Mr Marin said nothing would immediately change at the football federation or at the World Cup organising committee under his command.

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The judge batted those aside, saying nothing she did would change North Carolina tax policy or its ability to collect money from Amazon, assuming that is what the state had in mind.

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In the clubhouse, where it matters, naming Wright captain would change nothing.

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In other words, they are unwilling to change their behaviour, so nothing else would be done.

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Likewise, nearly all agree that the legislation would do little or nothing to improve quality or change health-care's dysfunctional delivery system.

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Nothing would be better for public schools than a policy sea-change at the federal level.

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