Though they failed to duplicate the success of the band's early Top 10 hits "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong, " subsequent albums such as Temple of Low Men and Together Alone found Crowded House in top form.

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Most entrepreneurs of all sizes, while moaning about Italy's high tax rates and welfare and labour problems, acknowledge that the centre-left governments of the past six years, especially Mr Prodi's, did take big steps towards liberalisation, though they failed to get this across in the election.

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Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have criticized carried-interest rules, though they have failed when they have tried to repeal them.

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