Esfandiari's husband said her mother used the deed to her Tehran apartment to post bail.

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Some 80% of Bolivia's prisoners are unconvicted, most of them behind bars because they cannot afford to post bail.

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Before wireless data communications were so commonplace, out-of-state drivers receiving citations from the WSP were required to post bail or see a magistrate immediately.

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They could tell the chancellor that it is his job, not theirs, to bail out the Post Office.

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Mr Price remains on bail as part of the probe and was dismissed from his post after being found guilty of gross misconduct.

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Mr Price remains on bail as part of the inquiry and was dismissed from his post after being found guilty of gross misconduct.

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True, partners bail out for many reasons: a change in corporate focus, post-merger belt-tightening, whatever.

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To make a basketball analogy, it's a bit like when your tin-armed, non-jump-shooting center gets the ball near the three-point line: You know he won't shoot or thread the ball into the post, so you have a moment's respite while he looks for a guard to bail him out.

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