Tim Phillips, the boss of Americans for Prosperity, a small-government pressure group, says that he and his colleagues encountered enthusiastic crowds everywhere they went during a 12-city tour of Wisconsin in support of the proposed checks on the state's public-sector unions.
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As long as small business owners can get more work out of existing employees without raising their pay, there will be little pressure for small businesses to hire.
That kind of offer can put pressure on small and medium-size business owners depending on their business model.
It's her younger sister, by the way -- not a small point when the pressure to pair becomes palpable.
As a result policy makers are placing extraordinary pressure on small business owners and consumers, two groups to which I belong.
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Then the pressure of small town life has found its way to Gotham, where apparently they still use Firefox (how retro).
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Quantitative Easing has as one of its goals, the creation of a small amount of inflationary pressure to overcome to natural deflationary pressure when the economy is depressed.
The contraction of the European manufacturing sector is sparking widespread worries that European economies have lost steam and it will put tough pressure on small and independent manufacturers.
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But as they become more aware of alternatives offering higher returns, small banks will come under pressure to give them a better deal.
VW, and Commerzbank came under pressure last year from small groups of activist foreign investors.
Juries also have returned some small verdicts for plaintiffs, increasing pressure to settle.
The last the lumping together of lots of small trades has put pressure on fees by cutting the marginal cost of a trade, in effect to zero.
If anything, the pressure is to reverse small parts of the 1996 welfare overhaul law (PL 104-193) by, for example, restoring food stamp benefits to the most vulnerable legal immigrants.
But hope springs eternal, and the politicians and pressure groups and no small number of corporate participants have shown up to discuss how to get people out of poverty without fouling the environment.
Besides a brief meeting with Germany's Chancellor Merkel and France's President Hollande there was not a great deal - beyond I'm told a supply of espressos, haribos, and fruit - to fill the small hours as Brussels negotiators put pressure on other countries to accept a squeeze.
The pressure on firms big and small to report on their non-financial activities is significant.
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Out of that it can then give you a small flow of water at a high pressure.
For now, dragging much of the cabinet to Beijing seems a small price to pay for diffusing protectionist pressure at home.
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Experts say it is too early to suggest the cause of the crash but many believe it was in part due to the extra number of flights and pressure on resources at the small airport following several diversions from Las Palmas.
With explosive material placed in pressure cookers and nails and other small parts added to make them more lethal, the devices tracked the Inspire recipe.
Like small biotech companies, there's real pressure to produce--or else.
If this reflects shrinking appetites for risk by investors, then small-cap stock prices may see further pressure especially those that have enjoyed strong run-ups over the past several months.
He also announced a new "statement of principles" for high street banks to put pressure on them to lend to small businesses and action to encourage more responsible lending by credit card companies.
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Telemarketing is single call, scripted, high pressure, lower ticket sales items, small business to consumer sales.
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R. 1965 would remove the pressure of the current shareholder cap for small banks and bank holding companies.
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Then the Stock Exchange, under pressure from its members mostly small brokers announced plans to set up its own e-broker service by the middle of next year.
Small economies need trade to specialise, but the pressure of selling into a big domestic market helps companies in large economies remain competitive even without a lot of competition from imports.
The government succumbed to the pressure and released the names of the mostly small mills over the weekend.
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