"At a time when public money is under considerable pressure, I am pleased that AMs of all parties have agreed to come together to agree a freeze in AMs' pay, " he said.

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Long story short, American Needle Inc. argued that the NFL violated antitrust law because all 32 NFL teams worked together to freeze it out of the NFL-licensed-brand-hat-making business when they gave that exclusive right to Reebok for ten years.

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The logic appears to be to get Israel to freeze settlements, the Arab states to offer up partial normalization and together this will somehow get Israel and the Palestinians into a successful negotiation on the toughest issues -- Jerusalem, borders and refugees.

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Some Bulgarians would like their country to help form a club of Balkan countries that could together argue for a 20-year freeze on foreign debt in return for demilitarisation and tying their currencies, as Bulgaria has already done, to the euro.

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