Still, the weakening sovereign outlook isn't necessarily a deterrent for some emerging-market investors.
Mr. Rendell said he spoke to her at a dinner last year and suggested age shouldn't be a deterrent.
But valuation concerns mightn't prove a deterrent as investors chase distributions and growth that have yielded far more than other investment options.
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This car, fittingly, found its way to Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney , descendent of both oil and railroad tycoons, and needless to say, someone to whom the Great Depression wasn't a significant deterrent to the enjoyment of the good life.
"No-one in that moment of pulling a knife thinks about the deterrent and a lot don't even know about it, " he said.
Even if it doesn't fit within Google's business model to sell the phone at a low cost, this shouldn't be a major deterrent.
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The extra expense hasn't been much of a deterrent to travelers reservations are often required months ahead of time, and at least a year in advance of Christmas and New Year's.
The Bush Administration has a sluggish, low-key missile defense effort under way: a limited ground-based system deployed in Alaska and California, which won't be much of a deterrent in today's world, and a still underdeveloped sea-based system modeled on the U.S. Navy's Aegis vertical launch system.
CareCore Chief Executive Donald Ryan estimates that 18% of all scan orders are rejected and that another 6% aren't even filed because of the deterrent effect.
Another deterrent to women voting has been that many don't have the proper identification card, called a CNIC card.
With regards to knife crime, Michael Turner QC, chairman of the criminal bar association, said "a very blunt instrument" was being used in the form of deterrent sentences which, he said, "research shows doesn't work".
This isn't just a matter of throwing Al Capone in Alcatraz as a deterrent to future tax scofflaws.
Berkowitz extolled Olmert's assertion at the Herzliya conference last week that the fact that Hizbullah hasn't been fighting Israel in 18 months means that Israel restored its deterrent capabilities in 2006 war.
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And so that you get into the problem that you don't have the resources to spend on things that we know have a deterrent effect, we know have an effect on crime, whether it's the cop on the beat or it's social service.
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