after he ran out of bullets walking down the street -- as if in Hollywood showdown -- firing upon police about 10 feet away.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • If he is no longer making fun of himself, because he is too busy proving to the nation that he is a serious commander-in-chief-in-waiting and if his followers regard humour as apostasy, then the man is in danger of becoming an icon on a pedestal.

    BBC: Washington diary: Political humour

  • In particular, it might have made life easier for those who run our biggest banks if the FSA had imposed a ban on all cash bonuses - in that if none can pay in cash (as opposed to paying out in shares or subordinated debt) then they would not have to worry about losing people to rivals down the road.

    BBC: Slim chance of bank bonus deal

  • The establishment has a ferociously modern lobby and luxurious - if presumptuous - uncurtained bathtubs in the middle of the bedrooms.

    BBC: A tale of two Berlins

  • The trust carefully controls the number of visitors arriving by car, by insisting they book ahead at least a couple of days in advance - if you drive in without a booking you are likely to be turned away.

    BBC: Devon - Greenway success is no mystery

  • Or if not in London -- if London weren't financed by American investors, London could be financed, for example, by Paris investors, and we finance the Paris investors.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • It might be worth sacrificing a permanent increase in inflation for a temporary cut in unemployment--if the increase in inflation were tiny, and if the drop in unemployment were big and prolonged (albeit not permanent).

    ECONOMIST: Up the NAIRU without a paddle

  • And the Cardinals just traded Scott Rolen, this very beloved player on the team, for Troy Glaus, who was mentioned - if somewhat exonerated in the Mitchell Report - and certainly has been connected to steroids in the past.

    NPR: In the Era of Sports Scandal, Pity the Fan

  • For old lefties like Mr Talat and Mr Christofias, who take the line that their island's people would get along fine if ultra-nationalists in their respective motherlands would only allow it, this is a resonant, if rather Utopian, call to action.

    ECONOMIST: Cyprus

  • So, at this time, we will watch to see if 5 waves will complete the a-wave, or if we are in the b-wave, with a nice opportunity set up to short USO for a c-wave down to at least 32, with the potential to drop all the way down to 29.

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  • The survey also found nine out of 10 people would complain if they were served undercooked chicken in a restaurant or by their partner, but only three quarters would speak up if their mother-in-law was cooking, or at a business lunch.

    BBC: Britons 'do not complain' over hygiene

  • In fact, it's not going too far to say that if you use in-ears with similar properties to these, and if you're only ever likely to use these types of headphones, then you may as well pick your handset based on other factors, because audio quality isn't a big enough deal to accept or reject any of them.

    ENGADGET: Smartphones for audiophiles: is the iPhone 5 more musical than its rivals?

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