• Even if that isn't necessarily the policy or intent, the systems and practices remain in place.

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  • If that isn't Jim Baker then Mitt Romney's not awe-able, which is a different kind of problem.

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  • If that isn't the largest Picasso collection outside a museum, it's beaten only by what's in the Picasso family.

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  • As if that isn't bad enough, the study also concludes that this early death syndrome affects only women who marry outside their immediate age range.

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  • The former Chuck, now a handsome, straight-arrow record executive (if that isn't an oxymoron) named Charlie Sitter, lives the good life in the Hollywood Hills.

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  • If that isn't the case, voters deserve to know exactly who is accountable for the decisions of the agency that takes a healthy fraction of their income every year.

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  • If that isn't a dereliction of duty, what is?

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  • As if that isn't bad enough, one of the signatories who claims to have worked with Obama is head of a notorious legal activist group that has spent decades defending convicted terrorists and cop-killers.

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  • This is the kind of offer you think up once upon a dream, but this getaway is entirely three dimensional, and if that isn't reason to whistle while you work, we don't know what is.

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  • The massive crash in housing construction is in the past: Recent housing starts have picked up which means more trash to haul away and even if that isn't sustained, the sector is unlikely to get much worse.

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  • At the end of the day, the job of prison is to protect the public and reduce the risk of reoffending, and all members of the public should be asking questions of their MPs if that isn't happening.

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  • If that parameter isn't identical in both files, try changing one to match the other.

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  • And if that still isn't enough, there is her lapel pin.

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  • At the same time, some parents may push for an ADHD diagnosis so their child can get extra time to complete standardized tests, even if that diagnosis isn't appropriate.

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  • But if that request isn't made or the court doesn't allow it, the most a card holder can do is get in line behind all the other creditors in the bankruptcy proceeding.

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  • The system could the force a reboot if it detects what it considers an infringing act, such as attempting to copy a CD or DVD, even if that disc isn't explicitly protected by StarForce.

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  • When we introduce a new service element, we let our employees know that if it isn't making their job easier or better meeting our customer's expectations, we will make adjustments in order to achieve a successful result.

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  • There's a committee that they established that was assigned a task that, again, isn't all that complicated and isn't all that difficult if there's a willingness to compromise.

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  • Now, if that's the definition they're using, I'm prepared to accept that force-feeding isn't torture, but if that's the case, then I believe they're abusing the English language, as well as human rights.

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  • Thirteen state attorney generals sent a letter to congressional leaders saying that if a Nebraska clause isn't in the final health care bill that they would bring legal action, based on equal protection clause and arbitrary spending.

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  • The brutal fact is that if the bill isn't in the programme, Lords Reform won't happen in this Parliament.

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  • Mr. Percy said the danger is that if the boat isn't moving fast enough while executing the move, the boat's bow nosedives into the water.

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  • You should link them to something like real profits, " says Allmon, who adds that "if something isn't done to clean up this mess, George Bush is going to be a one-termer.

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  • But history suggests that if the Dow isn't able to bounce back above 10K in reasonably short amount of time, the U.S. equity markets might be in for some serious, long-term, sideways action.

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  • In our last piece about this device, we implored to Moto that "if this isn't real, can whatever it is you're working on right this second and do precisely this instead, " and as we sit here with broken hearts and shattered dreams, the advice most definitely stands.

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  • But I think the commissioner and I, with all due respect, has to understand if you believe that there isn't some type of betting or attempts at fixing a game in any sport, including the National Basketball Association, then he has been blinded for the decades that he spent as commissioner.

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  • We have the deadlines bearing down on us related to automatic tax hikes that would occur and automatic across-the-board spending cuts that would occur if some sort of agreement isn't reached on that issue.

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  • Real-estate industry officials are worried that Congress will scrutinize REITs more closely if members perceive that companies whose main business isn't real estate are abusing the exemption.

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  • If all that floating plastic rubbish isn't eaten by marine life, it eventually washes ashore.

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  • That is if Mr Zuma isn't convicted on corruption and racketeering charges in the meantime.

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