But, as the year drew to a close, it looked as if he would have to give it up as part of the tough conditions imposed on the country by the International Monetary Fund.
"Never use it as an excuse to give up your goal or abandon your resolution, " he said.
Almunia then required lengthy treatment after an accidental clash with Carrick as United refused to give up on the belief that they could get back into an enthralling encounter.
Fears of a disruption now emanate from Iran's threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, the route for a fifth of the world's oil, in response to a European Union embargo on Tehran's oil as way to pressure it to give up its controversial nuclear program.
The secretary of state's profile may, however, take a dip over the next 40 days as he has decided to give up twitter for Lent.
As much as Americans seem reluctant to give up their petrol-guzzling SUVs, he concentrated on promoting small, fuel-efficient cars, with a similar message around the world to advertise them.
So it seems appropriate that an animal chosen originally as a tool to study the ontogenic development of multi-cellular individuals should end up as the first one to give a comprehensive genetic insight into their evolutionary development.
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However, even for individuals with the means and desire to give as much as possible, the challenge is always to give in a manner or up to the point that does not jeopardize liquidity and lifestyle through life expectancy.
Just as many people would like to give up smoking (tomorrow), so they want to save (tomorrow).
This kind of gets back to this whole idea of what are willing to do, what are we willing to give up as a country.
Competitors are ready to pounce on any misstep to win away customers, something that will become easier as American and US Airways are forced to give up landing slots on routes they once monopolized.
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"This is a big title defence for me against a tough challenger and I will be counting on my fans to turn up on fight night as they always do to give me great support, " he said.
If this were simply up to me as a lawyer, I wouldn't give up anything.
Microsoft is unlikely to give up Bing as it is holding its own as a legitimate search engine contender.
He was the classic insider - a corporate lawyer who served as finance minister and prepared France to give up the franc for the euro.
Despite his wife Fanny's demands, he refused to give up Emma as his mistress and inflamed the scandal further by choosing to live with Emma and their daughter when he returned from sea.
In 2006, they had to give up rowing altogether as the violence in Baghdad surged.
As to private banks, many are controlled by families that do not want to give up their stake.
It was Mr Trudeau's belief in a one-nation Canada, rejecting Quebec separatism, that persuaded him to give up a career as a lawyer and enter Parliament.
In a third study, the professors gave participants a set of anagrams that were impossible to solve, as well as timed IQ tests, then measured how long it took them to give up trying to solve the problems.
It is also to prevent the government -- give safe space to the Afghan government as it continues to take control, and to give us a time to train up Afghan national security forces, which we are doing.
Liberia travel to Bamako with a squad made up entirely of home-based players as the government refuses to give the team any financial backing saying the Lone Star have no chance of qualifying for either the World Cup or Nations Cup.
New York's powerful Irish Catholics are unlikely to give up what they regard as a sinecure without a fierce struggle.
It was unclear whether the analysis included pundits, who are allowed to give their opinions, as opposed to straight up news reports.
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But smaller European countries, such as the Netherlands and Sweden, are reluctant to give up their seats on the 24-member IMF board.
Toshiba's shares jumped nearly 6% on Japanese markets Monday, as word got out that it was about to give up its profit-sapping fight for HD DVD.
But his riskiest feat may have been to give up a comfy life as a researcher in New Jersey a decade ago to set up a business in Seoul.
In the movie, Ms. Dench plays an Irish woman, Philomena Lee, who becomes pregnant as a teenager in 1952 and is forced to give up her child for adoption.
The West Australian newspaper quoted a sacked worker who wouldn't give his name as saying up to 15 people were fired, including some who watched the performance but did not participate.
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