That would be tantamount to stifling the markets, and reneging on another energy promise.
Some opponents of ratification suggest that a ban would be tantamount to nuclear disarmament.
If so, it could be tantamount to a "material omission" with regard to the company's S.E.
Under present circumstances, such a conference would be tantamount to an industrial espionage field-day for Moscow.
Western nations say that admitting Myanmar to ASEAN would be tantamount to endorsing SLORC's abuses.
Legalising the use of drugs would be tantamount to losing a portion of every generation to addiction.
Declaring sanctions to be tantamount to "a declaration of war, " North Korea is threatening further missile and nuclear tests.
For the human-rights lawyers, however, this would be tantamount to trading impunity for information, something they refuse to contemplate.
Giving up the employer contribution can be tantamount to accepting a pay cut.
But Reuters reported that this was something U.S. critics feared would be tantamount to giving Moscow a veto over NATO action.
Failure to extend them will be tantamount to a 33% tax hike on capital gains and a 133% bump on dividends.
This, by the way, is why the Saudi monarch does not tamper with Sharia: doing so would be tantamount to self-apotheosis.
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Forgetting to eat, to me, would be tantamount to forgetting to breathe.
"If the state walks away from its obligation, it would be tantamount to defaulting and it will harm its financial reputation, " Cafcas said.
Even if such a territorial concession were prudent militarily and it is not under present and foreseeable circumstances it could be tantamount to state-icide.
Despite the newfound urgency, nearly all Democrats and a very large chunk of Republicans argue that failure to raise the ceiling will be tantamount to economic suicide.
Leading politicians, such as Amien Rais, the speaker of the country's highest legislature, say its loss would be tantamount to the end of Indonesia as a nation.
In speeches on the West Coast Saturday, Bush said that would be tantamount to increasing taxes, and top administration economic officials picked up that same line Sunday.
Several key Senate conservatives remain convinced that the emerging plan will be tantamount to amnesty for people who initially entered or have remained in the United States illegally.
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ITAM, a university in Mexico City, a failure by the court to declare the vote valid by the September 6th deadline would be tantamount to annulling the election.
He refused to send forces into Gaza because doing so would be tantamount to admitting that all territory abandoned by the IDF is taken over by Israel's enemies.
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But the companies say that would be tantamount to taxing them twice, putting them at a disadvantage with foreign competitors who pay taxes only where their products are sold.
If President Obama were to turn his back on this important source of energy, it would be tantamount to him imposing economic sanctions on each and every one of us.
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This difficult task would be tantamount to trying to decide what cell phone to get when Option A costs a certain amount except for calls made between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Groups like the AER will rally behind Romney in November because they recognize that anything less than 100 percent commitment to the Republican ticket would be tantamount to giving Obama four more years.
It appropriately concluded that large-scale financial and energy-related assistance to the central authorities of the USSR would be tantamount to knowingly squandering taxpayer funds in the absence of a coherent and mature reform program there.
Burke made these decisions in the face of some resistance from his own board, who thought that a regional response would be sufficient, and that a recall might be tantamount to an admission of guilt.
U.S. endorsement of the Vance-Owen plan would also be tantamount to ceding victory to the hardline forces in Russia who have been boasting of their ability effectively to veto any international actions contrary to Serbian interests.
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