"We used to argue about who the customer was, as if there was only one, " says Donald Goeman, head of the advance development group.
Somehow, when you're on the brink of monetary disaster, whether or not you advance from the group stage of a soccer tournament feels a little less important.
There is always huge pressure on the host of a major tournament, something South Africa couldn't handle when it failed to advance past the group stage of the 2010 World Cup.
On paper, Germany was the favorite to advance from the group, with Portugal and the Netherlands likely to fight it out for second place and the Danes bringing up the rear.
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Platini reserved special mention for tournament hosts South Africa and their supporters, who rallied around Ghana - the only African nation to advance past the group stage - once their own team had been eliminated.
In order to make the advance, Murray's group at IBM collaborated with other researchers.
"The airlines need to be making bigger seats, " said Peggy Howell, a spokeswoman for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, a group based in San Francisco, California.
The group also committed to advance sustainability reporting through the World Federation of Exchanges, a trade association of 54 publicly regulated stock, futures and options exchanges.
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For Sweden, who only needed a draw to advance, it was the first group stage exit at a major tournament since Euro 2000, but coach Lars Lagerback was gracious in defeat.
Alternatively it could be co-hosting premieres, or your products as prizes for those with proof of advance ticket purchase to bring a group of their friends to the movie, the first week it is out.
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Even though the Blues won the Champions League in 2012, they finished sixth in the league, failed to advance from this season's group stage and are in danger of not qualifying for the competition next term.
Using an advance on a new cable deal is how the group led by Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg were able to buy the Texas Rangers in 2010.
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"This group is going to lead the next advance, " predicts Berry, who points out that many companies are trading at a discount to their cash reserves and have blockbuster products in the pipeline.
The 12 group winners and best eight second-placed finishers advance to the last round of qualifiers.
We became so friendly that Alan made me sing with the group during the chorus on one song, without advance warning.
The 12 group winners and eight best second-placed finishers advance.
Mr Sarkozy has treated the crisis as an opportunity to advance his long-cherished aim of beefing up the euro group as a potential political counterweight to the European Central Bank.
The 12 group winners and the best eight runners-up advance to the final qualifying phase where they will be split into five groups with the winners joining hosts South Africa at the first World Cup to be staged by Africa.
The nine European group winners qualify, and eight second-place teams advance to playoffs.
Daiwa Securities Group led big brokerages with a 4.1% advance.
Even if recruiters do indicate expectations of more ethics curriculum, some say schools still won't change without clear marching orders from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the industry's main accrediting group.
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The Security Council previously approved the deployment of an advance team of 30 monitors meant to pave the way for the larger group of observers.
There is a paradox in David Cameron's speech to the business lobby group, the CBI - excerpts from which were published in advance last night.
The 15-member Security Council previously approved the deployment of an advance team of 30 monitors meant to pave the way for a larger group of observers.
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Ittihad must avoid defeat when they host Djoliba in Tripoli in the group's last game in two weeks' time to advance as they second on the table with nine points.
To deal with the potential problem that some farmers might get disillusioned and withdraw early - creating perturbation - each group will have to deposit enough money into a bank account in advance to cover the entire cost of a four-year operation.
Campaign group GeneWatch UK has called for legislation to be brought in well in advance of doctors beginning to recruit patients for the project.
He observed that the European leaders did not seem to have taken the opportunity to coordinate their remarks in advance, so that they did not make the most of their chance to speak, as a group, to the president of the United States for 15 minutes on each subject.
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