The answer: often not very well, in terms of giving owners their due sovereignty over hired management.

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Where defense conversion has been undertaken in this country in response to the declining demand for military-related production, it has often not worked out very well.

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"As the prize does not often go to a previous winner it could well be a very open contest this year, although Carey and McEwan are the natural frontrunners, " he said.

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The images are heavily shadowed, with faces often seen half in darkness, a visual hint that these people do not know themselves very well.

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