But for employers, having their staff continually improving their skills is a double-edged sword.
Most importantly, leverage is a double-edged sword and could have dire financial consequences for a retiree.
In such an environment, the information that an EITI can gather and disseminate is a double-edged sword.
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While the fall of the greenback has aided manufacturing, a free fall of the American currency is a double-edged sword.
It turns out that this kind of mix-'em-up creativity is a double-edged sword for a man of Powell's clout in the industry.
"Choice is a double-edged sword, " says QuantumShift Chief Executive Scott Schaefer .
Managing our expectations is a double-edged sword: we need one side for opening ourselves to expansion, and the other, for warding off the expectations of others.
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The realistic handling of the cars is a double-edged sword because it can be a bit frustrating at first when you spin out on practically every lap.
Transactional privacy in the digital age is a double-edged sword.
Of course, being a technology company is a double-edged sword.
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"There is no doubt this is a double-edged sword but we don't need to turn the reins over to another stranger, " Dabney said in a telephone interview with The AP.
But for the Democrats, reform is a double-edged sword: with Republicans controlling both the White House and Congress, credit for any successful overhaul is more likely to go to them than to the Democrats.
"This really is a double-edged sword, " says Ron Duncan, Johnson County's economic development director, standing on a corner in downtown Vienna, the once-bustling county seat that now has just a handful of businesses and government offices.
The title is a double-edged sword.
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Technology is a double-edged sword.
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Even the use of ammonium hydroxide can be a double-edged sword, since ammonia is perceived to be a noxious substance (although BPI effectively explains the benefits of the process on its website).
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What makes this story more than simply one of a massive real estate investment company gone bad is the double-edged sword so prevalent in the chase for oil-based Middle East wealth: sovereign wealth funds and Shariah-compliant finance.
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