Romney may have such ideals tucked away in a lockbox, but who can tell?

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The citation and money order would then go into a lockbox in the trunk of the patrol car.

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There is no need to shave off precise pieces of metal and move them from one lockbox to another.

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The lockbox for revenue proved insecure, since the government simply took the money disbursed for education and health care and diverted it to less worthy causes.

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As long as Social Security surpluses are saved in a single giant lockbox managed by the government, politicians are going to face irresistable temptations to raid it to finance other programs.

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Ellison has attempted to avoid any conflict of interest by putting his NetSuite stake in a lockbox run by a former accountant who votes in proportion to the public shareholders and can only sell to cover taxes.

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To eliminate any conflicts of interests, Ellison's shares have been placed in a "lockbox" or voting trust, that will eliminate Ellison's voting control over company matters "other than a change of control transaction, dissolution, sale of substantially all of the Company's assets or liquidation" as long as Ellison remains an officer or director of Oracle, according to regulatory filings.

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To eliminate any conflicts of interests, Ellison's shares have been placed in a "lockbox" or voting trust, that will eliminate Ellison's voting control over company matters "other than a change of control transaction, dissolution, sale of substantially all of the Company's assets or liquidation" as long as Ellison remains an officer or director of Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ), according to regulatory filings.

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