By contrast, if the weather is bad and you don't get hay, you can cut what isn't there.

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The earnings released today from Exxon-Mobil didn't really make much hay over this.

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He is not seeking re-election and the Conservatives will be hoping to move on but that hasn't stopped the opposition parties making political hay.

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In other words, if the weather is good and the hay grows, you can't cut it.

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After moving back to Dunfermline as director of football, he couldn't resist another stint in the hotseat when Davie Hay departed with the club on the brink of relegation in May 2005.

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Derek Hay, 28 years old, isn't usually a sports fan but he goes nuts for the Games.

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Typical agreements only apply for three years, at which point the vendor is free to make hay with your idea, if you haven't managed to secure a patent by then.

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Weather isn't just about what to wear, although that matters, but about livestock: hay supplies, feed and corn, deicers and water flow, shelter from the wind and wet.

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Speaking at the the Hay Festival of Literature, in mid Wales, he said the title "just wouldn't suit me".

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