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Indeed, so off-beam is the "duopoly" fear that when regulators and AT&T get down to the nitty-gritty, the political bargain is likely to focus on an entirely different subject: extorting from AT&T a promise to build out its network in rural areas where there's plenty of spectrum but not enough customers to justify the expense.
What's Right With AT&T's Merger Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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Indeed, so off-beam is the "duopoly" fear that when regulators and AT&T get down to the nitty-gritty, the political bargain is likely to focus on an entirely different subject: extorting from AT&T a promise to build out its network in rural areas where there's plenty of spectrum but not enough customers to justify the expense.
What's Right With AT&T's Merger Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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While technically he may have been off-beam I bet most of the country agreed with the substance of his remarks, particularly the bit about Sir Alex Ferguson being bullied by a player and his agent and the situation being manufactured to yield a financial result.
The more I hear of the World Cup bid the more I like bog-snorkelling Paul Wilson 2010
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Like a detective, you must find out why the novel has gone off-beam, and just where it started to wander down the wrong trail.
Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010
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Thus, Mark's comment the economy is basically the same size as five years ago is way off-beam.
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Should we be cruel to be kind, or is Dalrymple way off-beam?
Archive 2009-01-01 Bystander 2009
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Should we be cruel to be kind, or is Dalrymple way off-beam?
Confused of Ealing Broadway Bystander 2009
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Their estimate of the vote share (Labour 24%, Conservatives 38%, Lib Dems 29%) looks well off-beam; just as they were last year.
Archive 2007-05-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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Their estimate of the vote share (Labour 24%, Conservatives 38%, Lib Dems 29%) looks well off-beam; just as they were last year.
The post-match analysis Stephen Tall 2007
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Some wildly off-beam comments about socialist measuring of success purely through how much money has beeen spent - what?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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