Gone are grandiose plans for massive stimulus to boost output and employment on Keynesian steroids.

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But Mr Brown soon lent his support to the Shepherds' much more grandiose plans for Walkergate Works.

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Farther down the mountain, at Barisakho, stands a warning to grandiose plans in the forbidding Caucasus terrain.

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If they meet their targets on May 4th, their momentum will fuel their grandiose plans for the future.

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Grandiose plans to boost EU spending by billions were shattered as triumphant Tony Blair led a seven-nation alliance of opposition.

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One was that its grandiose plans to set up a new studio on an expanse of marshland north of Los Angeles airport got into trouble, leaving DreamWorks embroiled in nasty rows with both environmentalists and developers, and with premises inefficiently scattered around the city.

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Forget the grandiose paper plans projecting long-run spending reductions from changes to entitlement programs.

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BAA's plans are grandiose and too expensive.

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If Republicans play their cards right and insist on instituting real budget constraints to take matters one year at a time, rather than playacting with grandiose multi-year paper plans, they can put in place the institutional framework for real budget control and actually realize tangible results.

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