• The tests are unlikely to assume a sovereign collapse, with the possible exception of Greece.

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  • The reason for this: with the possible exception of baseball, no sport has been written about more.

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  • Well with the possible exception of Hungary, no: democratic institutions in the region have, thankfully, been quite robust.

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  • With the possible exception of House Of Cards, Netflix will use the single-day release plan it used with Lilyhammer.

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  • But no one, with the possible exception of students, will want to buy a single chapter of most books.

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  • With the possible exception of Japan, that rate is about the highest of any developed nation in the world today.

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  • But there is one thing that everyone has in common (with the possible exception of the uber-rich): To offset future liabilities.

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  • With the possible exception of Comcast, which is aiming to give it a good try using its Xfinity and Xcalibur brands.

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  • And, with the possible exception of Washington, there is no city in the country where self-importance is more disconnected from actual importance.

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  • Everyone in the organization, with the possible exception of the receptionist or the deputy assistant IT director, comes from the same party.

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  • The whole table was happy (with the possible exception of Ethan, aged sixteen, who picked the onions out of his Hawaiian pizza).

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  • With more than a million workers, it is the largest employer in Europe, with the possible exception of the Russian armed forces.

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  • Anything goes here, with the possible exception of plastic bags: green is an active verb in San Francisco, and composting is mandated by city law.

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  • With the possible exception of the United States, where influential greens oppose drilling in Alaska, all Arctic coastal countries want this development.

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  • But even the hawks, with the possible exception of Joe Lieberman, have looked mealy-mouthed because they hedged their support with so many caveats.

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  • With the possible exception of agriculture, the energy industry enjoys more outrageous subsidies, market distortions and other forms of disguised aid than any other.

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  • It isn't just that soccer is the main sport in those countries, attracting all the best athletes, with the possible exception of baseball crazed Panama.

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  • They realize that, with the possible exception of the Ottoman empire in its chaotic last decades, no superpower has ever pursued a more absurd strategy.

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  • While that logic may serve investors well in biofuels, it misses the mark in the field of energy storage (with the possible exception of car batteries).

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  • With the possible exception of the last, which looks like just another excuse for delay, these ideas deserve to be taken up as soon as possible.

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  • But no matter where you live--with the possible exception of San Diego--there will be some times during the year in which the weather is less than ideal.

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  • With the possible exception of your bank account details, medical histories are the most sensitive - and potentially embarrassing - examples of personal data held by the authorities.

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  • It is also unlikely to be permanent if all of its neighbors with the possible exception of Turkey do not wish to see a secular and democratic Iraq.

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  • Yet for all its apparent solidity, Germany's economy has crashed harder than that of any other big rich country (with the possible exception of Japan, another high-saving, export-led economy).

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  • In a rare interview, Tepper argued that all asset classes would go higher no matter if the US economy recovers or not (with the possible exception of the US dollar).

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  • The Canadian economy and Canada's banks weathered the great financial storm of 2007-08 in better shape than pretty much every other major developed economy, with the possible exception of Australia.

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  • They have been playing skilful, disciplined and confident cricket, and on Thursday in St Lucia produced the same performance they have produced against everyone else, with the possible exception of Ireland.

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  • The problem confronts everyone (with the possible exception of Fiat, which has problems of its own), but it is most acute for the German premium makers, which dominated the Frankfurt show with their huge displays.

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  • With the possible exception of William Miller, whose brief tenure in 1978-79 was notable for his attempts to ban smoking at the board, America's central bankers have all made their weight felt across the political sphere.

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  • Cheeky and immensely likeable, a natural striker and pin-up material, possibly the worst time-keeper - with the possible exception of Martin O'Neill - I have ever met in the Scottish game: East Kilbride's finest is all of these.

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