• Even Mr Kertzmann says he can see why cable operators might still want to plump for Microsoft.

    ECONOMIST: Interactive television

  • Up to 40% of voters, say some pollsters, have not yet decided which lot to plump for.

    ECONOMIST: Italy

  • Now all government departments and state-owned companies wanting to buy passenger cars will have to plump for the patriotic Timor.

    ECONOMIST: A survey of Indonesia

  • The island's voters, who are increasingly satisfied with their economic lot, have been showing little inclination to plump for formal independence.

    ECONOMIST: Impatient China

  • But this time the Communists also attracted poor rural people in winegrowing parts of Moravia, on the Austrian border, and persuaded quite a few young urban voters to plump for them too.

    ECONOMIST: The Czech general election

  • The government will find it easier to plump for Ms Barker's less controversial recommendations, such as a windfall profits tax on land developers, encouraging greater competition among housebuilders and dealing with the skills shortage in construction.

    ECONOMIST: Concrete is coming to a building site near you

  • Hodgson arrived at Fulham in late December after the sacking of Lawrie Sanchez, with chairman Mohamed Al Fayed ignoring the claims of younger candidates such as John Collins to plump for the widely-respected Englishman who is revered in Uefa coaching circles.

    BBC: Hodgson braced for final hurdle

  • They also muster voters on election day, and try to ensure they plump for the right candidates, by both fair means and foul.

    ECONOMIST: The Philippines' election

  • After years when many young people scorned private enterprise and chose professional and public-service careers instead, it is surely a good thing that more of them should plump for jobs that contribute directly to economic growth.

    ECONOMIST: Too much inequality is bad for you

  • Some insiders even think Shah Deniz II will initially plump for TAP, allow Nabucco West to collapse, before resurrecting SEEP plans as and when more Azeri gas becomes available to fill Southern and Central European routes.

    FORBES: Pipeline Poker: Azeri Aces

  • Now we plump for style over substance - I want to show you two add-ons for the Firefox web browser that just make it look cooler.

    BBC: Talk Shoe

  • He was an unglamorous presence trim and wiry, with plump cheeks, bushy hair, and the fast, watchful eyes of a man accustomed to looking out for himself.

    NEWYORKER: The God of Gamblers

  • Even if the president did plump for an election, the polls suggest Mr Berlusconi would free himself of Mr Fini only to become a prisoner of the Northern League's leader, Umberto Bossi.

    ECONOMIST: Italy's beleaguered prime minister

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