Refilling depleted tax coffers at the federal, state and local levels would be little more than a happy side-effect.

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Still, in an industry that was once boasting of roaring traditional performance with eye-popping double-digit gains, it's now content with little more than a rounding error to keep clients happy.

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"I think the surface is (worth) a little bit more than three runs per over so we were pretty happy with containment, " said Martin.

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We wanted to know a little bit more about what went on behind the scenes, and Thompson was more than happy to oblige.

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Chelsea again dominated the ball, with Everton happy to play on the break, but Howard remained little more than a spectator despite the Blues' increasingly desperate forays into the area.

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"He was more than happy to push the public school's rules to breaking point and a little beyond, but he - mostly - stopped short at the stage where his defiance would inflict serious damage to either his person or his academic career, " the book states.

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