So the king has had to go cap in hand to his rich neighbour, South Africa.

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The majority of Americans worry more about candidates who have to go cap in hand to special interests, which then expect a payback, than about money-bags who put their own fortunes on the line.

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"What I'm not in the habit of doing, and I'm not going to do, is go around cap in hand pleading with players to play for their country, " Toshack said.

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The problem today is that United States must go cap in hand for funding to those same governments whose thumbs are on the scale.

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No longer need Russia go to the West cap-in-hand for money, as it did in Boris Yeltsin's day.

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