It was all too much for her and for me so it seemed better to skip the whole exercise.

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So why not skip the competition and keep it old school?

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The government has realised that some sectors will fall outside the points system in this way, so it has appointed a panel of economists to draw up a list of occupations that will be allowed to skip it.

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Many Britons have never heard of it: school history tends to skip the 400-or-so years between 1066 and the start of the Tudor era.

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Like the balky human hearts its pacemakers regulate, results at Medtronic ( MDT) sometimes skip a beat, but the medical device giant is now so over-sold that it deserves a look by long term-minded investors.

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