All of these players promote the playoffs, the event, and the individuals who sign off in all the big bucks behind advertising, promotions, social media, and other developmental dollars that go into making Super Bowl XLVII one of the biggest events of the year.

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Was it the knowing that you had reached such rock bottom that you were going to have to sign off to your little girl all of your adult responsibilities?

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But he did not endorse the proposal to insist on an "exceptional sign-off" by the government for all new out-of-town developments.

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All MPs had to sign off their expenses confirming that they "incurred these costs wholly, exclusively and necessarily to enable me to stay overnight away from my only or main home for the purpose of performing my duties" as an MP.

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Benzine saw his primary care physician, a nutritionist, a cardiologist, a pulmonologist, a gastroenterologist and a psychiatrist -- all of whom had to sign off.

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That sign kicked off an asset-wide rally that lifted all financial markets.

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Ministers and their negotiators are supposed to whittle it all down into something they can sign off at the end of the week.

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And with that, I'm shuffling over towards the door, just underneath that dim exit sign that keeps blinking on and off, its fluorescent bulbs cracking with some syncopated rhythm all their own.

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The negotiators said the new bank rules should come into force on Jan. 1, 2014, provided they get formal sign-off from both the full European Parliament and EU finance ministers and can be written into national law in all 27 member states in time.

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