Quiet but concrete action beats high profile symbolism if we are to move forward on climate mitigation.
"Students want a sure-thing, " he said, and for-profit job prospects in the immediate future are anything but concrete.
Buildings along the beach are, legally, supposed to be made only of coconut wood and palm thatch, but concrete buildings have been built and more are going up.
But concrete negotiations on an acquisition are another thing.
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Small island states and many of the world's poorest nations are demanding that Cancun must see agreement of a legally binding global treaty, but many others are pushing for a "bottom-up" approach that would seek small but concrete agreements in key areas such as REDD.
But that and a few other small but concrete steps like overlapping lunch breaks and moving coffee stations can improve workplace morale and productivity by as much as 25%, according to Ben Waber, a research scientist and CEO of Sociometric Solutions, a management consulting firm.
But the concrete steps to achieve that will not be something the executive branch will decide.
We are no longer simply speaking of a fiscal union, but taking concrete steps to achieve one.
The summit produced a lot of talk about Lisbon, but little concrete action.
In the ministry the discussion of cuts are widely known, but no concrete proposals about the ministry have been discussed.
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The government has launched a study into the issue but nothing concrete will be decided until after the next election.
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Since then there has been talk of reconciliation from leaders of both parties, but no concrete steps have surfaced yet.
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But nothing concrete has developed and now a reunion with Everton boss David Moyes, who was Healy's manager at Preston, looks increasingly unlikely.
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When fiscal cliff negotiations began two weeks ago, there were encouraging signs that lawmakers may be willing to compromise, but little concrete progress has been made.
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But until concrete measures are taken, all that the modern Russian Army will share with those who answered the call to arms in 1918, is its lack of up-to-date equipment.
"We thought they were interested in solving the current impasse in Kenyan soccer but nothing concrete was reached and we have invited them to come back when the minister was around, " he said.
The Vaca Meurta is such a vast undeveloped resource that the major oil companies cannot ignore it, but any concrete, ongoing partnership with Argentina will take a very long time (if ever) to establish.
Under the shadow of a Gothic cathedral, Cracco's restaurant lies in the very center of Milan, at the intersection of the most significant relationships in Italian finance, culture and business, in a metaphorical but very concrete way.
The exact scope of the project is yet to be defined, but the concrete joint activity will already facilitate the introduction of internationalized domain names at the top level, helping UNESCO Member States to prepare their IDN ccTLD applications.
That brings together the world's biggest emitters, but few concrete decisions are likely: after all, a deal to replace the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012, is not due until a UN conference in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.
The coverage will continue, he says, but is less concrete on what it will look like.
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But before the concrete was even dry, the Interstate was also being connected with violence.
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"In a way its just building up people's worries and fears - but without providing concrete information, " he said.
We're talking to several parties at the moment, but nothing is concrete.
The Obama administration must seize this moment as an opportunity not only to articulate a plan for North Korean nuclear disarmament but to take concrete steps towards a secure and stable Korean Peninsula.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the previous, Uruguay round of trade talks had almost run into the ground, G7 meetings regularly reiterated the rich countries' commitment to free trade but rarely offered concrete evidence of it.
Meanwhile, the implementation of a 1994 agreement that ended North Korea's plutonium production in return for two new western-designed nuclear reactors and interim supplies of heavy fuel oil is badly behind schedule, largely as a result of North Korea's obstructive behaviour: the two new reactors were meant to start producing electricity by 2003, but the first concrete will not be poured before the end of next year.
You can put it into concrete, but that's only about a quarter of it.
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