The figures right now, with Gore leading by a small but steady margin, are right in line with the predictions of seven political scientists' models unveiled at a conference in September, all of which predicted a Gore victory.

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Now RBS has failed to hit the so-called "stretch" targets for lending to small businesses, agreed with the Treasury in Project Merlin, by a modest margin.

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Once the pane had survived gravity's examination, we took it out and started bending it, and while no-company would let anyone play with something it wasn't sure would hold up, this model did appear to be hardier by a small margin.

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