It is important to clear the decks in order to make a strong argument.

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Several companies used the August 14th certification to clear the decks of previous mis-statements.

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To understand the vision we must first clear the decks on how Business Intelligence and Enterprise Search have developed.

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Their would-be buyers want them to clear the decks, asking the banks to forgive the debt or trade it for equity as part of the deal.

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Now we're waiting to see if this means that Senator Frist will clear the decks so that the expansion of federal funding bill can actually pass in the Senate.

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Finally, it is essential to clear the decks of past Soviet indebtedness in an orderly fashion and as quickly as possible if new Western credit, investment and trade flows are to be resurrected for Russia, Ukraine and other qualifying CIS member states.

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With a window of less than three months before the Obama Administration takes office, it's time to clear the decks and acknowledge realities that have been dangerously clouded by the wishful thinking of the left and a misleading National Intelligence Estimate (NIE).

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If an inevitable Soviet debt rescheduling is undertaken now, we can clear the decks albeit with substantial pain of pre-coup communist debt and get to the task of working closely with the most reformist republics to bring them into the Western economic and financial community.

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"We have to clear all of the decks, section by section, with first priority to guests with special needs and children, " said Gulliksen.

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