That said, it would be wrong to suggest that the two countries see eye-to-eye on all or even most big issues, or to rule out a dangerous falling-out in the future.
Meanwhile, privacy advocates argue that the bill's exemption for "operational" collection of data--allowing those practices to take place under an "opt-out" rule--gives advertisers far too much leeway.
Nintendo's aversion to glasses could also rule out 3-D coming to its home console systems.
Over time, the black-out rule has been unpopular and the subject of several antitrust challenges in courts of law.
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The no-bail-out rule was meant to ensure that markets kept up the pressure.
Last month, students from across Wales protested at Cardiff Bay, urging the assembly government to rule out top-up fees for good.
He has edged to the right on two other areas where he used to be hated by his party's conservatives as a dangerous maverick: on torture (he won't rule out water-boarding) and immigration reform (he says fix the border first, which will take an eternity).
By the day, the evidence mounts for taking action to change the black-out rule: ticket sales across the NFL have been decreasing for the past two seasons and there is an increasing number of people staying home to watch games two conditions that were thus in effect before the economy hit its turbulent patch.
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The captured data is then encoded with GPS info and immediately sent to a call center or trusted friend, or stored for future transmission if a signal is not readily available (since you need to reenter a coverage area at some point for this device to be effective, we can safely rule out T-Mobile as a potential carrier).
The government should rule out using peak-time train fare rises to manage passenger numbers, MPs have said.
For investors looking at long-term energy plays, don't rule out FuelCell Energy (nasdaq: FCEL - news - people ).
He has been drafted in as a potential sixth batsman should Andrew Flintoff's persistent right knee injury rule the Lancashire all-rounder out.
Meanwhile, in Group Four, Mark Williams and Peter Ebdon drew 3-3 to rule themselves out of the running for a last four spot.
It's also why I won't rule out further co-operation with ministers.
He won't rule out another mega-deal, but calls it unlikely soon.
Other bits do not go far enough: it is foolish to rule out letting for-profit companies run schools and wrong to exempt the NHS from cuts.
If true, that would rule out an in-flight explosion as the cause of the crash of Air France Flight 447, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told reporters.
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And don't rule out collecting replicas--Pritzker has a cast of a theropod skull and Myhrvold has casts of all seven known Archaeopteryx, the missing link between dinosaurs and birds.
In 2011, city officials tried unsuccessfully to convince the state to change a "last-in-first-out" rule that dictates newer teachers must be laid off before those with more time on the job.
The most likely contest remains between Simon Thomas and Elin Jones (and never rule out Dafydd Elis-Thomas) - but there's a wider dimension where timing, not the successful candidate is key.
Is there anything at this point you guys are willing to rule out via tax -- or excuse me, tax increases -- via tax increases, entitlement benefit cuts, raise the retirement age, or is everything on the table?
Guan was penalized a stroke for slow play, which had some prominent golfers wondering why the Masters rule-men made an example out of a kid when plenty of adult players, like Kevin Na, are guilty of the same thing every week.
Many, such as Fidelity, the world's largest retail-fund firm, rule them out on principle.
Wilkinson's expected two-week recuperation will rule him out of England's match against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday 30 May.
Others are not sure that this is the start of a serious double-dip, but it's a reflection of our uncertain times that no-one can exactly rule it out.
He suggested outside elements had entered Egypt from "more traditional sites of extremism", such as Saudi Arabia and northern Sudan, and did not rule out activity by al-Qaeda.
Facebook has told the BBC that there are currently no plans to merge its services in this way - but did not rule it out from happening in the future.
Of course, he says they "like the iPhone" in the same breath, so we certainly wouldn't rule out carrier involvement here -- but for the moment, the F700's their baby.
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She herself doesn't rule out collaborating with hip-hop artists.
While particle-physics colliders and space-based observatories could rule out some of the more exotic versions of each, no one has been able to suggest a way to decide between them in general.
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