As we picked our way down the dirty alley to her home, I passed two micro-bars, cramped shacks with stools for perhaps three or four customers.

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It will be harder to win approval for the vital next step: a three-, four- or perhaps fivefold increase in the fund so that it can protect Spain and Italy.

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Kallasvuo's predecessor, Jorma Ollila, visited U.S. network honchos perhaps once every three or four months.

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