But a cause of national celebration is also, inevitably, an excuse for partisan manoeuvring.
For centuries too the Montenegrins have been adept at manoeuvring between the great powers.
Although times are tough, firms are manoeuvring to make the most of their situation.
For Mr Netanyahu, Mr Sharon's co-option to the team completes some deft domestic manoeuvring.
Their four-hour discussion, strictly limited to Iraq, was the culmination of more than a year of diplomatic manoeuvring.
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Thanks to Mr Mbeki's deft backroom manoeuvring, the unions are being persuaded of the merits of private ownership.
The government's durability stems less from deft manoeuvring than from a collective weariness at the endless political turmoil.
The German manoeuvring may foreshadow a media restructuring like that America has seen over the past five years.
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Fortunately the weather's quite clement so it shouldn't have any real difficulty manoeuvring.
It would take skilful manoeuvring to do that and also promote bold, liberalising reforms, such as cutting fuel subsidies.
Others have been the result of political manoeuvring by Mr Wahid in an attempt to gain the upper hand.
Manoeuvring to form a coalition government continued after the election in Bulgaria .
Public opinion has by now been moulded to swallow this, but the manoeuvring did not win Mr Fujimori friends.
Manoeuvring Kirk into positions of jeopardy is indubitably fun, but this kind of game stands or falls on its co-op.
Even more worrisome is the manoeuvring of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a conservative and piratical warlord, to head the new judiciary.
They did this simply by manoeuvring the ball better in a manner their great finisher Michael Bevan would be proud of.
All this political manoeuvring is taking place against the background of the sad final months in power of President Kim Dae-jung.
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The UN has criticised the bill because of the way it uses food aid, which is traditionally exempt from political manoeuvring.
These voters may be disappointed, for a grand coalition looks to be the likeliest outcome of the parties' manoeuvring in Berlin.
And, despite a reputation for inflexibility born of a puritanical moral rigour, he has already proved quite adept at political manoeuvring.
Mr Megrahi may be the beneficiary of flawed reasoning by a naive Scottish administration or of cynical manoeuvring by the British government.
In the squabbling and manoeuvring that went on in the corridors before the vote, all Europe's crude tribal loyalties were at work.
Mahmoud Abbas's diplomatic manoeuvring in New York has left many villagers confused.
The Treasury may find itself writing many more cheques if the courts are to protect both these victims' claims and America's diplomatic manoeuvring.
Scientists themselves indulge in political manoeuvring, trying to win funding for their preferred lines of investigation, denigrating their colleagues as they do so.
Its favourable demographic trends mean its fiscal day of reckoning is further off than Europe's and the dollar's reserve-currency status provides manoeuvring room.
It might, depending on diplomatic manoeuvring, open a channel of dialogue with the West, perhaps to European governments if not to the United States.
The report noted that, despite major advances in micro-air-vehicle technology, no-one had been able to match the aerodynamic performance and manoeuvring capability of insects.
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But because Mr Trichet can no longer be considered a certainty as his successor, others are already said to be manoeuvring behind the scenes.
Ansar Dine is led by the former Tuareg rebel leader, Iyad Ag Ghaly, known for manoeuvring himself into positions of influence under various guises.
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