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We believe there are competing bidders for the club that are above the '25p in the pound' threshold that will prevent the club from facing any penalties once they exit administration.

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The penalty duration — the number of months the individual is ineligible for Medicaid long-term care benefits — is calculated based on the amount of the uncompensated transfer.

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Gave away a penalty against Leeds, but I thought he played relatively well and scored himself.

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Shirt pulling then cost the South Africans a penalty and Togolese substitute Marouf Tchakei levelled by firing a low spot kick into the corner of the net.

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But Bath responded with a Russell penalty and a blistering Arundell intercept from some 80 metres out.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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