That gives it limited options: to be a thorn in the side of the U.S. or to cooperate.
Meanwhile, the yuan will remain a thorn in the side of certain China exporters.
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"His offseason is geared toward keeping him as healthy as we can, " Thorn said.
He accepted supermarkets were "a thorn in our side" but not for the serious music fan.
"Houston has cleaned house of its 'bad' contracts with revolutionary zeal, " said baseball historian John Thorn.
To find the money he had to sell his precious Virgin Records to Thorn-EMI.
But those villagers told Mr Thorn that what they needed most was access to the Internet.
The reform dodges the thorn of compulsion by nudging people towards the desired course of action.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been a thorn in Turkey's side for decades.
Mr Yevloyev was a thorn in the side of Ingush President Murat Zyazikov, a former KGB general.
And the athlete is likely to continue to be a thorn in the side of the IOC.
This was seen as a bid by Australia to expedite the removal of the East Timorese thorn.
Andy Thorn's side move off the bottom of the table on goal difference at the expense of Doncaster.
Yet even without the thorn of Afghanistan, a list of divisive, unattended issues infects Pakistan's relations with America.
Noted baseball historian John Thorn stated that Roger Clemens is the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball.
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Now, it has employed intellectual property experts Scipher, formerly the Thorn-EMI research lab, to pursue those using hyperlinks.
Taftenaz air base in northern Syria has been a deadly thorn in the side of rebels for months.
Mr Rudd has remained a thorn in Ms Gillard's side since she ousted him as prime minister in 2010.
At what point does an entrepreneurial thorn in the side of a corporate giant become more like a knife?
Allegra has become such a thorn in Apple's side that its stores now block JailbreakMe.com on in-store Wi-Fi networks.
He was a thorn in their side, alternately sarcastic and sulky at meetings.
She also is playing with fire because weakness on defense is the thorn in the side of Democrats.
To help their people cope, a group of educated young Masai are setting up informal classes under thorn bushes.
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There is also a network of perennial waterholes that draw large herds of game from the arid savannah grassland and thorn scrub.
Waterholes and fence post holes need to be dug out, as do the foreign thorn bushes that can blind cheetahs.
When it comes to fixed income and interest rates, Ben Bernanke is the biggest thorn in the side of retirees.
In mortgages, Morgan Stanley has a thorn in its side as MBIA recently announced a lawsuit on its mortgage portfolio.
Thorn confidently proclaimed that arguments and debates comparing Clemens to Walter Johnson, Cy Young and Lefty Grove was not necessary.
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After a decade of virtual alt-car segment exclusivity--a packaged goods eternity--Toyota finally has its own, genuine YoPlus thorn in its side.
His resourcefulness was a real thorn in the side of the Amalgamated Company, a company about three-times the size of his.
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