Bales would be given a new assignment in a different location, perhaps Germany, Italy or Hawaii.
Now in Europe, with the exception of Germany perhaps, I think you have in varying degrees, the same sort of syndrome.
Perhaps Greece could scare Germany into softer terms just by threatening such a sale.
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That President Obama has chosen to lecture Germany is perhaps less surprising given his own political situation.
"I think Spain are playing the best football overall but Germany are perhaps the best team at this championship, " continued Van Marwijk, who took over as Netherlands coach in 2008 and has now led the side on a 14-match winning streak.
We are not there yet, but the most dangerous moment for the eurozone is when Germany and perhaps other northern countries conclude that bailouts do not just fail to solve the crisis, but that taking on further liabilities will threaten their own economies in the long term.
It would perhaps be more appropriate if Germany's entire football establishment were to indulge in some self-criticism.
Finally, and perhaps most important of all, Germany has dropped its demand that in any future bailouts of governments with excessive debts, there should be losses imposed on private-sector creditors - which more than anything else explains why holders of Italian bonds are feeling a little less anxious this evening.
Perhaps officials simply do not believe that Germany will act on its public threats to cut the Greeks loose Chancellor Angela Merkel has made reassuring noises.
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Perhaps a grand coalition, such as Germany had in the late 1960s and may have again after next month's general election, is the price to be paid for decades of mini-coalitions that have failed to get the job done.
We said we want to leave Germany and come to England, perhaps temporarily for a year or two.
Perhaps he is playing up his differences with Germany for the sake of domestic politics, as he seeks to secure a clear majority for his Socialist Party in elections to the National Assembly next month.
Deutsche has Germany's biggest asset manager and perhaps the country's fattest book of corporate contacts.
In return for issuing euro bonds or perhaps granting countries access to ECB bond purchases, Germany would require those nations to live by German-approved fiscal rules.
The story then was bodybuilding in California, American football's premium on size and, as we now know, East Germany's producing at its height perhaps 30, 000 athletes on steroids and winning Olympic medals per hit 600 times as often as Americans.
Perhaps the biggest progress has been in wind energy where Germany and Spain lead the world.
Perhaps for that reason, most economists are betting that Germany will eventually do whatever is necessary to end the crisis.
We play the themes from the C64 games and have played in Denmark, Norway, Britain, Germany and have planned concerts in Spain and perhaps Croatia.
Perhaps only an SPD chancellor could have begun reform in Germany.
Perhaps, but in seeking international help from countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Finland it would be wise to recognise how deep the hole may prove to be.
Tunnel and bridge links between Denmark and Sweden and, perhaps in eight years or so, between Denmark and Germany across the Fehmern Strait (see map) will enhance the Danes' role as a northern Euro-hub.
His plan was to use the invasion as a springboard to push on into Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and, perhaps, even Italy.
Mr Sarkozy, in particular, sees an opportunity to turn the euro zone into an exclusive (and perhaps more protectionist) hard core, dominated by France and Germany.
Perhaps the most inspiring example is Rhein-Hunsruck in southern Germany, a district of roughly 100, 000 inhabitants that will produce more than 100% of its own needs from solar, wind, and biomass this year.
Besides if France and Germany are so hard up for support from Cameron then perhaps they should have considered his requests.
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Eurozone watchers believe that, even if Greece defaults over the next few months (perhaps as a result of its internal political problems), Germany and other Eurozone leaders will try to improvise a way to keep Greece in, at least until after September 2013, when Germany holds important national elections.
But perhaps the most intriguing implications of the budget deal concern the role of Germany.
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In a period of epic change, perhaps no country has been more profoundly altered with greater strategic implications than Germany.
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