"The government has a task to be close to all those citizens who have found themselves in a very difficult situation due to the earthquake, the disaster and of course also due to the financial crisis, " Berlusconi said.
"Even if I am withdrawing into prayer, I will always be close to all of you... even if I remain hidden to the world, " he told a meeting of Roman priests.
One thing we know is that when races look to be too close to call, it will all come down to voter turnout.
If true, this will be a blow to all homeowners whose homes are valued close to or under the dollar amount of debt owed on their home.
It's basic, but it represents pretty much what all these new operating systems are supposed to be: ways of getting functionality that is at least close to Android but without all the licensing costs associated with running Google services.
According to the Census Bureau, minorities currently account for one-third of U.S. residents, and that proportion is expected to be close to half of all U.S. residents by 2050.
The Lib Dem leader has said he expects it to be a "close contest" and Mr Cameron had urged all his MPs to head to the constituency to support their candidate.
"The girls are all business and like to be very close to the courts, and the guys like to be in the village so they can walk around and strut their stuff, " she said.
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However, although there is a degree of choice in allocating where your skill points go in the midgame, by the end you should have maxed, or be close to maxing out, all four skills.
It used to be that you would have to close down the UK company, pay all of the taxes due on having done that, then restart in Eire.
Even if the U.S. decided to close all of its nuclear reactors tomorrow, there would still be the problem what to do with the spent fuel pools, he said.
Hundreds of national parks would be forced to close for part or all of the year.
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The alternative would be to close the loophole and bar all OTC medications from being purchased with pre-tax funds.
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It is not at all uncommon for entrepreneurs and executives to be too close to the forest to see the trees.
The number happens to be eerily close to what News Corp paid for MySpace all those years ago.
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"It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all, " he said.
Although the grand prize of all this searching would be to find a monopole, a close second would be a conclusive result that they do not exist.
"The company will be close to the captain and will provide him with all the necessary assistance, but we need to acknowledge the facts and we cannot deny human error, " he said.
The situation is made all the worrisome because the hole is believed to be close to a well containing 1.5 million barrels of liquid butane, a highly volatile liquid that turns into a highly flammable vapor upon release.
This is going to be a close contest, I think, all the way through.
According to the New Politics Institute, the number of eligible Millennial voters will be close to 50m this year and about a third of all voters by 2016.
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Springbok full-back Percy Montgomery, playing in his 100th Test match, missed two penalties after the break before All Blacks replacement John Afoa went close, only to be bundled into touch by JP Pietersen and Montgomery.
With operating margins close to all-time highs unless revenue growth can be generated I believe the second half earnings numbers will come down.
He will still be getting his head around all the facts, and will want to keep all options close to his chest.
Those two brief stretches of time when all electronic devices must be turned off -- after the doors to the plane close until it is at cruising altitude, and then again on approach for landing -- are being questioned.
Factoring in all the layoffs already planned and those to come, I estimate the number would be close to 75, 000, with most of those job losses in Michigan and other Rust Belt states with GM plants.
Just a minute, I thought, having found a pair of white-and-tan wingtips, not my style at all, but they seemed in the moonlight to be right out of a store window and close to my size.
Given that Spain has in recent years accounted for a big chunk of euro-zone growth and close to half of all jobs created in the euro area, its slowdown will be widely felt.
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