His travel plans were packed for the next few weeks, he admitted, but he wasn't going anywhere for keeps.
For those of us who have covered white-collar crime cases, we know that prosecutors and defense attorneys play for keeps.
"Companies worth buying are worth buying for keeps, " he says.
Still, the solution is not repression in the name of strong, solid government, especially since in these days of People Power, no hated regime can really be stable for keeps.
The real question is the stakes, and the level of competition, and over a week at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club it was clear that a high-level field was playing for keeps.
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The only big film opening this weekend (in 2, 700 theaters) is Playing For Keeps which stars Gerard Butler as a washed up soccer player who returns home to try and become a man.
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Folks, these guys are playing for keeps.
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Too early for anything but the Babies' Ward (officially called the Children's Ward), where I went every afternoon to take the babies in my lap for a wheelchair spin around the walkways, pretending they were mine for keeps, these orphan babies whose parents were off in their own houses in other towns, like my parents three hundred long miles away in Washington.
If China, for example, keeps precious minerals for its own production processes and Indonesia keeps palm oil for its own consumers, what are the implications for producers and consumers in other countries, such as India or Nigeria?
New York, for instance, keeps its polls open for 15 hours, other states for only 11 or 12.
For if Mr Prodi keeps upright for the next few months, he should be safe for another year.
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However, the fact that emerging markets are still a largely unexplored market for Apple keeps the upside potential intact.
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This urge to improve is a key ingredient in the formula, if there is one, for what keeps people playing a game.
Voting hours vary from state to state: New York, for instance, keeps its polls open for 15 hours, other states for only 11 or 12.
UNIFIL's Indian contingent, for example, keeps 30 men on permanent alert at each of its three checkpoints, all for the sake of the two or three occasions a month when someone tries to take a gun through or drive past without stopping.
Although DoveBid also has eBay-like automatic auctions for small lots, it keeps humans in charge for the large ones.
His reticence, of course, only provides grist for tech bloggers and keeps Amazon acolytes coming back to check for word on the mystery device.
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Besides not having to deal with squalling siblings, scouring the web for hard to find items keeps the element of surprise for the big day.
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The strategist responsible for the trade keeps the premium if the puts expire worthless at expiration.
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Combat Logger, for instance, keeps track of in-game damage, threats and healing data on-screen.
Dry opium keeps for up to two years, so farmers can save it as capital and sell when the market looks favourable.
The state banking system, for instance, keeps deposit rates low so that it can provide cheap credit to over-leveraged state enterprises and cash-strapped local governments.
But even if they can never agree with each other, for now Sohail keeps picking the right players and Miandad keeps on convincing them they can take on the world.
One member shared her experience with JumpStart, a member of the AmeriCorps network, which prepares children for kindergarten and keeps college students in school through the federal work study program.
The ancillary benefit of a 401(k) is that someone else your employer working with the IRS automates the pre-tax deduction process for you and keeps all the records intact.
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Its purchases of foreign assets keep the cost of capital down and its appetite for raw materials keeps their price up, to the benefit of commodity producers wherever they sell their wares.
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