There is only one proviso (quite an important one): neither has been formally offered the positions (it is too early in the process) and it is not clear whether either would actually take it.

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But Francis Green, professor of economics at Kent University, argues that the directive is neither the only nor the most important reason.

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America is such an important export market for both that neither would cope easily with such a loss of competitiveness.

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Of course, he can make an argument as to why a particular fact is really not so important, but he can neither conceal it nor misrepresent it.

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They are going to believe themselves to be important and in a way how people react is neither here nor there.

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Neither of these companies have realized yet just how important the user interface is to the success of the product.

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While corporations are starting to recognize that the social outcomes of business investments are as important as the business outcomes of social investments, neither assumption is easy to prove.

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Perhaps the most important is that in seeking to fix things, America will be acting neither out of charity nor in pursuit of ideological ambition but simply in its own national interest.

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But while he insists that educating people about how to plan for and respond to earthquakes is in some ways as important as improving buildings standards, he acknowledges that neither can be achieved without considerable financial outlay - something that a country like India can scarcely afford.

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More important, a United States of Europe is not going to happen, because neither EU governments nor voters want it.

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