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  • Most entrepreneurs of all sizes, while moaning about Italy's high tax rates and welfare and labour problems, acknowledge that the centre-left governments of the past six years, especially Mr Prodi's, did take big steps towards liberalisation, though they failed to get this across in the election.

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  • Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have criticized carried-interest rules, though they have failed when they have tried to repeal them.

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  • But Bolivar, the biggest team from La Paz (3, 600 metres) are competition stalwarts, and their city rivals The Strongest are frequent participants, though they have failed to qualify this year.

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  • Authorities have reason to think the new search could lead to the discovery of the boy's remains at that location, though they remain wary after past leads in the case failed to pan out, according to two sources familiar with the probe.

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  • Though the Sabres failed to score against the Senators, they still managed a season-best 42 shots.

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  • However, the college authorities failed to secure Welsh government and European funding for the project - even though they had already invested heavily in the preparation of the planning application for the centre.

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  • Even though the Blues won the Champions League in 2012, they finished sixth in the league, failed to advance from this season's group stage and are in danger of not qualifying for the competition next term.

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  • Unlike Smith, Rand failed to fully recognize that though human beings are not constituted for self-sacrifice, they have an innate need to see others prosper.

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  • Several attempts to pass school bonds have failed when richer parts of town voted against what they saw as just another tax, though poorer parts that needed the schools were ready to pay.

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  • The lawsuit says the company also failed to properly notify its customers that the lawsuits had been filed, even though it represented that they had been served with court papers as required by law.

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  • Still, some of our windows failed for some reason, even though my husband and I had tested each one yesterday to make sure they operated properly.

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