Bankers became immensely rich, although they had only a minor role in channelling direct investments into manufacturing businesses.
At the moment, however, international speculators seem to be playing a minor role.
Mrs Rosenberg played a minor role: her execution was a miscarriage of justice.
Tax increases might play a minor role, clearing out foolish, wasteful and distorted taxes, but this is not the major solution.
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Keller says that was especially striking for a lawmaker who was scalded years ago by his relatively minor role in the Keating Five scandal.
While such forces have played a minor role for Groupon, issues of software elegance and interface sophistication matter far less than simply managing marketing and growth.
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So I think if there were free election, you'd get a group of politicians come into power, the Islamists holding a minor - very minor role.
As a colonel leading a unit of (horseless) cavalry volunteers, known as the Rough Riders, he turned a relatively minor role in the San Juan battle into a national legend powerful enough to sweep him to the presidency.
That wasn't hard, considering he served in the chamber for 46 of his 76 years, has chaired two major committees, and has played a major or minor role in nearly every piece of significant social welfare or health legislation since the mid-1960s.
It is supporting the US in trying to bully the security council into a resolution that gives the coalition the power to establish an Iraqi Government and control the use of oil for reconstruction with only a minor role for the UN.
In a flash Luke commits to fatherhood, just as he decides, in a subsequent flash, to provide for his son shades of "My boy Bill, " the carnival barker's soliloquy in "Carousel" by robbing banks with a newfound buddy named Robin (Ben Mendelsohn, shrewdly memorable in a minor role).
"We believe that restricting imports through measures such as local content requirements only serves to raise prices, limit solar adoption, and hinder the growth of domestic solar industries, in which manufacturing plays a relatively minor role in overall economic value creation, " said a spokeswoman for Tempe, Ariz.
Perhaps because of his relatively minor role in al Qaeda, the announcement that Abu Ghaith will face trial in Manhattan has not produced so far any of the "not in my backyard" response we saw when the Obama administration announced in late 2009 that it was planning to put Sheikh Mohammed on trial in Manhattan.
Government and its machinery played a minor supporting role.
He said his company's role was minor, fulfilling a legal requirement that a local partner be involved.
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Given that outlook, he said, the role of Treasury ratings is minor.
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He says the Chinese military's role in the space program has been minor.
However limited and limiting this conception might sound, the EU has managed to carve out an impressive role for itself in conflict prevention, post-conflict reconstruction and dealing with minor military contingencies in places ranging from the Balkans to Indonesia to sub-Saharan Africa.
As well as having ownership interests in two of Houston's minor league affiliates, Mr Ryan took over as the Rangers' club president in 2008 and will continue in that role.
It is no minor thing to be tapped as the revered Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, and Dave struggled with the role early on, even before he put on the uniform.
It would make more sense for the Treasury to be involved, and to separate more clearly the role of fiscal and monetary policy, but, in the current state of play, this is a minor wrinkle.
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