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“Presented in stainless steel with 3 micron gold-plating, Black leather strap, this timepiece displays the dial with plain printed index and protected with a sapphire crystal glass with the Magnetic Movement Coin (MMC).”
“It is investigating claims the BOE and Financial Services Authority are gold-plating bank liquidity rules to the detriment of bank lending and promising to bang heads together if true, according to someone familiar with Mr. Osborne's thinking.”
The Wall Street Journal: King Right on Inflation, Wrong on Banks
“The cup, six kilograms (13 pounds) of sterling silver inlaid with gold-plating and set on a pedestal bearing the royal coat of arms, is waiting.”
“This year he is trotting out a series of management reforms that include reducing "gold-plating" -- the practice of adding more and more capabilities to a weapons system without regard to cost -- to increasing competitive bidding for service contracts.”
The Huffington Post: William Hartung: Gates's Bottom Line: Weapons Contractors Will Be Just Fine
“We ' ll skip over the years that GM managers bought labor peace with the United Auto Workers by gold-plating health-care benefits and what came to be called legacy costs.”
“By gold-plating the bats, Barnes hoped to express "the precious role bats play in our ecosystem" and counteract the perception of bats as being "dangerous or grotesque.”
“I may be wrong, but isn't these the kind of rules that the French are accused of breaking all the time but the law-abiding UK is gold-plating this kind of stuff ;0”
“This vote is basically to see if Seattlites are remotely willing to pay for the gold-plating.”
“Cut the gold-plating and rethink whether you need a 10 million or more performing art center and state of the art kitchen.”
“Yet some of the weirdest ideas excite the tycoons, who can glimpse a fortune in plastic balls with Pac-Man-like faces that are floated in toilet bowls to make training fun for toddlers; or a celebrity-look-alike service; or a proposed franchise for in-home gold-plating services.”
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collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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Over-The Counter ..., High Frequency Tr..., trend-increasing ..., trading window, trading venues, trading platforms, spoofing, single rule book, run-off rates, rogue algorithms, raise capital, quote stuffing and 27 more...
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Once a European politician starts to speak, I am immediately filled with hope. Why? "After us the deluge." And after the deluge - a RAINBOW.
red tape, blue card, green paper, white paper, orange revolution, brown-nosing, amber box, turquoise week, violet revolution, silver bullet, gold-plating, golden handshake and 7 more...
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