But campaigner Anne Drinkell, a former nurse, said she thought the proposals were budget-driven not not clinically-driven.

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The upshot was the change now being enshrined in the 2000 budget: driven by the sudden improvement in the forecasts, both parties committed themselves in the course of just a few months to keeping the non-Social Security part in surplus, as well as the total budget.

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But the crisis measures have driven the budget into deficit.

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On the other hand, several digital learning companies report to me that the budget crises seem to have driven an up-tick in their businesses.

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Interestingly, the disparity in favor of a space-based defense could be even more dramatic but for cost-growth associated with schedule delays -- delays driven by congressionally imposed budget cuts intended to hamstring the Brilliant Pebbles development program.

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Driven by government-wide budget cuts, this reduction is expected to primarily affect acquisition planning, IT system development and program management contracts.

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The IRS even included information about their media-driven outreach efforts in their last budget request (downloads as a pdf).

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In which case they will be driven, by a coalition of government budget-minders and populist scolds, into failure, thanks to a political process ever more hostile to profiteering on the sick.

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In short, the rise of the four-quadrant mega-budget boy-centric fantasy picture coincided with the general demise of the female-driven genre film.

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Still, Monti's decision to stand down as premier once parliament approves the 2013 budget provides the first big test for Italy's bond market since the ECB-driven rally in Italian debt began in late July.

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One of the reasons our capital spending budget is going up is that we see PC unit growth north of 10% for the foreseeable future, driven by emerging markets.

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