One of the organisation's key concerns is that the government is not providing enough money to fully fund the 15 hours per week free nursery education that it guarantees all three- and four-year-olds in England.

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There are no guarantees for any of those three conditions, although number three looks the likeliest.

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Those guarantees would partially fund only three to four reactors, and even those would be problematical if construction consortiums felt Washington was getting cold feet.

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It's an investment that will double the amount of renewable energy produced over the next three years and provide tax credits and loan guarantees to companies like Namaste Solar, a company that will be expanding, instead of laying people off, as a result of the plan I am signing.

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Bubka insisted he had received more guarantees the track would be kept during a three-day inspection visit in September before London withdrew its bid to host the 2015 athletics World Championships.

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And I believe in a country that enshrines each of these three things, a country that promises nothing but the promise of being more fully human, and never guarantees its success.

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The adage in English soccer is that 40 points guarantees escape from relegation, but usually the EPL isn't that competitive. (Clubs get three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a loss.) Since 1995-96, when the league contracted to 20 teams, a club needed 40 or more points to guarantee an EPL spot just four times.

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