• But unless outsiders stump up a lot more money, countries in the region will remain reluctant partners.

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  • Speaking as the Conservative Party prepared to announce the name of its candidate, meaning it could go ahead with full public campaigning, Mr Dobson said that he was so confident that no minister would back Ken Livingstone he was willing to stump up "a tenner" for each one that did.

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  • The anonymous caller promised a lucrative deal over the phone: stump up dollars in advance and he would produce a glittering hoard in Johannesburg.

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  • There had been fears that hedge funds would be less willing than banks to stump up rescue money in a crisis.

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  • After warming up the crowd, Obama launched into her stump speech, a forty-five-minute monologue that she composed herself and delivers without notes.

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  • "The system works - Daryl Harper didn't turn his stump mic up, " he said, referring to a key decision made by the Australian on Friday.

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  • Is there a candidate in the past 30 years who hasn't had his outside airbrushed, his long-winded message sharpened, his stump speech spiced up, his policy positions honed, a bit of poetry added to his homily on Medicare reform?

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  • Moreover, it would be difficult to get politicians to stump up cash to contribute to the bail-out of a bank that is based in another country.

    ECONOMIST: Dealing with bad banks

  • Cook and Bell were still together when the 200 came up in the 39th over and Cook whipped a length delivery on off-stump through mid-on to move to 99, reaching 100 from 122 balls.

    BBC: England begin with resounding win

  • The stand had gone beyond nuisance value for England when Bresnan cranked up his speed and pegged back Johnson's off-stump to silence a growing swell of approval from the Australian spectators.

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  • Republicans' decision to quickly desert Craig even stripping him of leadership duties is dismissed as self serving considering many are up for re-election and they don't want to stump with a sorely tarnished image.

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  • Increasingly, these countries are paying the bills themselves (they already stump up more than half of it), but it will be a while before subventions from the rich world cease to be needed.

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  • These include not only the perseverance that kept him tramping through the slough of despond when others might have given up, but also a nimble and well-stocked mind, an approachable manner on the stump and the big prize that eludes Mr Romney a palpable sincerity.

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  • He lost control of a slower ball which Watson did not pick up, until it landed on his off-stump.

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  • Neil Carter picked up the first wicket, knocking back the off stump of debutant Grant Hodnett for 10, and there was a rare success for Jim Troughton when he found a way past Steve Adshead's attempted sweep after he had made 19.

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  • No, the statement is not that access to a computer at home is a basic human right, along with food, shelter and clothing that the rest of us must stump up taxes to pay for.

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