Meanwhile, Republicans are continuing to whittle away at the law's impact and are hoping that Obamacare's failure could become a rallying cry.

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Non-commercials continued to whittle away at their net-long position, which now is 19, 473 contracts, having cut gross longs and added gross shorts.

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Managed-money accounts continue to whittle away at their net long gold position.

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Its small electronic-distribution system has allowed upstarts like the Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange, an electronic energy-trading network, to whittle away at Nymex's market dominance in the sector.

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But Arison has some debt to whittle away at.

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Its small electronic-distribution system has allowed upstarts like the Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (nyse: ICE - news - people ), an electronic energy-trading network, to whittle away at Nymex's market dominance in the sector.

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According to Ms Queisser, the report shows that there is only limited scope to whittle away future pensions: the way forward is to raise the age at which they start to be paid.

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So I learned at an early age to bring a long book to help whittle away the hours spent lying on the sand.

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