The risk then is simply that a service might not be as good as it used to be or indeed as good as staff and managers would want it to be.
"We wanted it be as accessible to English professors as it would be to hard-core Nintendo guys, " said Mr. Hoey.
Home Office security and counter-terrorism head Charles Farr told the committee that existing provisions had been "overtaken by technical changes in the communications industry and in the way people use communication, with the result that the data that public authorities have had access to in the past is no longer as readily available to them as it used to be".
For Anderson, it's only an hour-long trip to Denver from his home, but he'd no doubt be willing to travel as far as it takes to be a delegate at what's being billed as a "historic" convention.
Although they tended to buy AAA-rated paper, that designation is not as reliable as it used to be, as the credit crunch has shown.
But it would be as wrong to conclude that giving codeine to somebody from Malta would be bound to work, as it would to assume that giving it to a Swede would be a waste of time.
Barack Obama also took his task seriously, though he nominated two people who appeared to believe that the Constitution should be interpreted as they want it to be, not as it is.
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"Over the years, not to say it has died out, but it's just not as big as it used to be, " said Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells.
For those worried about climate change, Brazilian ethanol is worth buying only if it is as green as it claims to be.
Obama draws a straight line from the way her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to the world as it ought to be.
Mr Williams said the Urdd had to be careful as it was expected to be an inclusive movement.
"It's hard for me to swallow, but the box isn't as important as it used to be, " says Mark Hudson, an HP sales manager.
The economy was just as likely to be growing by more than 3.5% at the end of 2013 as it was to be shrinking or broadly flat.
We had scheduled the first night of training to start at 1700 hours, as it promised to be cooler than midday.
These questions are as difficult to decide as it will be for investors to figure how to bet on Chinese IPO darlings, up or down.
Flt Lt Knight's father Graham, 56, said Monday was the last chance for the families to launch the legal action, as it had to be carried out within two years of the accident - Tuesday will mark its second anniversary.
The answer, as some have learnt, is to take the world as it is rather than as they would like it to be.
The 291 gallery, as it came to be called, was founded more as a laboratory of art and ideas than a commercial concern.
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The investor who succeeds will be the investor who has diligently pursued reality and embraced the market and economy as it is, not as we wish it to be.
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Yet Alaska continues to pull in people looking for American wilderness as it used to be.
Their rise to top will make the judiciary as responsive as it needs to be.
Oil is one business where -- as it used to be said about marriage -- two can live as cheaply as one.
This would not only be good for the region but also for Brazil as it aspires to be a regional leader and ultimately a world power.
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Most of the veterans I spoke to said the Battle of Britain was no longer as well known as it used to be.
Such a step would not only call into question the patriotism of the many Muslims in America who do not embrace the Brotherhood's Shariah agenda - something that would, presumably, be as offensive to them as it would be troubling to the rest of us.
We paid special attention to the native Twitter client and couldn't find much lacking, as it appeared to be identical in function to any smartphone version.
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This idea is definitely causing me to reflect on my own company, to think about whether our focus is as firmly centered on delighting the customer as it needs to be.
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But as you also know, we did not anticipate that the tax deal -- in November, we did not anticipate the deal would be as significant as it turned out to be, just as most of the private forecasters did not.
What is also positive is -- if there's a silver lining in this whole process, it's the fact that I think European leaders recognize that there are some structural reforms, institutional modifications they need to make if Europe and the eurozone is to be as effective as they want it to be.
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But at least it has now become as much a point of honour in Salzburg to show that one is not a stick-in-the-mud, as it used to be a mark of prestige to get hold of a first-night ticket at all.
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