Discerning voters know that such governmental rent-seekers must be held in check by strong fiscal restraint within their State Constitutions.

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Meanwhile, PCs will continue to be more powerful than consoles, evolving into faster and more amazing machines every year, and their power will still be held in check by their console cousins.

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Two hundred years ago one of the pioneers of modern economics, Thomas Malthus, was warning that population was growing faster than food production and the only remedy, if you are willing to accept a lot of dead people as a remedy, would be that population would eventually be held in check by famine.

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And, she says, law enforcement and the judiciary must be beefed up so that corruption is held in check.

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To learn more on GSA's fleet management initiatives, check out this year's annual GreenGov Symposium, to be held in Washington, D.

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Enthusiasm over the Vita has been held in check by the aforementioned obstacles, but I think LittleBigPlanet may be a tipping point for the system.

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The ruler's powers were held firmly in check by the Dutch constitution: the monarchy was supposed to be there for the people, not the other way around.

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