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Viking women, if they were left behind, were ruling their town. They were earls in their own right; they owned land in their own right. They could divorce their husbands if they wanted to. All of those wonderful allowances that were made for women in the Viking culture weren't really part of the Christian culture at the time.

The report shows that Real Madrid have overtaken Manchester United as the world's biggest-earning football club. However, that is not necessarily to say that they are a more profitable club, since the report makes no allowances for costs or expenditure.

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt

We will be reviewing the functioning of the emissions trading scheme and proposing any necessary changes. A major task will be to check and approve Member States' national allocation plans for emission allowances for the trading period covering 2008-2012.