• So add to that tonight's solo performance being so heartfelt, so raw and so personal, the only members of the audience who wouldn't have shed a tear would be those without an ounce of compassion in their body.

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  • The good news, for now at least, is that it has so far only afflicted South Korea and so far only in a mild form.

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  • But doing so remains voluntary, and so far only about 4 percent of local authorities have taken the step.

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  • The lesson that I had realized from this is that there is only so much you can do and only so many hours in a day.

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  • Successive British governments have not funded any astronaut activities, and so the only Britons to get into space so far have done so by becoming US citizens and joining the American space agency, or by getting on a private programme of some kind.

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  • At the same time, standing before this group of business leaders, it's important to emphasize that there's only so much that government can do -- and only so much that government should do.

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  • The statement added: "We are immensely proud to have educated Britain's first - and so far only - female prime minister and one of the most internationally significant states people of the 20th Century".

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  • In the rich world only Japan has recently resorted to currency intervention, and so far only once.

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  • It was felt along the length of Sumatra but, unlike the one on December 26th, did not trigger a great wave and so devastated only a relatively small area: the islands of Nias and Simeulue and neighbouring islets about 130km (80 miles) off the coast.

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  • For starters, she was the first (and so far, only) woman to be prime minister of Britain, and held office for 11 years, longer than any other elected British official in the 20th century.

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  • The mistakes that were repeatedly made (British Leyland, Concorde, steel nationalisation and the rest) are so many, and the successes (essentially, only the pharmaceutical industry) so few, as to make one almost cry out in anger.

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  • But what I really hate is how the video is only going to confirm what so many whites think about blacks and the arrests are only going to confirm what so many blacks think about whites.

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  • Margaret Thatcher has a place in history as Britain's first, and so far only, female prime minister.

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  • And so, not only does her move ignore Israel's own determination of its sovereignty, it also ignores historical fact.

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  • Why should Choice, a general entertainment channel, be a public-service channel, while Arena, the arts channel, is commercial and so available only to subscribers?

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  • But Republicans have let Obama and the Democrats define the debate, and so the only question on the table has been who gets higher taxes.

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  • The media are already probing into and constructing a Romney-As-Mormon Bishop profile, and so far only finding the usual apparent contradictions available in any organized religion.

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  • Opening bat Phil Jaques has again missed out on selection despite hitting an Aussie record 94 on his debut, and so far only appearance, for the one-day team.

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  • The same is true if you own a traditional IRA or tax-advantaged investments such as stocks that don't pay dividends and so are subject only to capital-gains tax.

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  • And so, the only reasonable explanation for his invitation to perform at the Jewish institution is that the Y wanted to invite this openly anti- Semitic musician to perform.

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  • So specialised, in fact, that Bob Richwine, the head welding teacher at the college, said he had never heard of them, and so difficult that only experienced welders could attempt them.

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  • The idea of setting up a military command in Africa is an unpopular idea, and so far only Liberia has said it would host it, says the BBC's Will Ross in Accra.

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  • And so, not only am I grateful for the expression of deep friendship that President Sarkozy expressed, but I want to affirm the mutuality of feeling that we have towards the French people.

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  • She stood head and shoulders above all her rivals, notably scoring points off Mr Obama, who seemed lightweight and unsure in comparison, during the first, and so far only, Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina last month.

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  • For almost 60 years, from 1938 until his retirement in 1996, Mr Sacher was an active member of the board of Roche and so only too aware of the controversies that seemed constantly to dog the profitable pharmaceutical group.

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  • Open seats are more likely to flip, and so far only two Republicans are retiring (Georgia's Saxby Chambliss and Nebraska's Mike Johanns) while six Democrats are, including three in states handily carried by Mr. Romney (West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana).

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  • Mori's only real rivals were Foreign Minister Kono Yohei (who once was LDP party president when the party was out of power and so is the only LDP president never to be prime minister) and Kato Koichi, who heads the second-largest Diet faction.

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  • You see, I expect the prices of my shares to fluctuate in value throughout my ownership period, which in most cases is several years, and so I only consider selling my shares if there is a fundamental negative change in the company's prospects or share prices become irrationally overvalued.

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  • America in the 18th and 19th centuries was a land of thousands of licensed stills. (And uncounted, shall we say, informal operations.) "New York alone had 1, 200 legal distilleries before Prohibition, " claims Ralph Erenzo, a cofounder (in 2003) of Tuthilltown Spirits, the state's first and so far only whiskey producer since Repeal.

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  • Such opacity in book-keeping may have been common several years ago, say the system's supporters, but is less feasible now because Chinese banks have been listed on exchanges, and so answer not only to the Chinese government but also to shareholders, who would not permit credit to be subject to political goals.

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