• "We don't offer loss-leader products, " he said.

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  • It is fortunate that Prince Charles, a leader in our world today - whether by inheritance, election or earned reputation, doesn't matter, a leader none the less - has had the foresight and courage to speak up about the dangers of our scientific age.

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  • "This is very, very concerning, as we just don't know the stability of their leader -- again, 28 years old, " Rogers said.

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  • That drug wasn't even the leader in the cholesterol-fighting pack, led by Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people), Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people), and Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people).

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  • The truth of the matter is this: We won't know who the next leader is--assuming there will be a next leader--until he or she emerges from behind the curtain at the 18th Party Congress--or until that individual takes over the top spot in some other fashion.

    FORBES: New Asia

  • "Martin's a natural leader - he doesn't lead by words or by reeling out fancy catchphrases, but by what he does on the field, " said Tindall.

    BBC: Tindall lauds 'unsung hero' Corry

  • And if you don't, then you should not be considered an African-American leader in that regard.

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  • "I wish there was some way I could defend him, but I can't, " says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada.

    CNN: Key dates in the Anthony Weiner scandal

  • But most who attended did so out of curiosity, rather than any sense of allegiance - and they didn't always buy into their former leader's analysis of events.

    BBC: Breakfast at Tony's

  • When they did so Cameron would have been accused of being in office but not in power- someone who couldn't, to quote the Labour leader, organise anything in a brewery.

    BBC: Press law - So why did he do it?

  • "Serbia is an abnormal state and we don't want to 'normalise' our relations, " Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti told the AFP news agency.

    BBC: Clashes in Kosovo over launch of Serbia dialogue

  • She didn't ask to be den leader a little over a year ago -- she was selected because the pack loves her.

    CNN: Boy Scouts feel a mother's wrath

  • But Toyota, the leader in hybrid-electric vehicles, still isn't convinced there's a large market for electric vehicles.

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  • And she went there to talk with Bashar al-Assad, the leader of Syria, but didn't get too good a reaction.

    NPR: Prosecutors, Pelosi Stay in Political News

  • Asked about that proposal, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, didn't endorse it outright but described it as a good way to start the debate.

    CNN: Lawmakers vow to cooperate on economic stimulus bill

  • While one Democratic source said the Senate version could get taken up in the House if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell or Boehner don't raise a blue-slip objection, Republican sources rejected that scenario.

    CNN: Down to the fiscal cliff wire, with no solution in sight

  • Ever since Vladimir Putin took charge of Russia, a whole string of projects and products honouring the Russian leader have sprung up across the country - everything from T-shirts to watches, sculptures to schoolbooks recalling Mr Putin's youth.

    BBC: Last orders for Putin cafe

  • Scarcely a day goes by when some foreign leader, commentator or activist doesn't say that being pro-Israel doesn't mean being pro-Israeli government.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: With friends like these

  • Notsensibles guitarist Steven Hartley told the BBC News website the song - which features the chorus line "I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher, I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher, I'm in love with Maggie T" - had been conceived as a satirical swipe at the former Conservative leader.

    BBC: UK

  • So if Congress can't change their obstructionist ways, they can embrace them - House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor could do a guest spot on the Big Bang Theory, playing a lawmaker trying to shut down funding for scientific research, while his Democratic counterpart, Nancy Pelosi, could say why her party's caucus is secretly trying to destroy the world, for one of David Letterman's top 10 lists.

    BBC: If used-car salesmen ran Congress

  • As they see it, appeasement isn't dead since it is Khamenei - whom they deferentially refer to as "the supreme leader" - who sets Iran's foreign policy.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Ideologue-in-chief

  • He could have been sitting alone atop the leader-board if his tee-shot on 13 hadn't ended up on the pine straw and behind a tree 10 yards outside the fairway.

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  • There is one leader who does not wear a Marinella tie - Beppe Grillo doesn't do ties.

    BBC: Will Naples stage an election 'revolt'?

  • Directors who don't meddle in their leader's personal life "must have a very robust succession-planning process, " warns Jennifer W. Christensen, managing partner of recruiters JWC Partners LLC in Chicago.

    WSJ: Executive No-Fly Zone? When a CEO's Thrill-Seeking Rattles the Board

  • If McConnell tries to knock out a Democratic nominee tit-for-tat, Democrats won't accept a four-member commission, says Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

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  • It didn't even bother him that his final-round partner was Kevin Na, the third-round leader who was battling inner demons and heckling from the crowd as he struggled to get around the course in his allotted time.

    CNN: Family man Kuchar delivers perfect Mother's Day present

  • Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, has said the country can't afford the tax package.

    CNN: Democrat Zell Miller to co-sponsor Bush tax cut

  • Worryingly for the first minister - and Welsh Labour leader - one loyalist Valleys MP told him directly it was a pity he didn't pay more attention to health and education in Wales.

    BBC: Tensions flare between First Minister and Labour MPs

  • The majority leader-elect of the House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer, said yesterday there aren't any more troops to increase because the Army is so depleted.

    NPR: Post-Election Washington Bubbles with Policy Talk

  • Mr Jones also criticised cuts in the common agricultural policy budget - although at Westminster, Labour leader Ed Miliband said the cuts in spending on farming didn't go far enough.

    BBC: MPs find themselves in government - and in opposition

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