In contrast, to judge by his record in Texas, Mr Bush would adopt the traditional strategy of uniting his own party first and then attracting a few centrist Democrats to plump out the numbers.

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Today those picks might appear to be perfectly plump cash cows, hidden behind a barn, pumping out healthy earnings detected by few and priced wholesomely at ten.

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There's no getting around it: the Victory is a plump, weighty thing, and it doesn't even have a slide-out keyboard to lean on as an excuse.

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He was an unglamorous presence trim and wiry, with plump cheeks, bushy hair, and the fast, watchful eyes of a man accustomed to looking out for himself.

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