Given that few countries have spare billions on hand, much of what has been promised is loans.

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After years of being cheered on, jeered at and banged up, plenty of professional athletes with brand power to spare try their hand at the restaurant business.

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Another debate that may revive is whether executives should always hand over their spare cash to investors.

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Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, still has about 3m barrels a day of spare capacity.

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At the pan-Asian restaurant, the spare and chic Sangkar, chef Andrew Skinner, an old Pacific hand, prepares a flavorful mix of regional cuisines--Indonesian, South Asian and Japanese--often using fish hauled from the ocean just below, along with local produce, meats and spices.

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Mr Crick said he had offered last year to hand a dossier on Lord Archer to Mr Hague at a private meeting to spare the party future embarrassment.

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