Instead, the conversation often felt a bit like the conversations that sometimes occur in the green-energy industry, where big investments are treated as a success in and of themselves even in the absence of actual traction in the marketplace and the creation of real change.
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There still should be labor demand growth but simply not as much as you would have thought in the absence of a drop in the path of nominal demand.
Geraghty, who looks in pole position to start at inside centre for England in the autumn internationals in the absence of the injured Riki Flutey, was the star turn at Franklin's Gardens in his usual position of fly-half.
So one of the costs of the plant in Turkey is the absence of one in Romania.
Because male-typical behaviours developed as the result of a burst of testosterone, but in the absence of receptors for the hormone, the researchers suspect that the testosterone in the surge is being converted into oestrogen to carry out the newborn sexual-differentiation.
It left his colleagues stunned by just the thought of lawmaking in the absence of one of the most prolific legislators ever to serve.
However, Fiona Ford, a research nutritionist from the University of Sheffield, said that in the absence of strong evidence that the same effect was present in humans, it would be wrong to make women feel guilty about eating some unhealthy snacks during pregnancy.
Meanwhile Mitchell Johnson, who bolstered the Australia innings with an attacking 53 then captured two wickets, praised the captaincy of Michael Clarke, who is skippering the side in the absence of the injured Ricky Ponting.
But the tipping of that recession into depression was a result of the cascading series of bank failures in the absence of deposit insurance: that led to the calamitous shrinking of credit and the money supply.
Dr Lloyd-Evans explains that the absence of cholesterol in the brains of SLOS sufferers means that the neurons and the central nervous system are affected, causing anything from mild personality disorders to severe malformations and multi-organ disease.
"It is case of dusting ourselves down over the next couple of days, " said Martin Corry, who captained England in the absence of the suspended Phil Vickery.
That office, technically part of the Pakistani Embassy, acts as the formal representative of the Iranian government in the absence of diplomatic relations between Washington and Tehran, which were severed after the hostage crisis in 1979.
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Alejandro Lembo should line up alongisde Paolo Montero in the centre of defence in the absence of Sorondo.
At issue in particular will be initiatives that some Democrats put forward in the closing days of the campaign as place-holders in the absence of more clear-cut recommendations about how they would conduct the war in Iraq, let alone elsewhere.
But assuming what is unlikely--that no private version of the FDIC would materialize in the absence of the federal version--would that be so bad?
Further, risk sentiment that helps other currencies could be supported if U.S. lawmakers adopt measures to deal with the so-called fiscal cliff, in which tax hikes and budget cuts kick in at the start of 2013 in the absence of congressional action, Vecchio said.
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Whilst relatives will still be consulted, the burden of making the decision in the absence of any indication of the deceased person's wishes at such a difficult time will be reduced.
In fact, not only are we seeing diminished investment and growing concentration in innovation spending, but it also appears that this is accompanied by the absence of marked improvement in the art of innovation itself.
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Except in their own households, life was largely reduced to the terms of subsistence, and in the absence of a more widespread demand for goods and services, even the richest could no longer find or acquire luxuries that had once been commonplace.
Federal law prohibits government funding of world fair exhibitions in the absence of express Congressional authorization, and in the downturn American companies were reluctant to dole out cash for the Shanghai event.
But it suggests a bleak future for countries locked into the monetary straitjacket of the euro, in the absence of easier monetary policy by the European Central Bank.
Assuming that professors teach because doing so and being affiliated with the college is reflection of their preferences, not being able to do so because of a minimum wage rule entails these persons being made worse off than in the absence of the rule.
Indeed, given the limited role of a grand jury in our system and the total absence of procedural protections in the process, the Independent Counsel's insistence that his investigation has been a search for "truth" is deeply misleading.
Of course, this is likely to be less than they would have paid in the absence of the fuel cell tariff.
Some experts think the coral of Musandam is among the best in the world due to the absence of heavy industry along the coast and few fishing fleets in the area.
The withdrawal of UUP ministers, in the absence of any prospect of a deal on IRA decommissioning, the stability of the province's political institutions and British Government demilitarisation, would lead to the collapse of the institutions.
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The second half of the year should see an improvement in the margins in the absence of one time investments associated with the product launches and a higher price that is typically associated with a model upgrade.
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Part of the trouble, Mr Settersten and Ms Ray point out, is that in the absence of reliable public schools, parents must play a big role in the academic careers of their children.
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In the absence of actual independent evidence of who did what in 2003 - the case came down to whether or not the jurors believed Vicky Pryce - a woman who had been able to rely on the former head of MI6 and other top figures as character witnesses.
The economic impact is calculated assuming that in the absence of the convention center, the land would remain vacant.
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