Birmingham boss Alex McLeish will no doubt feel his side deserved their victory, not least for their hugely impressive rearguard action, although no-one could argue they were slightly fortunate to be ahead at the interval.
In fact, since men are not particularly attracted to powerful mates, high-status women do not profit from their rank, at least not in so far as it affects their access to men.
However, the Black Cats have an abundance of talent in their ranks, not least of which is their front three of Kenwyne Jones, Bent and Campbell.
He had a bone to pick with the bankers past, the bankers present and not least their bonuses.
The Cottagers were not without good moments of their own, not least when Aaron Hughes and Simon Davies each had shots blocked in quick succession, but the second Spurs goal before half-time effectively ended the game as a contest.
Even the designers and owners of the Sears Tower did not include the antennae in its announced height (at least not until their 23-year-old record was challenged by the Malaysian structure).
More reform by national governments is needed, not least because their public finances are otherwise unsustainable.
Poles like to imitate the French in many things, not least in their passion for protest in the streets.
And banks matter, not least because their ability to transform savings into lending fuels economic activity, even in these increasingly securitised days.
And America's downstream firms are arguably the world's leaders in finding ways to encourage consumers to try new things, not least through their enormous marketing arms and by ensuring that there is a lavish supply of credit.
Last but not least, their new 7260.
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And the essence of that marketing is not about trying to spur people to talk about their products, at least not directly.
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Explicit current-account targets have their shortcomings, not least that policymakers can influence them only indirectly.
Not least, because their income tends to be a small and highly 'flexible' proportion of their wealth.
Smartphone wireline chargers have their downsides, not the least of which are they are cumbersome to use and a hassle to carry around.
However, problems with their introduction, not least many more fliers than expected registering, have meant queues for the so-called "fast-track" scanners have often exceeded normal immigration.
It remains a reasonable idea for most rich countries to keep some nuclear power in their portfolio, not least because by maintaining economic and technological stakes in nuclear they will have more standing to insist on high standards for safety and non-proliferation being applied throughout the world.
Those virtues, they argued, underpinned their economic miracles and won envious admiration abroad, not least in Western countries bent under the weight of their social obligations.
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Others, like Mr Capelle, claim they would not need any either, if their main competitors, at least in the United States, were not also heavily subsidised.
Unlike VHS, neither the Blu-ray nor HD DVD format is a recordable medium at least, not in their present guise.
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These would probably be broken up as part of an independence settlement, not least because many of their assets are English.
But they have been slow to admit their own errors, not least delay and excessive austerity as the cure for excessive deficits.
In April 2007 Arsenal's members agreed not to sell their shares for at least a year, a lockout agreement later extended to 2009.
And Germans seem to have fallen in love with their new chancellor, not least because she sometimes sounds like a Social Democrat herself.
MEPs and Eurocrats cite innumerable justifications for their extra spending, not least the familiar cry that the money was promised when governments negotiated the current seven-year budget framework that runs from 2007 to 2013.
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However, analysts said that while these attempts were a step in the right direction, it was unclear how the firms will drive future profit growth, not least because demand for their key products continued to remain subdued.
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"There's no question as President Karzai was highlighting yesterday that Afghanistan will require substantial international funding for years to come in a whole host of different areas, not the least of which is their security forces, " Petraeus said.
Many famous performers play modern violins alongside their old masters, not least because they are often more resistant to the rigours of air travel and central heating, but also because they may be more suitable for certain kinds of music.
Populism poses serious problems for both political parties, not least because the very institutions which they spend their lives squabbling over are some of the least respected in the country, just above television and the press.
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