"When Deena went away, I thought if I could make the top three that would be okay, " added Yamauchi, who finished second in last year's London Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:12.

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There are a group of his caucus that actually think default would be okay and have said that they would not vote for increasing the debt ceiling under any circumstances.

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Senator Collins, a vocal champion of cracking down on brokers, decided that it would be okay to exempt those brokers who sell only mutual funds, variable annuities and certain closed-end funds from the standard.

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Are you saying that you feel it would be okay to have corporate clients at the same time?

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Skilling offered to come back to Enron, saying he believed his presence would reassure Wall Street that things were going to be okay.

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The banks make several billion dollars' worth of profits off managing these student loans, which would be okay except for the fact that these loans are guaranteed by the federal government.

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Sensei Wu also told me it was okay if I sent you a new Jay and told me it would be okay if I included something extra for you because anyone that saves their Christmas money to buy the Ultrasonic Raider must be a really big Ninjago fan.

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