They found that the extra discipline the clubs provided was valuable in itself, because it compelled them to save no matter what.

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You cannot force anyone to buy your new and marvelous technologies, no matter how well they save the environment or reduce that dreaded carbon footprint.

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That should not matter to the government, save for one thing: next year, for the first time in a decade, the unions, under a law introduced by Margaret Thatcher, have to ballot their members on whether to maintain a political fund, most of which has traditionally been used to finance the Labour Party.

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Yet, it is quite astonishing, save to state embarrassing, that the IOC President's public comments centre around the matter which arose out of the Athens Olympiad, almost 4 years ago.

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''And the chief looked at me, very matter-of-factly, and said, ''My guys can save everybody below the fire.

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According to the holy writ of the CBO, only the next 10 fiscal years matter, and changes in tax rates have no impact on decisions to work, save, and invest.

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Thanks to the reboot of the James Bond matter in Casino Royale, we can no longer count on our protagonist (Daniel Craig) to save the day with a Walther PPK and a witty quip.

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This opaque system doesn't offer outsiders much visibility, save for the knowledge that indebted banks and an indebted French state intend to continue to cover each other, no matter the cost and on taxpayers' backs if they must.

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