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Those other inputs are short-changed when we have to over-pay for some teachers.
Matthew Yglesias » The Government Makes the Stuff We Need 2009
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Adding a middleman to over-pay for the junk with our money just adds a little extra processing cost. dis Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Maybe Geithner Knows What He’s Doing 2009
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He is hurt that he has been portrayed as the guilty party in an ugly divorce, a player who had left Liverpool with no option but to over-pay for a raw replacement, but he will live with the abuse he receives from those he left behind.
I never kissed the Liverpool badge, says Chelsea's Fernando Torres 2011
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The mutual back-scratching by which executive pay is currently set is ridiculous, and is an immense waste of the resources of public companies that ridiculously over-pay the back-scratchers ..
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In traditional Steelers fashion, the organization didn't over-pay or over-commit to any one player, and to the delight of the fans, in some instances it was clear that certain players were accepting less than what they would probably command on the open market in order to stay with the Steelers.
Unfamiliar spotlight Michael Bean 2010
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There is a consensus among those who have studied the problem: we over-treat and we over-pay for too many products and services that provide relatively little benefit to the patient.
Maggie Mahar Untangles Health Care Legislation For OpEdNews 2010
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There is a consensus among those who have studied the problem: we over-treat and we over-pay for too many products and services that provide relatively little benefit to the patient.
Printing: Maggie Mahar Untangles Health Care Legislation For OpEdNews 2010
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Executive over-pay apologist: Enemy of good management and corporate governance.
"The cover photo of the TIMES Sunday magazine depicts Limbaugh 'dark and sinister' in a theme of THE GODFATHER." Ann Althouse 2008
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Except for fiddlers who use them to assist in political activity or under-employ but over-pay their rellies.
Archive 2007-01-21 2007
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They do not want to force any other operator to over-pay as this might slow down the network build out.
The 700 MHz Spectrum Auctions. Who’s In, Who’s Out. Erick Schonfeld 2005
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