It is never comfortable to be at the sharp end of the political process.
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That doesn't mean it can't feel like the exact opposite for some of those at the sharp end.
My job at BABA is to ensure everything we do supports those at the sharp end: the boxers, their coaches and support teams.
Prof Smith has found himself at the sharp end of the slump - his department has been earmarked for closure by the university.
Scovell was at the sharp end of the war and unable to draw on expertise from London, and he did well with limited resources.
Even before the window had opened Newcastle found themselves at the sharp end of that "cut-throat industry" as Chelsea expressed an interest in signing Magpies striker Demba Ba.
The Justice Committee will launch its new inquiry into Youth Justice with evidence from a phalanx of experts, and then from workers at the sharp end, from the Halton and Warrington Youth Offending Team.
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If European technocrats do have more of a role in micro-managing eurozone member states' budgets there would inevitably be pressure for the citizens at the sharp end to have some means of holding the decision makers to account.
But NCIS, which has been charged with handling them, has twice in the past three years found itself at the sharp end of critical official reports which - in essence - accuse the agency of messing up the SARs regime.
Fisichella, who ran the Finn close in Spa with his racing instinct and raw speed, will be expected to do battle at the sharp end of the field at Monza, where the Ferraris, with the advantage of the power-boost Kers system, are expected to be competitive.
And at the sharp-end, this is why it has so many troops on the ground in the Balkans.
Mr Wright said he wanted resources concentrated at the "sharp end" rather than "costly and often unnecessary red tape".
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The New Deal was launched at the end of a sharp decline in the size of the target age-group of 18-24-year-olds.
The data at the end of the week is likely to fuel either a sharp short-covering rally or more selling.
For a body that works at society's sharp end, the hostel has many friends in high places, including banks.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index bottomed out at 84.9 in November 2001, but has reflected a sharp rise in consumer optimism--standing at 109.8 at the end of May.
The three will hold a conference call at the end of this month after the worst US drought in 50 years threatens to cause a sharp rise in the cost of staple crops.
As I discussed at the end of last month, the stock market has a seasonal tendency to correct in February, and the sharp gains so far in 2013 make this a distinct possibility.
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