West Indies have lost 17 of their last 24 Tests and only won two, but Lara hopes good times may not be too far off.

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In short, the two men may be inextricably bound together: in good times and in bad and, as Mr Berlusconi may have reflected this week, in sickness and in health.

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Buy a discount ticket loaded with restrictions on an airline that runs only two or three times a week and you may find yourself stranded -- or at least having to buy another ticket.

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With this in mind, Schutz figures a bank whose shares can be had for about one times book value today may well fetch 1.5 times book in a year or two.

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The Nikkei traded above the 50% retracement resistance at 33, 104 several times over a two-week span in late May and early June.

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Future Germans, for instance, may have to pay 90% more net taxes over their lifetimes than Germans born today, while future Japanese may have to pay over two-and-a-half times as much tax as Japanese born today.

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During these times, it might take two or three attempts to connect, there would be three or four times as many dropped calls, web pages may freeze and browsing speeds would be much reduced, the report said.

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