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Or could the head of the country's supreme audit institution, another Socialist named Pierre Moscovici, help straighten the country's finances?

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Now, it is helping the company straighten up its balance sheet—and getting its hands on a major business in return.

When his Part D drug plan declined to cover one of his medications, the office staff called the insurance company and got it straightened out, saving him time and frustration.

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Her forfeit was to straighten her mop of curly hair for the team's evening meal.

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A year or so after she learned of Gil’s 2008 death, Palmer felt safe enough to head to a Social Security office and “straighten everything out.”

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

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