And, that all their remaining economic problems could be solved, without cost or effort, by monetary manipulation, in time for the next election.

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Mr Tucker said he was not aware of any Libor manipulation at the time, but now realised the Libor market was a "cesspit".

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Mr Neil, who made a statement to the Scottish Parliament on the report, said an internal investigation at the health authority found no evidence of waiting time manipulation or coercion of staff.

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Her research will produce a unique, robust platform that allows for the first time high sensitivity detection of biomarkers without cell manipulation, with high temporal resolution, and for long continuous periods of time.

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From footage capture in the field, to post-production of the finished film, the ioFX is architected for uninterrupted manipulation of digital content in real time.

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Curiously, at the same time, economic stress can lead to manipulation of foreign-exchange rates, usually to keep local currencies relatively low even as nominal interest rates rise with inflation.

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The countries of the eurozone, for example, agreed some time ago to abandon all forms of domestic money manipulation.

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It's time for the U.S. to reconsider its casual attitude to monetary manipulation.

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