• But it is, I think, fair to say that this day of reckoning, if it in fact is coming, has been delayed because of the amount of pressure the two companies have put on Congress to keep hands off over the years.

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  • "We had a whole bunch of life jackets. (We) put it on top to keep the rain off, " Schreck said.

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  • Keep in mind that a little inflation is good for the economy since, in theory, it helps keep consumers buying, while deflation tends to have them put off buying, waiting for lower prices in the future.

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  • Inside, keep your body off the ice or ground (the Inuit put their sleeping blankets on top of a bed of sticks and reeds) and create heat-trapping "loft" (it's what keeps you warm in a sleeping bag) by layering a few small blankets or big trash bags, with leaves or crumpled newspapers in between.

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  • Its plan to keep a chunk of the two firms it is privatising has also put off some investors.

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  • Tennessee Supreme Court has put an end to Curb Records' fight to keep Tim McGraw off another label - two weeks after he released his new album with Big Machine Records.

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  • As the Resolution Foundation points out, in its forecasts the OBR has once again put off the date at which average earnings will start to keep up with inflation, from the second quarter of next year until the second quarter of 2014.

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  • Only a handful of product licences have been issued, so as not to put off fans drawn to its counter-culture feel, and to keep their attention until yet another Matrix movie appears.

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  • The US Fish and Wildlife Service must now decide whether to list the polar bear as endangered, or to put it in a lesser category of risk such as threatened, or to keep it off the list entirely - an option which would immediately lead to further legal action from the conservation coalition.

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  • The laughs tail off a little when the boys decide to put aside childish things and earn their keep -- as they must -- but this is just a temporary blip.

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