As for GM's European operation, it has needed a massive overhaul for years, but because of political pressures and resistance from European labor unions, the company has been able to make only baby steps thus far.
In 2001, patients requiring elective surgery could wait as long as 18 months for an operation.
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At this time, Thomas says, the Cleveland Clinic's heart surgeons are unlikely to accept a CT angiogram over the old-fashioned, invasive kind as a roadmap for an operation.
The court heard that Mair, who owned a small goods delivery business, allowed his rented premises in the Buchanan Business Park at Stepps, Glasgow, to be used as a front for the operation.
But if Mr Otedola was acting as part of a sting operation for Nigeria's intelligence agency, the State Security Services (SSS), as he has claimed, he will not be charged, but may be called as a witness, our reporter says.
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Rickey hired her as a secretary for his new operation, which was a predecessor of the Metropolitan Baseball Club.
They argue that higher interest rates are justified as they allow for a sustainable operation which is able to scale more easily than the non-profit model.
It will get some help from its labor allies, and months ago set in place a social-media strategy to reconnect with young voters, as well as a separate outreach operation for Hispanics.
New Zealand has recently moved towards such a system: patients get points for such things as their operation's chances of success, the number of dependants affected by the patient's illness, and the time they have already waited.
For an operation as bloated as the federal government such cuts should actually lead to improved performance by, among other things, eliminating those functions that may at one time have made sense, but that are now expensive distractions, expensive not only in terms of money, but also in vital management time.
As the extent of the disaster became evident, Connick signed on with Habitat for Humanity to serve as honorary chair of "Operation Home Delivery, " an effort to rebuild housing for families along the Gulf Coast.
As senior trader for MF Global, Grady runs an operation that executes orders for brokers in gold, silver and copper, as well as trading his own account.
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Wayne Stock 38, of Chelmsford, and Matthew Neale 44, of Harlow, all in Essex, were described as "foot soldiers" for the operation.
Similarly, Germany's Federal Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that regarding an operation as a precondition for a legally valid sex change was increasingly problematic.
As the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has pointed out in its latest assessment, the performance gap between America and the rest of the industrial world is widening.
An Iraqi war might thus put America back into its unilateralist box, which would not help it in the wider war against terror, and might complicate several of its other foreign-policy objectives, such as winning Russian co-operation for missile defences.
As for first quarter results, funds from operation (FFO) per share was 33 cents, in-line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
In 1991, I deployed with USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as the Strike Group Air Operations Officer for Operation Desert Storm.
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And as agreed this week, responsibility for this operation is being transferred from the United States to our NATO allies and partners.
This network can be seen as a platform for competences and co-operation for the Academics of the UNESCO Member States, in the field of Cultural Tourism.
But as that hope faded and the need to remove the steadily-decreasing decay heat remained, operators at Fukushima-Daiichi took measures that would cool the reactors but would ruin them for future operation, such as the decision to try to cool the reactors with seawater.
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They also announced that the G20 itself will replace the G7, a rich-world club that will now concentrate mainly on security issues, as the primary forum for international economic co-operation.
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The UK was second only to the United States in the adult illiteracy table, compiled as part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) annual analysis of education.
The proposed Protocol amends the existing Convention in order to bring it into conformity with current international standards on exchange of information, as reflected in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Model Tax Convention on Income and Capital and the current U.S. Model Income Tax Convention.
Domineco Masciopinto, described as the boss of the operation, was jailed for 14 years.
But it cited a drop in sales for two years running as it shut its retail operation.
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As for the election just passed, a sophisticated campaign operation and dedicated supporters helped to re-elect President Obama.
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At the moment laws are made through conventions, such as that on Europol, a mechanism for co-operation between police forces.
Several NATO member countries will have to receive parliamentary approval for "Operation Joint Endeavour, " as the mission has been named, before they can commit a large contingent of troops.
The petition calls for a single system for issuing gun licences as well as more co-operation between authorities.
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