Obama also said that the government can't do it all, and that families need to rely on themselves.
For better or worse, most Americans are in a situation where they have to rely on themselves when it comes to benefits decisions.
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However, search firms have a vested interest in placing their candidates, and often rely on the candidates themselves for references.
The life checks rely on people putting themselves forward whereas these latest checks are likely to be offered to each person individually.
And the growing number of British farmers who have focused on quality to differentiate themselves are worried: they rely on restaurants as prime customers and as showcases for their produce.
In his fiefdom, parties and MPs rely heavily on him to get themselves elected.
What's more, plenty of corporate clients would rather do it themselves than rely on consultants.
"With so much marketing hype in the industry today, we rely on the experts, the artist themselves, " says Garcia.
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While people can no longer rely on their college degrees to manifest themselves into jobs, individuals have become more flexible and creative with their professions.
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Brokers like Lehman rely on the debt markets to fund themselves.
Since the hotel chains can sell more hotel stays themselves and rely less on OTAs to fill up spare inventory, fewer hotel nights are available for bookings through online travel agencies.
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In order to design and run a successful clinical trial, it is crucial for the actual investigators to collect the data themselves and not rely on information gathered by other groups.
Military and political leaders convince themselves they can rely on air power and sea power to fight future wars, and thus neglect the industrial base that makes rapid production of armored systems feasible.
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Many question whether a mainstream fund-rating firm is up to the task, and point out that, if retail investors are led to rely on faulty measures, they may find themselves in trouble.
But quantifying drowsy driving is not an exact science, prosecutors say, and laws banning commercial truck and motor coach operators from driving more than 14 hours a day and requiring 10 hours between shifts are flawed because they often rely on the drivers to report those hours themselves.
That is bad because many marine creatures rely on shells made of calcium carbonate to protect themselves.
People will be able to easily gather data about themselves instead of having to rely on a doctor, which should also cut costs, de Brouwer says.
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Americans, both young and old, have come to rely on this service to post embarrassing videos of themselves at parties, irrelevant updates of their daily activities and nonsensical comments on the activities of others.
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Some thought that this was especially a problem for younger children, who were less able to maintain contact for themselves and had to rely more on what was arranged for them by carers and social workers.
And they often rely on managers and advisers to handle details most people handle themselves.
Indian banks rely on deposits, not fickle wholesale markets, to fund themselves.
Even games developers themselves have expressed concern about online games that rely on keeping players hooked.
Often start-up banks rely on brokered deposits to get their businesses moving and then wean themselves off them.
But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms -- firms that are struggling -- pay themselves huge bonuses, even as they continue to rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat.
If that is case, then we must rely on the only tools available to us - common sense, and what the Iranians themselves tell us.
They include Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, New Haven and San Antonio all of which could eventually find themselves in binds similar to LAX's, since most municipalities rely heavily on parking revenue to support their budgets.
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"In Texas we rely heavily on sales taxes, and if we don't protect ourselves from companies creatively structuring themselves to avoid tax collection, we're going to lose a lot of revenue, " said the author of the Texas bill, Republican Rep. John Otto.
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