Britain is in danger of falling between two stools: on the one hand, rejecting state finance and on the other, discouraging individual donation.

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Hussey, who was threatening to come out of his shell, was now caught between two stools - and his decision to leave a Harbhajan top-spinner was fatal.

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The idea is based on two stools.

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He brought out two little stools, and Hanwell sat on the one handed to him.

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The two candidates will be seated on stools for that debate, but for the other two debates they will be standing behind podiums.

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As we picked our way down the dirty alley to her home, I passed two micro-bars, cramped shacks with stools for perhaps three or four customers.

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The white-tiled dining room has tractor-seat stools in front of the open kitchen and communal tables beneath industrial-looking lamps, plus a few two- and four-tops inside and out.

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