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Frankly, Charlemagne's endorsement for a job that he almost certainly does not want is the last thing he needs just now.
ECONOMIST: European politics
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And he adds that Hurricane Katrina could end up being a good thing for the president if his administration does what he suggests, enacts a Marshall Plan.
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The chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, hitherto a seriously hyper-active type, needed a break from using fiscal policy to mend every last thing in the economy that does not work exactly as he thinks it should, and so did the country.
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