After the moneymen, the next constituency to woo were the heavyweights who really control the Republican Party these days--the Governors, with their early-warning systems and their fund-raising networks and their serene distance from the party in Congress.

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Comptel, an American business association, has accused Telmex of not consolidating local area codes (so local calls are charged as long-distance) and of inserting recorded messages into calls from rival carriers, warning that future calls might fail.

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However, the RAIB also said Mr MacKay may not have seen, or had misinterpreted, the warning lights at the level crossing and appeared not to have been wearing glasses to improve his distance vision.

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