And if the Lords keep insisting on changes, the government faces the uncomfortable choice of gutting their bill still further, or of prolonging the agony into the next parliamentary year.

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There may be anecdotal cases of families insisting on heroic measures to keep an elderly patient alive. (There may be counter anecdotes of wanting to get Grandma out of the way before her money is all spent).

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Greece's rescuers want to cut the chances of its defaulting on its restructured debts by insisting it keep a sum equal to the coming quarter's interest payments in escrow.

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