But a process has begun that will drain some of their powers towards a stronger centre, making Bosnia a more normal country.
The chief geopolitical risk, which Mr Cookson underscores, is a longer-term one, but a process already under way: the very strength of emerging economies is altering power relations among states.
It is a mentality that exists globally, but also a process that is impelled and constrained by economics and law, incentives and regulation.
Certainly not what they were originally created for, but a fascinating process to watch nonetheless.
The key, he insists, is to see reform not as a Big Bang but a continuing process.
The couple sought legal advice, but after a process lasting about 18 months they were turned down for compensation.
So what we have here is not necessarily real, not necessarily the truth, but a stochastic process that moves closer and closer to the real, to the truth.
"This is the end of a four-year retrial process, but the start of a process to make him a free man, " Bergwall's lawyer, Thomas Olsson, told AP after Friday's ruling.
Like a Dell Computer or a Wal-Mart, McDonald's realizes that success depends not on a superior product, but on a superior process.
"I don't see a big bang reform, but I see a process of trying to evolve" the economy.
It is striking that participants do not view literacy classes or training courses as a set of mechanical skills or information that must be learned, but rather as a process of empowerment made possible by the exchange between participants, and between the self and the written word.
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Getting a driver's license is a rite of passage for many teenagers, but the process was a bit more challenging for 19-year-old Mulligan of Acworth, Georgia.
The clawbacks were a start, but the process is likely to be a lengthy one.
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These social processes might well lead to patents and they might need engineers to discover and execute some new elements of a work process but they require also a technologically savvy population as well as a pervasive interest in change and the social technologies that bring change about.
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But this is a process that we are undertaking, because the window remains open.
But it is a process by which -- a very common process by which public comment is sought and then a decision is made.
But a more violent process causes most heart attacks and strokes.
The lack of new projects may be seen as stagnation, but a slower creative process can also mean that the company is extremely thorough when filtering ideas.
But it is a process being run out of State, and the timeline is being decided by -- on the merits and on the issues by those who are reviewing it at the State Department.
But we have a process, and General McChrystal has with Admiral -- with Ambassador Eikenberry and others worked to -- and with our NATO allies -- worked to secure cooperation from and understanding from local populations on how best to move forward.
The Brazilian experience stands out for the grandiosity of its act, which was not just the final chapter of a historical process but was also integrated to a development and self-affirming national strategy.
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"There has been a little bit of softening of lending criteria, but it is a gentle process, " he says.
And much of the rise in profits and exports reflects a ferocious one-off squeeze on real wages that has allowed German companies to steal a march on less efficient competitors in France and Italy, but this is not a process that is indefinitely sustainable without far more liberalisation.
Sure, he was there to give away some books and sign a few autographs, but in the process of having a drawing, we went from iTunes gift cards to internships at Facebook or Twitter.
E-Ink (an MIT spinoff) and Gyricon (a Xerox Palo Alto Research Center spinoff) are making similar products but with a less efficient process.
As a result, sales no longer chaperones buyers through their purchasing process, but buyers instead go through a self-directed process the vendor can enable.
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It may seem a bit overthought, but financing is a complex sales process like any other, and needs careful management to optimize the results.
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Sure, they may remember a few items, but if you are discussing a process or a pattern, the details about the value or necessity of what you wrote may be forgotten over time.
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