More sensibly, they might decide to leave well alone and let the buyer beware.

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There is no legitimate reason for Frank Shaw to even have access to this discussion, let alone leave to post it on Twitter for the world to see.

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Ms. DELONG: You know, you get your fair taxes, you know, leave the little guy alone and let him make a living, and that's about it.

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Yet on September 14th an associate of Mr Fini declared that Mr Berlusconi's former deputy prime minister would never leave the party he helped to found, let alone set up a rival.

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Then I shook his hand and let a chat flow, ready to leave him alone if it seemed I was getting on his nerves.

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It starts to seem axiomatic that once you let violence into your life, it will never leave you alone.

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These households will arrive at retirement with insufficient wealth to maintain the average level of consumption enjoyed over their working life, let alone the increased standard of living enjoyed after the children leave.

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If Exxon were to leave a filing cabinet sitting on the sidewalk unlocked, would you blame anyone, let alone a competitor, from taking a look inside?

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Many young people who would love to leave their hometowns cannot do so because they need a stable job before older Italians will rent them a flat, let alone give them a mortgage.

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