Ms. Vogt's stepdaughter isn't working since she's still in school, so the Vogts don't ask her to contribute to household expenses.

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So you don't need to ask for that.

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At the heart of their plan is the idea that a single national regulator would take responsibility for overseeing the insolvency of a big international bank, a so-called GSIFI (don't ask) - which is an attempt to prevent a repetition of the uncertainty and confusion caused after Lehman collapsed in 2008.

BBC: The cost of making big banks safe

But the real question is, who will be the first to ask to have the chip implanted so they don't have to worry about forgetting their wallet?

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You don't ask Linford Christie to run in a circle do you, so why should swimming be any different.

BBC: The untouchables

"Cellphones don't work so the only way to find out what happened to people is to ask folks around town, " said Gary Parma, 50, who came to the church with his wife, Diane.

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"We don't want those memories to haunt her now, so we are not allowing anybody to ask her anything, " Rahman said, adding that a team of psychiatrists would examine her.

NPR: Woman Rescued From Bangladesh Rubble Recovering

If you are asking someone to the prom, but you're not totally sure she is going to say yes, is it OK to ask someone in school to secretly get a little information from her, so you don't embarrass yourself and get rejected?

WSJ: 49 Questions for John Tortorella

He believes he's capable of scoring 20 goals or more in a full, 82-game season, he said, and he sometimes will ask himself, 'If I'm so good in the shootout, why don't I score more during 5-on-5 play?

WSJ: Long Island's Hired Gun

Just for anybody who's blogging, nobody gets audited based on the questions that they ask here. (Laughter.) So, Mark -- so I don't get in trouble.

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