The alternative is to protract the collective suffering with short-term deficit reductions that only guarantee bigger deficits in the future.

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There is good news, then, for those who enjoy parliamentary pyrotechnics: Mr Willetts's plan seems destined to protract the debate over university funding rather than resolve it.

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Remember, ultimately, the United States fights short wars brilliantly and long wars poorly, and the enemy knows that, and therefore, his object here is to use the suicide bomber to protract the campaign, affect the will of the Iraqi people and preserve his force in being.

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