And the Arabs, who depend heavily on grain imports, get themselves worked up.

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But doing that will depend on the category in which the brand competes and where social networks make themselves strategically felt in the category.

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They depend too heavily on borrowing: many drank themselves silly during the credit boom and now have throbbing heads.

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In terms of how quickly, I think Director Bromwich and others have said some of this is going to depend on the quality of the permit applications themselves.

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But, Obama said, a functioning Iraq ultimately will depend on the capacity of the Iraqi people to unify themselves, get beyond sectarian divisions and set up a government that works for the people.

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Sadly, even though Balanced see themselves in an escrow role for buyers and sellers, that is where it ends because they still depend on transactions and chargebacks flowing through the monopolistic credit card networks.

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