There is an impasse, which means that TNK-BP will probably function on autopilot for a while, managed by five senior executives but without direction from its own board.

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But competence is worthless without direction and, frankly, character.

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There were many advantages that an LBO could deliver to certain companies that were lumbering along without much strategic direction, but still had plenty of potential to grow.

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Despite a weight disadvantage, he hiped Whitfield for the first fall, went down to an outside hipe for the second and then won the third and deciding fall by going to buttock but changing direction suddenly with a cross-click which left Whitfield without a leg to stand on.

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It's another month gone without picking up massive points but we're going in the right direction and we've played well.

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The Middle East might get blamed, but stocks (or other assets) never move in one direction for an extended period without interruption.

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St Johnstone shelled a lot of early long balls in the direction of Hibs full-backs Callum Booth and Towell but the teenagers coped with the pressure without too much trouble.

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But with the combination of mobile devices and the cloud, the momentum is clearly going in the direction of computing without the computer.

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