They say that successive Polish governments have quarrelled and dithered over every public project.

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He said the two parties quarrelled needlessly, even though there was little difference of opinion between them.

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Like Ecuador, Argentina quarrelled with the IMF and defaulted on its bonds.

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The 37-year-old is reported to have quarrelled with police after their car was pulled over in the early hours of Friday in Atlanta, Georgia.

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It was not a verdict with which many would have quarrelled.

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The multi-party case was left to a rag-tag lot who quarrelled over finance and disintegrated a few weeks ago, perhaps confirming Mr Museveni's views on party politicians.

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As Mr Al Fayed learned when he sought British citizenship, and Man U's Irishmen did when they quarrelled with the club's manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, last winter, local acceptance does not come easy.

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While politicians, developers, bankers, architects, and almost everyone else quarrelled over the future of Ground Zero, the rest of lower Manhattan, as well as most of the rest of the city, quietly pulled itself together.

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