Saying that unless we can get more passengers for the west coast mainline that our sums will not add up is a bit like saying that unless the Financial Times and The Economist get advertising in their journals they will go bust.

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"Unless schools get more resources, we will be forced to exclude permanently our most damaged and potentially most damaging young people, " said Mrs Williams.

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More than 21 million people will be subject to higher taxes in 2010 unless we get the patch.

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Indeed, unless an inflationary boom is fed with more and more inflationary credit a deflationary bust we will quickly get.

FORBES: Monetary Watch June 2011, Inflation prospects post QE II