Among other things, Mr Clement suggests slashing taxes and red tape for small-business start-ups and for self-employed people at the bottom end of the wage scale, as well as easier credit for all Mittelstand firms.

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That is, disk drives would start to replace traditional tape backup systems.

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Where Sir Howard mastered this complexity with apparent bureaucratic ease, Mr McCarthy may instead start to cut through the red tape.

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And the guy you just played a tape of there, he also told a passerby that we want to start a war in London.

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After a few more alterations to loosen it up, the heavy fiberglass cast, wrapped in athletic tape, emerged as the best option, and Gardner began using it at the start of the season.

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To win over skeptics, it will need to get off to a fast start and show that it can avoid getting tangled up in its own red tape.

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