As the Music Man found, the folks there may be tough to impress but if you can win them over there's no better preparation for the bigger battles to come.
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The real point of the two-thirds parliamentary hurdle may be to impress the final arbiter: the constitutional court.
So Ballmer will be out to impress Wednesday night, when he gives the keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The country's bid to host the Olympics could well be its incentive to impress, said Stephen Thomas, lead on football policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers.
And he says the picture of a more diverse crowd is one England's 2018 World Cup bid will be keen to impress on Fifa's inspection team, currently touring facilities in the country.
Hooker Phil Greening, lock Simon Shaw, prop Darren Garforth and loose forward Joe Worsley will be looking to impress England manager Clive Woodward and new head coach Andy Robinson ahead of next Saturday's first Test against South Africa in Pretoria.
Meat lovers find the new Boston Chops to be a quintessential spot to impress clients or indulge in a generous helping of steak frites.
As should be clear by now, any talk of a successor to a still relatively new game console should be taken with a hefty grain of salt but, if word from Japan's Impress is to be believed, it looks like we could possibly be getting a clearer indication of what might be under the PlayStation 4's non-existent hood.
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In short, if you're fortunate enough to get to that second round of interviews, be sure that you're prepared to impress and close the deal.
Officials have in the past put forward ambitious targets to impress ministers, only to find they cannot be met.
While those numbers have been enough to impress consumers, they do not seem to be having a positive effect on the investor community.
It was becoming increasingly apparent that the 23-year-old former Liverpool keeper, an ever-present for Albion this season, would be given plenty of opportunity to impress the attending England manager Fabio Capello.
They have also been employed for display - in temples for religious purposes, in circuses for entertainment (though there's less of that than there used to be), and by rulers to overawe their subjects and impress their rivals.
But it remains to be seen whether wine and Weisswurst will impress the full spectrum of football enthusiasts, from head of state to hooligan.
That could sit well with the IGF representatives on the jury, who hope to impress upon the world how accessible and sustainable golf can be, contrary to its elitist popular image.
For smaller tech companies, the need to use social media to impress investors may be even greater.
Flintoff is hoping for a recall to the England side for their second Test against South Africa, which begins on 18 July at Headingley, and will be disappointed he missed the chance to impress.
The former Southampton trainee looked to be on his way out of White Hart Lane last season after struggling to impress Redknapp.
Public works, however, can be focused on specific districts where there is a need to impress voters.
Their noncash nature renders them prone to valuation exaggeration that can impress would-be cash donors, burnish reported financial efficiencies or enhance reputations.
Mr Clinton wanted to impress on Mr Jo that there must be no more missile tests, like the one that sent a far-flying rocket over Japan two years ago.
That certainly did not impress Bruce, although the Black Cats manager had to be told what had happened because of a long-standing superstition not to watch penalties.
Simply put, CES will likely be a quiet show on the mobile side -- there will be plenty of phones to see but only a select few will impress.
Although we haven't tested these new chips ourselves, PC Perspective is reporting that an Impress study showed these new FX-series processors to be monstrously less efficient in cycles per watt of power consumption than Intel's.
Banks that can impress international regulators with the sophistication of their risk management will be able to use their own internal ratings instead.
Kevin Jones, arson reduction manager with North Wales fire service, appealed to parents to be aware of "the whereabouts of their children and impress upon them the message that deliberate fires endanger lives".
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