Usually this is because manufacturers themselves have a schizophrenic attitude: they yell about it when their transistors are nice and small, but then treat the whole topic as irrelevant when their transistors happen to be lumpier than the competition's.

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But the same package of tax and regulation cuts, if pitched to small-business owners and workers, has a nice populist ring of its own.

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Homewood Suites accommodations are designed for extended stays and include small kitchens and separate seating areas, while Hampton Inn rooms are smaller, but have nice touches such as mini-refrigerators and microwaves.

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Retail banking might have been a nice earner, but their high-street operations are small and dreadful.

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Yes you are indeed gracing the ports of Monte Carlo, Ibiza, Sardinia, Nice and St Barts but, in reality, the key sights are usually seen through a small round window not dissimilar from the sort you see on Playschool.

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