It's worth remembering that determined efforts by the Bank of England to bring down the real cost of borrowing did turn the economy around after 1932, when the UK confronted a similar double dip recession - in the wake of another major European crisis, centred around banks.
Muralitharan, who became the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets on the final day of his Test career last July, would pose a real threat to the England batsmen on a surface which is likely to suit the Sri Lanka slow bowlers.
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Manchester United defender Gary Neville is on standby to captain England in the first match if Real Madrid refuse to release England skipper David Beckham and vice-captain Michael Owen.
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At the same time the government has cut benefits in real terms and axed the Education Maintenance Allowance in England.
Unless an agreement can be reached for the Six Nations, Robinson's first real access to his England squad will be on the Monday before they tackle Wales.
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He has achieved the feat with Manchester United in England, Real Madrid in Spain and LA Galaxy, where he spent five years, in the United States.
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The Conservative MP for Cannock Chase, Aiden Burley, also earlier said he believed UKIP gains across England was "the real story of tonight".
The fact that it survived, he argues, had far more to do with the fraught power games among France, England, and Austria than with any real will of the Italians to exist as a nation.
It's the difference between the idealised rural England (slivers of tour-bus Oxfordshire) and the real countryside of bungalow-sprawl, derelict factory units, impromptu rubbish tips in woodland glades, sinister hamburger-tossers in laybys, empurpled stand-offs over travellers' sites and local people who find themselves stranded by everyone from bus companies to banks.
He says the 25-year-old has a chance of making a real name for himself in England during his year at the club.
The Real Madrid midfielder quit as captain after England's World Cup exit in July but insisted he wanted to continue playing.
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But Bolton created the first real opening as a corner found Gary Cahill unmarked, only for the England centre-half, returning from a three-match suspension, to head wastefully over.
The discretion of the governor needed to be backed up by real power as it had been years ago when the Bank of England was able to revoke the licence of any other bank.
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So after ManU, Real Madrid, Team England and the L.A. Galaxy, what's he meant to sports - and more than sports?
Health minister and North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb said he had "real concerns" about how the East of England Ambulance Trust was run.
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Earlier this week health minister and North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb said he had "real concerns" about how the East of England Ambulance Trust was run.
Robson became the third British woman to lose on the opening day at the All England Club but at least some real positives could be drawn from this defeat.
Health minister and North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb, who last week said he had "real concerns" about how the East of England Ambulance Trust was run, said he was not surprised that there had been staffing issues with the new ambulances.
Ashton seemed set for a short tenure in the role after England were thrashed 36-0 by the Springboks in the group stage and in real danger of missing out on a quarterfinal place.
The government promised to increase funding in England in real terms, year on year, throughout this parliament.
Ms Harrington even got tickets to tour England's Highclere Castle, the real-life setting for the show, in July as a birthday present from her husband.
The real focus will be on Matt Prior, especially if England do play both spinners.
The real question is the stakes, and the level of competition, and over a week at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club it was clear that a high-level field was playing for keeps.
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"I think it supports what the Bank of England's been saying that as real incomes start to improve because of lower inflation and possibly eventually higher wages, you might start to see the retail sector show some signs of improvement, " said George Buckley of Deutsche Bank.
"I've had a real good relationship with Steve since I came into the England side, " he said.
The real shocker: Ireland's GDP per capita now tops England's by 15% and is second only to Luxembourg's in Europe.
"The money has been paid in England, there is a real danger that we will lose consultants to England, " he said.
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"Chamakh is a striker of real quality and has all the attributes suited to come to England and do very well, " Gunners manager Arsene Wenger told the club's website.
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