Even a genuine belief among the Lib Dems that they deserve to have been offered a greater role did not save Lord Tope from appearing churlish in his refusal to take it for want of something better.

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She said that S4C had "played a key role in the campaign to save the Welsh language".

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Now, Save the Children says it played no role at all.

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Walgreen and CVS took advantage of the crisis to convince a growing number of state regulators that pharmacists should be allowed to have the expanded role as a way to save lives and potentially money by getting more Americans flu shots from an army of pharmacists.

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The UN's commission for refugees called on foreign governments to release the funds needed to cope with the massive number of Syrian refugees, while UK charity Save the Children has warned of the increasing role of children in the two-year uprising.

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In addition to protecting wildlife, they play a pivotal role in rescue operations like the one that helped save an 8-month-old female elephant while I was there.

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Celebrities have even joined the Save COH movement, including author Mercedes Lackey (in a huge role), Jim Butcher, Neil Gaiman, Felicia Day, Sean Astin and more.

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EU. Luxembourg's role of honest broker is enhanced by the fact that it has few national interests, save for bank secrecy, to protect.

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