Brash, young, aggressive, loud and on the make, these companies ooze with the type of values that Japan's old business elite finds distasteful and dangerous.

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He cannot wait to see them play the long-awaited Test series at home to India in March - a contest that will ooze with quality as well as the usual adversarial spice.

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The books, television scripts and screenplays that were destined to ooze with ease from his pores while he slept have failed to materialize on his nightstand after some 11 years of disciplined night-time slumber, so journalism seems a viable fallback.

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