Why rush out and buy the new, new thing if it looks just like that old phone that's been around for more than a year?

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In a nod towards old Labour, the first thing New Labour did in power was to abolish the Tories' assisted-places scheme, which enabled brighter pupils from poorer backgrounds to take up state-funded places at the top public schools.

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Do the right thing for America-let dollars sprint from old assets to new ones at the speed of light. n Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft: Don't let the bozos get you down. n Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape: Be kind to yourself in your Mississippi retirement years.

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The impressive thing is that the Dormie Club combines the best of old and new, like the awesome neoclassic designs at Bandon Dunes, offering an old school feel and golf atmosphere.

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But now the 81-year-old company is learning a thing or two itself from its new purchase: how to better manage brands like Winnie the Pooh or the new pirate characters that crept out of Disney's successful 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean.

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The Tropicana is a ratty 50-year-old casino on Las Vegas Boulevard that's being courted as if it were the hottest new thing in town.

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Any strategy should be focused on one thing: getting capital out of the old economy, so that it can be invested in new and growing businesses in an asset-light economy.

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