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  • For instance, Chrysler chairman Bob Eaton was persuaded to step away from the boardroom table with a sum not unadjacent to $61 million, his trusted deputy, Robert Lutz, today the understandably spry 75-year-old major domo of General Motors product development, availed himself of a $25 million golden parachute, while 30 other top Chrysler executives split another $300 million, making for some very soft landings indeed.

    Jamie Lincoln Kitman: Chrysler At The Gates Of Hell 2008

  • Lying 3rd or 4th overnight in the A on Dartmoor but something not unadjacent to a broken leg stopping brave partner - now a University Dean - completing the event.

    Luke Akehurst: Mountain Marathoner Surprise 2008

  • Seen from a spot not unadjacent to Bladon churchyard it looks a bit like one slightly unappealing bunch of Middle Eastern Gents (who have illegally acquired nuclear weapond) complaining about another bunch of very unappealing Middle Eastern Gents who may be propsing to illegally obtain nuclear weapons

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Seen from a spot not unadjacent to Bladon churchyard it looks a bit like one slightly unappealing bunch of Middle Eastern Gents (who have illegally acquired nuclear weapond) complaining about another bunch of very unappealing Middle Eastern Gents who may be propsing to illegally obtain nuclear weapons

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • If you have been following this space closely (and if not, why not?) you will recall that last week I discussed how we recently drove from New Hampshire to Ohio in order to deliver my eldest son to a university that had offered to house and educate him for the next four years in return for a sum of money not unadjacent to the cost of a moon launch.

    I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999

  • It was a deeply personal and private event, which they sold to OK magazine for a sum not unadjacent to £1. 5million.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • The fees at Wellington College are not unadjacent to £30,000

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • In the meantime, team owner Jose Carabante is believed to have sunk a sum not unadjacent to

    Grandprix.com Current News 2010

  • The fees at Wellington College are not unadjacent to £30,000

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • President Sarkozy has announced a support package for newspapers that will cost us through our taxes a sum not unadjacent to 600 million euros.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

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