Austerity may not have touched the players themselves, but it is catching up with many domestic football clubs.

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The monochrome imagery is not just jewel-sharp but, unusually for Haneke, touched with moments of loveliness and hints of peace, as in the subplot of a schoolteacher (Christian Friedel) and his beloved (Leonie Benesch).

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The tax credit system is exceptionally complicated and this article has only briefly touched on the remedies that are available to someone with an overpayment.

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So while the prices may often be crazy, and the headlines often manic, the real picture is one of a market based, yes, on passion, but one touched, too, with a good dash of common sense.

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