But he was ill enough to go into hospital over Christmas, and some believe that he is now losing enthusiasm for another term.

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Try to go any deeper, like ill-fated Toledo, and you encounter another problem.

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"We've had a few lads go down ill, which wasn't ideal but the movement and passing was good, " he said.

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There is clearly some scope for saving money by making sure that all those claiming a sickness pension really are too ill to work, and by cutting the pensions of those who recover sufficiently to go back to work somewhere else.

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Michael became seriously ill while in Austria and later revealed that his bout of pneumonia was "touch and go for a while" and was "the worst month of my life".

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However, later Mr McCarney said he was ill and pointed to an area where he had been sick, telling his boss to go and check it out if he did not believe him.

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Which means, debate on the debt ceiling will be heated and go to the last minute (as it frequently has in the past, with no ill consequences other than political fallout).

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The more healthy people available to pay for those in the pool who are ill (translation- the older people), the better the system works and the lower our premium charges should go.

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"These defendants, two morally depraved individuals, preyed on a physically and mentally ill 101-year-old woman to steal millions of dollars -- dollars that she had intended to go to help the lives of ordinary New Yorkers, " Seidemann said, echoing his closing argument to the jury.

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