The vacation may just be the ticket.

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But if he does indeed intend to run again he claims that he is yet to make up his mind the proclaimed priorities may be just the ticket.

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Presumably the current boss of Ford lacks the same appeal for Mr Obama but the smartly-dressed, team-oriented, understated problem solvers of McKinsey may be just the ticket.

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An intensive three-year academic course may be just the ticket for one person, but a tedious waste of time for another.

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Bargain beach massages in India can be hit and miss, but a stay at an Ayurveda retreat could be just the ticket (try Kerala's Somatheeram Beach Resort).

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If the GOP ticket will just let it go at that, the chattering class will be proven to be right that national security will not be a prominent issue this year after all.

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Not long after Chi-na's two stock exchanges opened in Shanghai and Shenzhen in the early part of the decade, would-be investors queued for hours just for the chance to buy a lottery ticket that would give a few lucky winners the opportunity to buy stock -- though no choice as to which company or at what price.

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The other possibility (for example in the case of the swimming qualifiers) could be that ticket holders decided that it was more interesting just to hang out in the Olympic Park.

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We're not reserving our ticket on the airborne hotel just yet, but if we did, we'd be joining another 179 passengers on the 20-ton, 310 foot long craft.

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We have played them in double-headers before with 50, 000 people watching so, whichever way it will be, it will be tough, but I'm just pleased we have a ticket in the lottery at the moment.

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