The ruling doesn't instruct officials how to reach that maximum population over the next two years.

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"I really didn't instruct the runner not to score, " he added.

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Why, you may ask, can't the FPC therefore instruct the banks to leave the denominator alone and simply increase the numerator, by going to their shareholders for more equity capital?

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Professional codes instruct lawyers to be civil, but rudeness isn't tracked or punished as much as more concrete trespasses, such as filching clients' money.

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If it's a cash flow problem, obviously, we're going to try to instruct them on how to sell the house and get into a better situation, because if you don't have cash flow you can't keep the house.

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"I detect in the latest Gove plan - as implied and reported - is what I'll call the itch to instruct and dictate to teachers and children because it will do them good, that teachers and children themselves can't or shouldn't choose, investigate and discover what is suitable and worthwhile, " he wrote on his blog.

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