Legislation cannot be carried forward between Parliaments and peers fear that the bill will enter the "wash-up" period, where party leaders and whips meet to decide which clauses will stay and which will disappear.

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She might have been willing to pursue it, but the inspector told her that to make coffee, she would need to install a three-basin stainless steel wash-up sink plus a separate mop sink in her store, and she decided that coffee would have to wait.

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After a quick wash and brush-up at the hotel, I headed to the nearest bus stop.

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Needing a break from the keyboard, I grabbed a bucket and some sponges and went outside to wash my dinged-up Volkswagen Rabbit.

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Financially the broadcast deal could be a wash and it may hurt walk-up ticket sales, but, Ross says, he wants to get viewers interested in the game.

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While we're fairly certain you already own at least one piece of apparel with electrostatic iPod controls on them, they'll eventually end up in the wash (we hope), leaving you liaison-less for the day.

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Gerberding credited some shelters for taking steps to minimize those risks, citing one that had set up a long line of portable sinks for evacuees to wash in and others that gave evacuees alcohol-soaked hand wipes.

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The announcement also appeared to wash away any fears following IndyMac Bancorp (nyse: IMBPR - news - people ) having been swept up by federal banking regulators Friday evening for the third largest banking failure in U.S. history.

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Even as the President talks about what our next steps are in our response, obviously part of this will be highlighting the tremendous economic toll that has taken place -- as I said, even on places that didn't necessarily see a large amount of oil wash up, are still very much open for business.

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