Hopefully they'll get well soon and be back soon, and we can stay in the race so whenever they get back we can be on track and they can help us make it all the way to the playoffs.

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So Mr Olmert, a consummate politician if not warmaker, is more or less back in control, and will stay so unless a protest rally scheduled for the evening of May 3rd turns out to be unusually massive.

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They ran into so much difficulty trying to stay here that they started their companies back home instead.

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But so far, indications are they will stay bullish unless something significantly wrong pulls back the economic recovery which, by all fundamental indications, including the continued leap in corporate earnings and profit margins, are well on track.

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So what are the chances that the government will be persuaded to back down and grant Birmingham a stay of execution?

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So, you must make the assumption that you are the first site , and get back in touch quickly to stay top-of-mind.

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So I think they are living on this iceberg to stay safe, and just wait for the sea ice to come back in.

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