So the first, smaller or easier action (opening the door a crack) makes the second, larger or more difficult action more likely.
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There was some action by the metal door that constituted one of many false alarms.
"This inflation news would open the door for Fed action if the unemployment rate is drifting higher in the first half of the year, " said Mr. Kasman.
The US is also opening the door to unilateral action, with draft legislation introduced into Congress that would allow the government to set quotas if the IWC denied them.
Conversely, nothing opens the door to arbitrary action so effectively as to allow those officials to pick and choose only a few to whom they will apply legislation and thus to escape the political retribution that might be visited upon them if larger numbers were affected.
"Borrowers will not be required to execute a waiver of any legal claims they may have against their servicer as a condition for receiving payment, " the OCC said, leaving the door open for more legal action.
Of course, forcing employees to go out and view customers in action is quite different from showing them the exit door - permanently.
In the case of a door, using a flat panel invites the correct action.
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The union sees this as a back door for patronage, nepotism and even more affirmative action.
"It was a courageous move for Ford to open the door to its critics, " says Jennifer Krill of Rainforest Action Network, which does all it can to publicize the contribution of SUVs to atmospheric carbon.
Closed door discussions among management where there is debate but no new course of action is chosen.
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In a statement, the company said when it became aware of the safety risk in November 2008, it "immediately launched a corrective action programme", which included sending letters to all customers on its database, door-knocking campaigns and advertising in the national and local press.
Matt Rooney, head of Nottinghamshire Scouts, told BBC Breakfast that the new week of action would be different from the previous one, in that scouts would no longer go door-to-door offering to do work in return for a small donation.
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