For as long as someone, somewhere is making smart clothes, Italy's manufacturers are unlikely to stand idle.

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Mr Clerc says that although Maersk, for its part, is not about to start such a war, it would not stand idle if others started to munch its market share.

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"I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people, " Mr. Obama said, outlining his rational for using force.

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As cranes stand idle above half-built residential real estate projects around the world, Trump's ability to profit from licensing his name and marketing expertise to other developers has become impossible to gauge.

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