Mr Lansley, MP for South West Cambridgeshire, urged the council not to "renege" on the expectations of the showpeople, who were told the travellers' site would never be reopened.

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And the mayor will not be able to renege on this contract.

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Their absence might even tempt him to renege on his promise not to seek an (unconstitutional) third term.

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It has been called "anomic" because it is less about the desire to overthrow government than the willingness to withdraw from the social contract, to renege on your social obligations because you just do not think other parties are going to honour them.

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Well, it looks like Yahoo's not immune to such goings on, as it's just announced that it will renege on its previous data retention promises and hold on to raw search data for 18 months.

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While this is not the same as a Federal guarantee, no state life insurance fund has ever let one of its members renege on its claims.

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