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  • n  a distribution in shares

  • He was, says biographer Robert Lacey, the master of "the share-out," the cash skimmed in the counting rooms of gambling casinos and delivered in tidy, untaxed bundles to silent .
  • An Oklahoma corporation lawyer, he got his piece of the traditional share-out of office after a Presidential victory, being named Secretary of War in 1928.
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  • Franz Josef Jung in BBC News
    Within Nato, we have agreed on a reasonable share-out of tasks, which in my view is very wise,said Mr Jung in Vilnius. "I think our contribution in Afghanistan is sufficient."

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