But thus far arm-twisting and secret diplomacy have had such limited success that perhaps such ultimatums could work.
But thus far, only the tech-savviest of folks have actually been using them.
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It's something to toss a stranger the keys to your vehicle, but thus far nobody's bolted for Chicago with all our stuff.
Market participants have been hoping for some sort of stimulus or quantitative easing from the Fed but thus far have been disappointed.
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But thus far, Mitchell scholars are doing some extremely promising things.
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Months ago fears of a housing bust and rampant loan delinquencies, plus rising interest rates, hurt them, but thus far things seem to be going reasonably well.
The Taliban last year began to establish a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks, but thus far have refused to negotiate directly with the Afghan government.
Anthony Hamilton may be regarded as the "Robin Hood of the Green Baize" but thus far he has failed in his bid to steal the thunder from snooker's elite.
But thus far, the Democrats have blocked that result.
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But thus far the Red Devils are bucking history.
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She has had at least 11 "debridement surgeries" but thus far no amputations, with her brother Brian Swaffer noting late last week that the disease is confined to his sister's legs and she, too, is breathing on her own.
And certainly the President has spoken about cybersecurity and made clear, as he has all along, that he sees it as an enormous priority, one that should have the attention of Congress and that Congress should act on through legislation that the President has supported but thus far has not made it out of Congress.
The DEA also seized the database of 50, 000 client names and phone numbers but has thus far not pursued them.
But Iran thus far has rejected those offers.
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Kellner has tried to get Congress to acknowledge the program, and to attract more funders, but his efforts thus far have fallen flat.
The bureaucrats would like to change the law to gain what amounts to arbitrary and unaccountable regulatory powers, but they have thus far failed.
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In 1978 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission required optometrists to release eyeglass prescriptions, allowing such chains as Lenscrafters to spring up, but it has thus far refused to make a comparable move with contact lenses.
But the obstacle thus far has been the adamant refusal to accept the proposition that rates have to go up for the top 2 percent and that rates must continue to stay where they are so that there is no tax hike on 98 percent of the American people.
But American policy has thus far failed to reflect the strategic interests we have in the region.
As a wartime leader he will tend many wounds, but the most grievous thus far are those he has inflicted on himself.
Huawei has grown quickly overseas to become the world's No. 3 seller of telecom network equipment, but security concerns have thus far kept it from completing major acquisitions or winning big contracts in the U.S. market.
In the span of 24 hours this week, the two most important (for now) publicly traded social networking companies in the world, Facebook ( FB) and LinkedIn ( LNKD), each made fairly minor strategic moves that did a magnificent job of highlighting the major differences not only in their corporate identities but why investors have thus far embraced one and abjectly shunned the other.
But the movement has failed thus far to get what it wanted: a new law creating an independent agency to police graft.
The company won't disclose how much money has gone into NP 32101 thus far, but it's surely not enough to warrant extreme alarm.
"We have not seen any impact from the news from North Korea thus far, but we'll have to see about any further impact, " a Korean Air public relations representative told CNN.
Altria, the US maker of Marlboro, has stayed on the sidelines thus far, but analysts expect the tobacco giant to either acquire an e-cigarette manufacturer or launch its own brand soon.
Good news is you can see for yourself by applying to the limited beta -- 10, 000 lucky folks will be granted entry ahead of the early January public launch (the beta application process appears to be offline thus far, but we'll let you know when it's live).
But note the Clippers current record thus far this season is identical to what it was after 53 games last season.
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But between classical disc-jockeying, slaving at Tower Records ( The Tower That Fell), and writing for classical radio stations, we have channeled our experience to come up with a generic model-listener who has appreciation written all over him or her (enough to have read on thus far), but relatively littleprevious exposure.
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The markets have been relatively calm thus far this year, but investors should visualize how the various components will behave in rocky markets.
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