The trouble was that Grenell got the job in the first place because he is a fighter.

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It is not first project in the area providing food to people in serious financial trouble because of job losses or problems claiming benefit.

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But the Clinton administration insisted the United Nations do the job, ostensibly because of the trouble it had in getting troops approved by Congress for Bosnia without mentioning Eastern Slavonia at the same time.

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The trouble is nobody is inspired to get up Monday morning because their job offers free soda in the vending machine.

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Iran's economy is in trouble, facing 20 percent inflation, sluggish growth, and an uncertain job market, despite the windfall in oil revenue that has come Iran's way in recent years.

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Therefore it behooves you to recognize the warning signs that your job interview is in trouble.

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Even though BP is in trouble, most sell-side analysts know the first rule of job preservation is to throw their support behind a beleaguered company in the faint hope that their firm may get a banking mandate if the company is the target of a takeover or is forced to sell itself.

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And then Congress and the secretary of defense will decide how the military can do a better job helping troops in trouble.

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Now that HP is in big trouble there are plenty of skeptics that think Ms. Whitman is not right for the job.

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