Choosing not to decertify before or immediately after the lockout was not necessarily the wrong choice by the NBA Players Association, as they were right to wait and see what happens with the NFL case, but it does make their effort somewhat weaker than what the NFL players had going into their lockout.
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But when we start the rebuilding effort, we want to do what I did with the President's father in the tsunami area.
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In recent days, as hard-line elements of the former Soviet Union have begun to reassert themselves in Russia, representatives of the Yeltsin government have launched what appears to be a coordinated effort to signal solidarity with the totalitarian Serbian government of Slobodan Milosevic.
Last year, investors were wondering what the magic number was for the real before Mantega slapped foreign investors with taxes in an effort to curb portfolio investments.
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It sounds as though she deserves it, but the taxpayer doesn't deserve to be stuck with the bill for what sounds like a thuggish effort to silence dissent.
We're trying as hard as we can in working with the Haitian government and with our international partners to address I think what anybody would term the largest humanitarian effort they've ever seen.
Full disclosure: we helped the DNC with its own effort to engage Hispanics, but this will not influence what we report, and the views expressed on the blog will be our own.
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What is certain is that with the presidency at stake, every effort will be made by the competing coalitions to win their backing of the regional representatives.
And I think it is worth checking in with the American people as to whether they think that is worth the effort -- that that is what they what Congress to be doing at a time when Congress could be passing bills tomorrow that would keep a million construction workers on the job in this country in this economy.
It can also help with what has been a dismal public-relations effort by the Israelis.
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The government is bringing in the commissioner role - for 41 out of the 43 forces in England and Wales - in what it describes as an effort to make the police more accountable, with a single "figurehead" monitoring performance.
We downloaded the experimental browser and spent some time with it in an effort to identify what, if anything, was different.
His appointment is a significant step in what has been a methodical effort to restructure a traditional journalistic enterprise as the media industry grapples with wrenching change.
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Second, when we finish with our emotional response, it would behoove us to actually think about what Paul said and make the effort to understand his rationale.
Similar to how a self-driving car might take the work out of getting us where we need to be, personalization will optimize our interaction with information to make sure that we get what we need when we need it, without the unnecessary effort.
What's more, the effort to preserve the Emperor's pacifist image didn't end with his death.
In what was considered an effort to win over critics, the government's market-opening proposals came with safeguards to protect local industry.
Steiner Sports doubled that effort with what Brandon Steiner calls a "silent marking, " a secret method of ensuring the authenticity of the items.
This finding tracks with other polls suggesting that any reform effort should fix the problems in the system without sacrificing what is working.
"In fact, I think what that symbolizes for many Syrians is the total collapse of any effort by the Syrian government to work with and listen to their own people, " she said.
And Chopp is sharing what he learned from Honda with other toolmakers in Michigan, who have formed a coalition in an effort to stop the industry's decline.
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