Mark Begich called it "bad news for Alaskans and small business owners" who he said need timely delivery to rural areas.

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There is a level of palpable trust that permeates this network, with rewards for timely delivery instead of just penalties for delay (as at Boeing).

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Some of the members in IMUnified, however, claim the new protocol could arrive sooner rather than later, citing contractual coordination between the companies as the biggest obstacle to timely delivery.

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In the U.S., a wide range of traditional and entrepreneurial grocers are working to develop a timely, cheap delivery system that will serve what could be an enormous market.

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Al-Assad on Tuesday accepted the terms of the peace plan brokered by Annan that included an end to all violence by the government and opposition, the delivery of timely humanitarian aid, the release of arbitrarily detained people, freedom of movement for journalists, respect for peaceful demonstrations and freedom of association.

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The opportunity they seek is the delivery of insights and timely information to make more effective decisions to out execute their peers and competitors.

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While smuggling has been taking place into and out of Iraq ever since Operation Desert Storm (just as it historically flourished in the region for thousands of years before, ) air delivery is particularly appealing insofar as it permits these transactions to take place in a relatively secure and timely fashion.

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