The stimulus bill does sweeten the pot for potential homebuyers, which supporters say could help spur the economy.

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The Obama Administration, as well as politicians on both sides of the aisle, want to sweeten the pot, but they have been unable to get the funding passed.

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Luckily, just the mere opportunity to play Worms on a new device is reason enough to salivate over a new release, and few wacky new weapons should only sweeten the pot.

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While temptations exist to go with earlier alternatives, Skype and Wicoms are giving away the router during October to help sweeten the pot, even for those outlets that drop the Skype WiFi solution later on.

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He could sweeten the pot by offering a deal to delay the automatic spending cuts (which almost no-one supports) and set a date in 2013 by which Congress would enact tax reform and, perhaps, additional spending reductions.

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Last week, in a bid to sweeten the pot for its shareholders and creditors, who must agree on an unpalatable financial restructuring, it asked the British and French governments to extend its operating franchise from a mere 65 years to 999 years.

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