Were the estates of those dying in 2010 getting off scot free, in the literal sense?
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Mr Obama gets off pretty much scot free, as he has in the half-dozen campaign accounts already published.
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Governments should ensure that the media are able to carry out their work safely and that those who attack them are not let off scot free.
Broadly speaking, the logic goes like this: why should you personally pay to reduce your environmental impact (through hassle and expense of curbing your lifestyle excesses) while others get off scot free?
True, the second player might well be inclined to confess and so get off scot-free.
One responsible person may get stuck while another who is even more guilty may get off scot-free.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said directors whose negligence cost lives should not be allowed to get away "scot-free".
In the government's response to the report, the banks did not escape scot-free.
In fact, the Group of Seven finance ministers wrapped up their latest meeting yesterday, and the Japanese walked away Scot-free on the currency issue.
One summer beauty myth debunked: Just because your tinted moisturizer or foundation boasts an SPF does not mean you're scot-free to hit the beach.
While the death of the bull is generally inevitable (its meat is later sold), this in no way implies the bullfighter always gets off scot-free.
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To make those distributional consequences even more egregious, the word from Brussels is that while depositors will get hit, the senior creditors who own bonds in the banks (including, naturally, some of the racier hedge funds) will escape scot-free.
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