An outright government defeat would be a huge problem for David Cameron, leaving him precious little room for manoeuvre in euro-negotiations - and facing defeat if he fails to deliver a budget cut, and has to try to persuade the Commons to authorise an above-inflation budget settlement.
And while the veep is getting his daily health-care headline with this week's Florida get-out-the-seniors-vote tour, Bush has been mired in number-crunching his own tax cut and wondering whether Dick Cheney could maybe try to grab some headlines that don't involve the campaign's lack of a prescription-drug plan.
The unerring McFadden landed his second penalty to cut the deficit and then powered over for a 23rd-minute try following a neat offload from man of the match Isa Nacewa.
Sure, you can try to cheat or cut corners--and you may succeed.
The Federal Reserve America's central bank has got much of the credit for ensuring that last year's recession was mild, and with the interest-rate cut announced last month it has demonstrated its willingness to try to nudge the recovery along as much as it can.
In "Raylan, " out next week, the marshal gets tangled up with criminals who try to cut out his kidneys, a corrupt coal-company executive and a thuggish strip-club owner.
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He comes out of it still with the time to try his option in Iraq without a cut-off of funds at this point and - rebuked but not censured, so to speak.
The charity and some MPs and peers are also concerned about government plans to abolish the office of chief coroner - a post introduced two years ago to try and reform the system and cut waiting times.
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Brian O'Driscoll soon made his mark though and cut through the Ospreys back-line before releasing Kearney to cross for his side's second-try.
July's hearing saw Williams admit faking a facial cut during the 6-5 defeat by Leinster, who went on to win the tournament, to try and get substituted drop-goal specialist Evans back on the field.
And so working with university presidents to try to figure out, where can you cut costs -- of course, it may mean that the food in the cafeteria is a little worse and the gym is not as fancy.
At the same time, the Fed Chairman must try to get Congress to play what he believes is their part and both cut long-term spending while providing some form of fiscal stimulus. (Read Rick Perry To Bernanke: Stop Printing Money).
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