They're now experimenting with how to turn those connected groups into a shadow sales force, paying commissions for referrals.

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The 2013 Daytona winner and dominant force in the sport, Jimmie Johnson, did grow up in the shadow of Talladega or Martinsville.

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But shadow foreign secretary Francis Maude said Mr Blair had been "very misleading" in denying the EU force would have no separate planning capability.

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But in response, David Willetts, the Conservative shadow Trade and Industry Secretary, stressed that under the government's proposals employers were still free to force workers into retirement at age 65.

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