Though Marrone brought Syracuse football back to a respectable place and laid a solid foundation he was 25-25 in four seasons at his alma mater with bowl victories over Kansas State and West Virginia Shafer has his work cut out as the school prepares to leave the Big East Conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference July 1.

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After all, ever more of them are choosing to cut out middlemen and buy cover direct from insurers, or even to leave some risks uninsured.

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He made a string of lavish promises to cut child-care costs, guarantee kindergarten places, extend maternity and paternity leave and even hand out free fruit to schoolchildren.

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