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Privatisation is too politically sensitive, as is allowing private firms, let alone foreigners, to run riot over India's coal beds.
ECONOMIST: Energy in India
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Since most people doubt the existence of such things, it seems a rum way to run a parish poll, let alone to decide an important constitutional issue.
ECONOMIST: Massaging the message
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First of all, the FDIC lacks the staff to oversee, let alone run, several large and complex banks which may become insolvent.
WSJ: Banks Need Fewer Carrots and More Sticks
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The taxpayers of Loudoun County and the school board elected to represent them should want no part of a school that seeks to emulate Chesapeake Science Point, let alone be run by the same people responsible for that publicly funded charter school.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A Turkish 'Trojan Horse' for Loudoun?
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Barings' top management could have won prizes as upper-class twits but should not have been allowed to run a corner-shop, let alone a bank.
ECONOMIST: Baring witness | The
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Given the havoc of 2008 neither OPEC nor oil buyers are likely to greet the moment with a party, let alone a run of special stamps.
ECONOMIST: A stable commodity may be about to get more volatile
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The Hatoyama administration has barely begun to consider how to prolong the recovery, let alone pay down debt in the long run.
ECONOMIST: Japan is not yet doomed to debt-induced penury
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"After 1994, " Wyden says, "I think a lot of Americans looked at the federal government and said, 'I'm not sure those folks could run a two-car parade, let alone resolve what to do about one-seventh of the American economy, our health system, " he said.
NPR: One Senator's Solution for Health Care Expansion
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Or to put it another way, if Italy is shut out of markets - which is not impossible - then the EFSF in its current form will not have even enough money to tide Italy over, let alone keep alive any other eurozone governments that run into difficulties.
BBC: Southern European banks need most capital
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Without technology to boost their productivity, small businesses could not run their business effectively, let alone compete with larger companies in their markets.
FORBES: Revolution: A New Era In Software For Small Businesses
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But those inclined to worry should remember that no alternative would serve their interests, let alone the Arabs', in the long run.
ECONOMIST: The uprisings