In the words of a highly placed government official, the reform plans should be ready in May.

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As an aside, the late Judge Learned Hand, who sat on America's court of appeals, always said he would liked to have seen some particular words written by Cromwell placed over the portals of every church and courthouse and at every crossroads across the nation.

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Ambrose in his statement said the words in question would be placed in quotations in future editions.

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In other words, China is ideally placed to be the world's middleman: close enough to the frontier of innovation to keep up with the latest developments, and skilled at adapting new ideas for the mass market.

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After the words were complete, the body was placed on a prepared flat board, tipped up, and the deceased body eased into the sea.

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After downloading the app and opening a game account (for which I was denied the user name "RealGilbertGottfried") I soon learned that Ruzzle consists of three two-minute rounds in which you and your opponent each get 16 letters placed in four rows of four that can be linked together to create words by gliding your finger over the screen at any connecting angle.

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In other words, Scotland would need that deal a lot more than its neighbour, and the conditions placed on such a deal might be expected to reflect that.

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