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• Following England's World Cup debacle, the site became part of a wider charge sheet that suggested Capello had lost the sure-footedness that guided the team to qualification, amid questions about his decision to renege on an earlier promise not to pick injured players, to take those in form to South Africa and his aloof style. Capello Index risks clash with Premier League as fiasco escalates
• It is as if they resent her forcing brutal reality down their throat, as if she has reneged on a deal that she'd always be reassuringly shallow. Times, Sunday Times
• Firefighters and control staff now have a chance to stave off swingeing attacks on their conditions by employers who have reneged on an earlier pay deal.
• In 2009, however, Paris antiterrorist prosecutors started looking into whether the attack happened because France allegedly reneged on a pledge to pay commissions to middlemen related to the submarine contract, the people familiar with the probe have said. French Campaign-Finance Probe Advances
• Over 95% of all dollars in existence today were "printed" through bank lending since 1971, when Nixon reneged on gold exchangeability. Bill Baker: The Real Reason for QE2
• She reneged on the promise, leading to the loss of 400 jobs. Times, Sunday Times
• The fighters had reneged on a pledge to release foreign prisoners.
• The life insurer was forced last week to renege on its pledge.
• Unfairly and inaccurately called a traitor and a Bolshevik, she never reneged on her commitments to civil liberties or to pacifism.
• What's a nonprofit to do when a donor reneges on a pledge?