And it would have set in motion a transition period that pushed immediately toward higher quality in a natural, not a forced, way even allowing for a reasonable and graduated transition period of a few years.
As I stressed I think the day before last, we are in a period of transition.
The cellular telecommunications industry is entering a period of transition from aging, analog-era transmission technology to high-speed "third-generation" (3G) mobile networks.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov led a minute of silence before saying Russia's top officials are doing dangerous in a period of transition from communism.
I'm especially privileged to see you at a time of renewal and change in America, and during a period of transition where the world order is changing.
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What is exciting, beyond the music itself, is how it shows that hip-hop is in a period of transition in which formal constraints have dissolved almost entirely.
In the penultimate season of a 16-year playing career, he was appointed Sussex captain, but the club was in a period of transition on and off the field and finished 18th and bottom of the old single division Championship.
In other changes confirmed today, AMs and MPs won't be allowed to sit in both Cardiff Bay and Westminster, although those who get elected to a second institution will be allowed a transition period before having to resign their seat.
Once we pick a number, then sometimes the issue comes up of a transition period, from the present floating system to the initiation of the gold standard system.
There are -- as there are in a lot of big pieces of legislation, there's a transition period for how things are done.
By putting a former insider in charge, the board has avoided a prolonged transition during a period of uncertainty.
Since taking control of the House of Representatives in January they have agreed to a longer transition period but still insist the federal government should no longer have a substantial role in the mortgage market.
And for some frontline battlefield forces that might have a greater percentage of those who think it might be harder to do, you can have a transition period.
"This is a moment of transition, a period of re-alignment in Italian politics, " said Professor D'Alimonte.
The Treasury Department has mandated a transition period for states to remove regulatory impediments to HSAs.
And we're in a transition period here, as far as the coalition command is concerned.
Within the announcement that Secretary Sebelius made, she described it as a transition period of a year.
The other investment-banking co-head, Steve Black, who is nearing retirement age, will leave after a transition period.
Mike Lynch, Autonomy's founder and executive vice president for Information Management, will leave HP after a transition period.
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Next would come close to three months of a transition period while the President-elect puts together his new Administration.
"This is a transition period between war and what we hope will be a much more peaceful time, " Myers said.
We might need a transition period over the next couple of years to allow for deficits of up to 5% of GDP.
"While we are in a difficult transition period as markets reassess and re-price risk, I have confidence in our markets, " says Paulson.
The electricity industry is in a transition period right now, he said.
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Once Fin Reg is in full effect after a long transition period, imagine trading revenues down by 100% (with no trading at all).
Target Mobile will undergo a transition period between now and April 8, 2013 to ensure there is little to no disruption in the guest experience.
Mr Lynch will leave after what HP called a "transition period".
The Schachters stayed on for a transition period of 18 months.
Meanwhile, Tsujihara had been in charge of driving consumption of movies on disc and in digital formats during a difficult transition period for the film industry.
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