It seems they have gone to a decision maker to drop - somebody involved between the forwards and the backs.
In sales for example, I developed a stereotype for how a decision maker looked and smelled that served me very well.
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Imagine if you were a decision maker from the IOC or EXPO.
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This is amplified by the fact that the actual consequences she faces as a decision maker will be harsher the more atypical her choices are.
When a retailing system is operating at peak efficiency, a delivery truck arriving late or carrying the wrong goods immediately triggers messages to a decision maker who can quickly order more.
Naturally, subscribing to this theory puts a decision maker in the crosshairs of the traditional scouting model, one that relies on seeing and physically and mentally testing the player, with results in a scouting report to compare with hundreds of others.
But it is how you use the power that makes for a wise decision maker.
"He's not a bold decision maker like Newt Gingrich is, " Adelson said of Romney.
For example, connecting with a decision-maker can be easier via LinkedIn than with less-accessible direct company contacts.
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"What's real is that quality of life is a decision-maker for the big players, " says Democratic Rep. Alice Hausman.
About 60 people declined to do the placements and were referred to a "decision maker", who can decide whether to cut their Jobseeker's Allowance.
To qualify for the survey, participants had to be at least 25 years old, and identify themselves as a financial decision maker for his or her household.
These are legal proceedings where someone is appointed as a decision-maker over a person who is determined to be in need of protection, typically for being legally incompetent.
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Such unnatural and unthinking constraints on decision-making would appear particularly ill-positioned to deal with uncertain situations, and hardly what we would hope for in a decision-maker facing a first-time-ever dilemma.
But in the Hamdi case, a similar case, they said, Look, American citizens grabbed and called enemy combatants have some kind of rights to have their claims heard by a neutral decision maker.
K. was also a sharp decision maker.
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The 38-year-old has also embarked on a tour in recent weeks to hear from managers about problems they face and has asked that employees develop new practices for meetings, such as designating a decision-maker and refraining from working on their laptops, these people said.
One of the oldest tricks is having a non-decision maker do the shopping.
Remember, being a key decision-maker does not make you an emperor.
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In short, Waxman said, there was fair notice of the facts and the chance to rebut them, as well as a neutral decision-maker who was insulated from command influence.
Chao is President of the American Neuroscience Association and a key decision-maker as to which scientists are able to get research money to study the brain from the National Institute of Health.
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Braly brought a perspective to health insurance for women as decision-maker, a key insight given women are generally the person in U.S. households who make the calls on medical care treatment for their families.
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For any citizen video to achieve maximum impact, it needs to reach the right decision maker: a court, a body of the United Nations, or a mobilizing movement of young voters.
For that video to have the most impact, it needs to end up in front of the right decision maker, a court, a UN body, or a mobilizing movement of young voters.
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Or, in order to achieve reform, is it best to bring in an independent figure -- known as a good manager and decision-maker -- to change what has become an often intractable and inflexible bureaucracy?
Mr. Wisniewski suggested this might be due to the type of decision maker within a company liable to have an Apple computer rather than a PC: "Executives and VPs are more likely to have Macs, " he said.
If a time comes when you must step into the decision-maker role, you will be much better prepared if you have a trusting relationship with those who are there to help preserve assets, manage them and offer you their expertise about your decisions.
That helps explain Sir William's attitude, the scary headlines it generated and a decision by Communic8, a handset-maker, to withdraw a phone aimed at children.
But if you are the decision-maker, or can influence the decision, remember to take a longer-term perspective.
Meanwhile, Swiss drug maker Novartis AG is awaiting a decision by India's Supreme Court on the rejection of patents for its cancer drug Gleevec.
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