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30/11/2006 06:58:27
 
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Politics
Category:
Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01173171
Message ID:
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>>Hi,
>>
>>>Stand down is a very common expression in the military, but I've never heard it in the civilan sector.
>>
>>Hmmm. Common enough here but in a slighty different context. e.g "Tony Blair has announced that he will stand down as prime minister"
>
>On this side of the pond we say "step down". Oh, and we're always right. :-P

The way he's been going, it looked like Blair'd have to be "cut down" before relinquishing his dictatorship premiership!
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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