Even privately owned enterprises and foreign joint ventures depend on good relations with government officials to enter and stay in a certain line of business.
During a recent visit to the City by the Bay, we popped into the TechShop hackerspace and were introduced to Max Gunawan, the designer behind Lumio (not to be confused with a certain smartphone line of similar name).
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Dr. CIRINCIONE: Certain hard-line Israelis who are aimed at preventing a U.S.-Syrian or an Israeli-Syrian dialogue.
The bottom line: Certain assets outperform other assets most of the time, but not all the time.
"Given what we see, it is certain that a criminal line of inquiry is to be number one, " said the prosecutor.
And where do we sort of draw the line about certain animals that we will eat and certain animals that we won't eat?
So they literally drew a red line around certain neighborhoods.
These editorial lines are not to persuade these groups to have certain ideas: they are that everyone knows that said groups have certain ideas which the editorial line must chase.
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If you like, you can program Hotmail to automatically flag messages with a particular subject line, from a certain sender, et cetera.
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And if that trajectory indicates that over the course of a year the RMB has appreciated a certain amount that is more in line in economic fundamentals, then I -- hopefully not only will that be good for the U.S. economy, that will also be good for the Chinese economy and the world economy.
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At the end of the assembly line, these assembled goods are standardized tested to see if they meet certain criteria before they are moved to the next advanced assembly line.
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The Exiles suddenly began to throw the ball around and it would have paid dividends straight away, but for a superb tackle by Cohen who came off his line and snuffed out a certain scoring move.
With certain mage powers, you can draw a line where you want a wall of fire to appear.
When configured, the software will read the subject line of an email sent by certain specified contacts into your ear.
The new sets add features like NFC, MHL and Miracast support to certain models, while the top of the line W900A is its first to use Quantum Dot technology in combination with edge LED lighting.
But the bottom line is, is that there are certain things we need to pay for.
But they will draw the line there, while Democrats are almost certain to look for additional revenue as part of any grand bargain.
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We thought Peggy Noonan's column last week on the IRS scandal was strong, but watching liberals line up to attack it makes us certain.
The second half began in similar fashion and Negredo set up Perotti for a certain score only for Casillas to charge across his line to save.
And as they stand in line at the checkout, many are certain to double-check that big online store one last time to see if their goods are available with free shipping.
Things almost got worse for Leeds seven minutes before the interval when Watmough broke through the Leeds defence again and passed to Stewart who seemed certain to score but dropped the ball with the line beckoning.
Taking the life of each gaffe and memorable line, their presence is now almost as certain as that of the candidates themselves.
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The bottom line is that we all wear blinders in certain situations.
"This is for all of the gentlemen of a certain age, " he said after crossing the finish line in temperatures just above zero.
The bottom line is that when you find yourself absolutely certain of your view of the market, you might want to start thinking about going the other way.
This sale was in connection with a repositioning of State Street?s proprietary investment portfolio so as to reduce exposure to certain asset classes and hence improve the capital ratios in line with the evolving regulatory capital standards.
Jacobellis, 24, who looked certain to win the 2006 gold, but crashed with the line in sight while showboating and ended up with silver, took fifth place in the 2010 event.
Racing scrum-half Nicolas Durard settled for the option of a yellow card to prevent a likely Leinster try and the home side's decision not to accept three certain points backfired when Heaslip spilled the ball short of the line.
Setback: prescribed distance landward of a coastal feature (e.g. the line of permanent vegetation), within which all or certain types of development are prohibited.
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