Ms. Greenfield declined to comment, citing Obama transition rules, but her mission is clear enough.

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Also on Tuesday, the Obama team announced rules limiting lobbyist participation in the transition.

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And as the presidential polls closed, the SCAF issued an innocuous-looking annex to the rules it had set for the transition.

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Most Shias voted keenly in elections in 2006, despite a boycott by Shia factions demanding fairer rules, fuller rights and a transition to constitutional monarchy.

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In this circumstance, it's clear and we have said in the outlining of the policy that with all of our regulatory reform efforts there would be transition so that everyone can adjust to what the rules of the road are.

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Yet these moments of transition are also when a syndicate like the one that rules North Korea may face internal leadership disputes.

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Within each break point, the designer can set different rules and effects for how the elements will scale and transition into the adjacent break point.

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Even so, state and federal officials are nearing a settlement that would release companies like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase from legal liability in exchange for a cash settlement, reduced payments for homeowners, transition assistance for troubled borrowers and promises to improve performance and comply with state and federal rules.

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Soft-spoken but no-nonsense, she oversaw the subsequent transition of the ringgit to a managed float in 2005 and the gradual relaxation of foreign exchange rules.

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