My idea for our first prank was "ante-temporal search, " a breakthrough development that anticipated user requests.
Here in England, husbands or partners as they are often called, take part in ante-natals too.
So far Euro-11 has operated as an informal ante-chamber to Ecofin, meeting beforehand and lacking its power to legislate.
Best Mate remains firmly at the head of the ante-post market for the Gold Cup after the Pillar Chase, usually a reliable trial, proved disappointing.
In fact I did worry that I might be in the oldest mum when taking junior to school until we met other forties at the ante-natal classes.
But still missing from his CV is a Classic winner - in Queen's Logic, he had the ante-post favourite for the 1, 000 Guineas in 2002 but a last-minute foot injury ruled her out of the running.
Dr Dreze cites the example of Brazil where almost half of all health expenses is paid by the government (compared to barely a quarter by India), and where basic health services like immunisation and ante-natal care at birth are almost universal.
Other services at the hospital will include a general outpatients, GP services, diagnostics - such as MRI, X-rays and ultrasound, a unit to support elderly people, day treatment unit, ante and post-natal services, children's centre and breast clinic.
Most Ponzi schemes are penny-ante affairs, such as chain letters, that bilk their victims out of a few dollars each.
By the standards of professional sports, poker is distinctly a penny-ante game.
Clients who turned over their shares couldn't reclaim them during the course of their loans (many of which were for three years), but they didn't have to ante up interest--it was simply added to the loan balance.
The move - which upped the ante from an earlier pay freeze announcement by the government - did not go down well with public sector workers.
Going back even to the status-quo ante will no longer be sufficient.
Spencer Ante writes about test-driving the Glass in the WSJ.
Upping the ante on its long-standing lineup of home entertainment controllers, its new flagship unit sports a sleek silver and black finish, a 3.5-inch color touchscreen, internet programmability, rechargeable batteries, and a slew of one-touch activity options.
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Yet, what is startling in all of this, besides the fact that each and every one of them has had a profoundly disruptive impact on what was then the status-quo ante thinking of their time, is that such experiences are not typical of what we see today in large, mature organizations, where fresh new ideas are often so scarce.
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So Edison upped the ante, claiming that high-voltage AC had killed innocent people.
No need for a contingency -- status quo ante, right?
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Eleven years ago, the last prime minister of unified Yugoslavia, Ante Markovic, launched a last-ditch plan for economic stabilisation.
Bush's thinking: In 2002, she did about a half-dozen fundraisers for Republicans, then she upped the ante with far more appearances during her husband's 2004 re-election campaign, culminating in more than 50 political events for the Republican National Committee and individual candidates in the final midterm election during the Bush administration.
Most times, the fakers seem to stick with items that are relatively easy to replicate, making everyone's lives a good bit easier when it comes to choosing between the authentic and the knockoff, but JaiQi Toys has upped the copycat ante a bit with its full-fledged lineup of Wowwee rips.
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The lounge operates five days a week year-round, but Smith upped the ante for fashion week in hosting a huge club room throughout the weekend at the Gansevoort Park Avenue South Hotel-and has no qualms about saying he thinks the models have been forgotten between the chaos of corporate sponsors, VIP passes and predatory agents.
The borders should not be changed by force and the status quo ante should be restored as a pre-condition for a subsequent demarcation and delineation of the border.
The New York lounge operates five days a week year-round, but Smith upped the ante last year by hosting a huge club room at the Gansevoort Park Avenue South Hotel for the duration of fashion week.
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Combining social, mobile and user-generated content, Dunkin Donuts upped the ante on customer connection.
The iPhone is setting a new standard for growth in the increasingly hit-driven mobile industry, raising the design ante for competitors.
He also told Ante what he likes best about them: the hands-free camera.
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