It is range-of-the-moment, while rebuking others for not setting the preconditions for long-range planning.

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The standard sets targets for the amount of ethanol production in the country through 2022 and allows for long-range planning in the industry, says Matt Hartwig, spokesman for the Renewable Fuels Association.

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Long-range financial planning turns on a host of assumptions, variables and random market noise.

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She also worked as a NASA administrator for long-range and strategic planning.

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The plan considered the environmental and economic impacts of a range of long-term transmission planning scenarios, including a 500 MW offshore wind farm.

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The gender gap is actually smallest in retirement preparedness, which requires such skills as strategic planning, short-term and long-range forecasting, and analysis of multiple variables.

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