On the road, spares can even protect you from yourself, as in when you arrive at the hotel late and frazzled and fall asleep before remembering the nightly recharging ritual for cell phone and computer.

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Husain, who had a bypass operation 15 years ago but is otherwise strappingly healthy, spares no expense on self-promotion.

FORBES

He spares no expense on his bikes, his coaches, his teammates, his doctors and even a private jet that saves wear and tear.

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Given the amount of movement involved, we guess we aren't too shocked, but you should probably plan on carrying a round of spares if you know you'll be doing a serious amount of shooting.

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On the widest definition of the market, including spares, the Europeans calculate that the true weight in the world market that Boeing will acquire with the merger is over 80%.

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Some measure of the challenges that await Black are the apparent gap between the best of the charter schools and the run-of-the-mill public schools where too many teachers think of tenure as a sinecure that spares them the need for serious innovation on the educational front.

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He buzzes for a flunky, who spares his boss the indignity of picking up the pink ring binders piled on the floor.

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AfriForum said High Court judge N B Tuchten had forbidden South Africa's government from exporting any Alouette helicopters or spares for such helicopters to Zimbabwe until a full hearing could be held on 19 February.

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"At the lowest tactical level they are very good, it's the bigger pieces now, ensuring that they've got the capability to service all their vehicles, and get the spares systems up and running, the logistics up and running, to keep what is a huge army on the road and in the fight, " he said.

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