MPs should prefer to see their colleagues in the other house appointed is not as odd as it first looks.
Perhaps Mr Ashley's purchase is not so odd after all.
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But, despite the smart strategies, Gibbs is not above the odd air miles run.
In principle, last year's rule changes ought to mean that the avoidance of odd sixteenths is not as troubling as was the avoidance of odd eighths, because market makers can no longer deny investors access to the better prices that might be available on electronic trading systems.
Perhaps not, but it is an odd thing to have to worry about these days in the European Union.
In fact, people seem prepared to lose money by holding them which is very odd indeed, why not move into cash?
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That being the case, it is very odd that Davy did not update his will to address what he wanted to leave Jessica.
Sumitomo Mitsui is not the only big bank making odd moves.
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This sounds odd, since it is not fully convertible and Myanmar expects soon to have a large trade surplus.
Now the odd thing is why Mr Diamond did not communicate this message to his deputy, Jerry del Missier, who believed Mr Tucker had given the green light to fiddle the Libor rate.
And, although the stability of the financial system is not to be taken lightly, it would be odd to pick on buy-outs as the chief systemic risk, instead of looking at the complexity of the system as a whole.
The odd thing is, this time it does not involve European Union politicians, but the journalists who cover the EU. The divide is pretty serious: the British and American press stands accused of trying to talk down all of east and central Europe, and talk up stories of splits and disunity among the 27 members.
What is also odd is that Oregon's hunger statistics may not be what they seem.
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But then these 20 odd pages probably would not bother most in what is undoubtedly a great read.
Its Aerocraft concept is not, strictly speaking, an airship at all, but an odd aeroplane-airship hybrid intended for rapid military airlifts.
Well, first it is a bit odd that the Co-Op and Lloyds were not apparently aware of the magnitude of the regulatory hurdle on December 14, when they went into their exclusive preparations for the nuptials.
Consolidation among Japan's 100-odd banks (not counting the many credit unions) is badly needed.
What is odd about America is that sports are played out in macho conditions not seen since the Coliseum.
What's odd about this particular reform fight is that mostly it's not about reform, but rather about a game of budgetary hot potato.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in simple mortgage securitisation and insuring: the only odd one out is AIG and that was an insurance company, not a bank at all.
But what is odd about the behaviour of the finance ministers is that they did not apparently see how damaging their actions would be in relation to the perceived ability of the eurozone to thrive and survive.
And when it comes to the offspring of Suleman, whatever one thinks of Darwin and genetics, assuming he was even partially right about genes, is there any hope for the children of such a hopelessly odd mother, not to mention a man who provided his seed because he was "in love" with her?
This is an odd choice of term for a regulator that bases its actions on rules, not guidance.
As odd as this Olympian-turned-call girl story is, many will not stigmatize Ms. Hamilton nearly as critically as those athletes that have caused shame through cheating within their sport by using performance enhancing drugs.
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"Thirty-odd cliff falls around the whole of the cliff path - not just Devon - is an unprecedented number and they still seem to be coming at the moment unfortunately, so it's all a bit alarming, " he told BBC News.
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So perhaps it is not surprising that observers have begun to detect a redirection of energies from the commission's 500-odd lawyers.
The odd thing, given the rosy picture of today's Spain, is that Mr Aznar is not more popular than he is.
Unlike the Romans, the Barbarians did not build for posterity, and their story is told principally through displays of funerary jewellery and weaponry, with the odd cooking pot thrown in.
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