But it is, I think, fair to say that this day of reckoning, if it in fact is coming, has been delayed because of the amount of pressure the two companies have put on Congress to keep hands off over the years.
Is he going to interfere or is he going to keep his hands off?
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And the government still finds it hard to keep its hands off the industry.
But the new technology is also proving so tempting to some that they cannot keep their hands off it.
He can't keep his hands off a pillow stitched from Indian saris or a set of cobalt water glasses.
Manchester Crown Court heard he "could not keep his hands off" at least two girls and propositioned a third.
Although pension savings are the longest-term commitment that people make, governments cannot keep their hands off the arrangements for public provision.
"Keep your hands off our Kings, " demanded Sacramento resident Jeremiah Jackson in an open letter, released on the Internet, to Mr. Hansen.
And even though Germany's federal government tends to keep its hands off these days, its regional governments can take a different view.
Ford has said it will keep its hands off the Swedish automaker.
Voters want a president who can manage the troubled economy, instill confidence in foreign investors and keep his hands off the country's assets.
Evidently, Cain wants the government to keep its hands off business except when interference in the marketplace benefits certain companies at the expense of consumers.
"Our staff can't keep their hands off our players, " Toporoff said.
Environmentalists who want the WTO to keep its hands off U.S. laws that protect endangered species would happily force Venezuela--against its sovereign will--to clean up its gasoline exports.
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Maybe with the economy now shaking the artificial recovery out of the economic reports, showing us where the real economy lies, the government should just keep its hands off and let the free market system play out its normal cycle.
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If persuading the 15 members of the EU is going to be difficult, and winning agreement among all 147 members of the WTO still harder, then persuading the 535 members of Congress to keep their hands off a trade bill will be all but impossible.
Just remember the rules: keep your shoes off the coffee table and keep your grubby little hands off my remote.
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They still believe that, even after the Wall Street crash, even after the BP oil well blew, that we should just keep a hands-off attitude.
Perhaps the best lesson for corporations is that if you want to keep the government's hands off your business, avoid creating massive environmental or financial catastrophes.
That would keep more guns off the streets and out of the hands of people who are intent on doing harm.
Lib Dem MP for Eastbourne, Stephen Lloyd, said Save the DGH had worked closely with campaigners in the Hands Off The Conquest group to try to keep core services at both hospitals.
"The game plan tonight was to keep the ball out of Stephen Curry's hands, but he came off (the pick-and-rolls) and had open looks and then he started finding people, " Lawson said.
But you still have to remain alert, and you must keep your hands on the wheel at all times, or the system will shut off.
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Rather than spending big on flashy foreign imports, he has instead invested in Congolese players, paying European-level wages to keep them at the club and out of the hands of European scouts used to picking off Africa's best talent for a pittance.
Ironically, on this side of the Atlantic, it is the free market, get-the-government-off-our-backs crowd that is crowing the loudest to keep drugs in the hands of the gangsters, criminals and warlords.
One enterprising cemetery owner offers those unwilling or unable to keep up the payments on graves a standard 70% of the market value to take a grave off their hands.
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