But defenders of the idea are on firm ground when they say that the practical objections to national service are wrong.
Instead of falling off the abyss, it is on firm ground.
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Still, for Adkins and others there was nothing better than being able to put both feet on firm ground while wrapping their arms around family members.
You always want to be standing on firm ground.
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General Dynamics currently has 5, 000 engineers and draftsmen at work in and around Groton designing the next generation of ballistic-missile subs, and an additional 2, 000 tradesmen assembling Virginia-class attack subs, so the town is on firm ground in calling itself the submarine capital of the world.
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But the company believed it was standing on firm factual ground and refused to be bullied.
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She, like King - who withdrew Apache Sauce - felt the horse was better served being taken elsewhere rather than pressing on, particularly with the firm Badminton ground a consideration.
At the age of 32 Chung joined Alger's firm on the ground floor.
The firm has broken ground on a building near the port project and is talks to build another building there.
Since 2008, the firm's Ground Truth project has mashed together licensed data with information gathered by its own fleet of Street View cars and bicycles.
Apple Inc has cut orders for LCD screens and other parts for the iPhone 5 this quarter due to weak demand, the Nikkei reported on Monday, in a further sign the U.S. firm is losing ground to Asian smartphone rivals.
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Coverseas Worldwide Assistance, a Swiss-based crisis management firm with contacts on the ground, said that rebels, known as Seleka, had split into three columns.
At the same time, at least one key shareholder in BA is urging the airline to hold firm and refuse to give ground in the dispute.
He said the stadium was "really important to the city" but the firm was embarrassed about the old ground being empty.
In the Croat areas of the country the results suggest that the nationalist HDZ, which has long held power in a firm grip, could also be losing ground.
In a statement, the town council said it had been "very patient" with the football club and had invested in improvements at the ground but had to stand firm in the interests of Llanelli council tax payers.
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This time President Nicolas Sarkozy has held firm on the retirement age, and given ground only at the margin.
But for Seventh Generation, CSR has meant putting a stake in the ground on natural resources, staying firm, and leading change.
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Or it may have been a calculated attempt by FDA to stake out new policy ground in the context of a firm that was unlikely to garner much sympathy.
Veteran Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu is cut from the same cloth as his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger in his firm belief in keeping the ball on the ground and attacking in fluent short-passing moves.
Energy Related Properties says it won't break ground on the tower unless it has firm leasing commitments.
Computer Sciences Corp. shares are gaining ground Tuesday morning after the government IT services firm posted better-than-expected profits for the fiscal second quarter ended September 28.
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At the same time as the Bank of China's share offering, for instance, there was also optimism about what seemed to be a ground-breaking deal with an American finance firm, Newbridge Capital.
Building an advisory business from the ground up can be less expensive than buying a firm.
For the past 18 months, Mr O'Neal has led the firm's vast stockbroking arm, the traditional spawning-ground for its leaders.
The "intermediaries" involved are local companies that provide sales and distribution, and repair and maintenance services for Rolls-Royce in countries in which the UK firm does not have enough of its own people on the ground.
For a U.S. venture firm to succeed in China, Robinson points out that it takes local staff and on-the-ground market intelligence.
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The management that is there will know more about the firm, the industry, than will the fresh faced kids straight out of school who are the on the ground consultants.
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