After giving his usual description of the economic outlook (inflation has remained moderate, unemployment is high, Fed will do whatever it can to keep the modest recovery on track), Bernanke faced the sharp tongue of Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee.

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"I was lucky enough to have Gloria come in and read for the part and she was just so sharp, " said the movie's director, Paul Weitz.

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And if it was the Tory Europhiles who made the running this week, there was a sharp reminder of the power of the sceptical tendency when Paul Sykes, a Tory-supporting businessman, announced he was quitting the party for failing adequately to oppose the euro, taking his millions with him.

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In setting the scene Paul skewers the modish restaurant by adopting a tone that is slightly too sharp to be gentle mocking.

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While it reduces the deficit over 10 years, it stands in sharp contrast to the House budget proposal, written by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, that passed the House Wednesday.

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Noble's assistant Jon Sharp, the Huddersfield head coach, could be a candidate to succeed him, along with Paul Cullen (Warrington), Karl Harrison (Salford) and John Kear (Wakefield).

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