"These cartels for cathode ray tubes are 'textbook cartels': they feature all the worst kinds of anticompetitive behaviour that are strictly forbidden to companies doing business in Europe, " said EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia.

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Small online sellers, after all, are getting the worst of this law.

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Musk says the dealer networks are cumbersome, irrelevant and (worst of all for Texan sensibilities) anti-enterprise.

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The areas worst hit, including Charsadda and the neighbouring district of Nowshera, as well as Punjab, are all big food producers.

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All are relatively poor, but a third of the worst-off Bedouin were still obese and another quarter were overweight.

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Search the Internet and there are even dozens upon dozens of lists of all-time worst movie adaptations.

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Police are now failing to clear up three-quarters of all crime being committed, the worst rate since records began.

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And, worst of all, there are no great movies out there to relieve the burden of this summer of our discontent.

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Farming has done worst of all in Africa, where most of the largest land deals are taking place.

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All three Jonas Brothers are competing in the worst actor category alongside an older generation of actors including Eddie Murphy for Imagine That, Steve Martin for Pink Panther 2 and John Travolta for Old Dogs.

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