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This is a double-win for governments, because whenever it wants something nasty done, it just contracts it out.
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This tax -- known as a financial transactions tax or a tax on Wall Street gambling -- is a double-win for economic stability.
Zach Carter: Wall Street Reform: Five Key Fights After the Bill Is Signed 2010
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The savings that would ultimately be made on the NHS would make it a double-win, a triple win even if it meant kids weren't getting sausage suppers for their tea every other night.
Time for a take-away tax Jeff 2009
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So it's a double-win for the students who actually have a work ethic and understand that they have to put in some hard graft for a degree that will help them (and society) in the future.
University Funding - Solved Jeff 2007
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This is a double-win for governments, because whenever it wants something nasty done, it just contracts it out.
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The savings that would ultimately be made on the NHS would make it a double-win, a triple win even if it meant kids weren't getting sausage suppers for their tea every other night.
Archive 2009-07-01 Jeff 2009
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The lineup is also looking a little comedian heavy -- aside from Ansari, Amy Poehler double-win for "Parks and Recreation"!
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Other families who took the bulk-meat plunge report the same double-win.
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Philip Harris's innovation recognised in ERA 2010 education resource provider, stole the show with a double-win at the Educational Resources Awards 2010.
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It turns out that there's such a double-win in most bathrooms around the world; if we had "NoMix" toilets that separate urine from solid waste, municipal wastewater plants would have a significantly easier task (and produce more methane to generate electricity), and we could much more easily extract precious nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen for use as fertilizer (instead of using fossil fuels).
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed TreeHugger Michael Graham Richard 2010
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