Sue Blackwell, an English lecturer at Birmingham University, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme a boycott would involve not attending conferences at the three universities and an end to joint grant-funding applications.

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To that end, Tuesday's joint statement stipulates that the bank provide regular reports to the government on progress towards the inflation target.

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Petersburg, at which Miller and Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson signed an agreement to create a joint venture by the end of the year to build LNG facilities.

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To that end, it has set up a joint venture with Samsung of South Korea to develop and produce Li-ion batteries for automotive use.

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To this end, the Center for Security Policy recommends that joint hearings of the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees be held at the earliest possible moment to take testimony from Ms. Albright and other Administration officials.

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It also put an end to the cold war during the early 1990s that began after Microsoft abandoned joint development efforts for graphical operating systems.

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The remainder of sales was derived from its distribution segment, which is comprised of 19 company-owned and 22 joint venture distributors that services and supplies its products to end-users in North America and numerous global markets, including Australia, Europe, the Middle East, India, China, Africa, Brazil and Japan.

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The same day, Robert Gates, the secretary of defence, and Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, urged Congress to repeal DADT before the end of the year.

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However, the latest indications from Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman are that Yahoo would actually like to strengthen its relationship with YJ (perhaps through a joint venture) and not end it.

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Russel Honore -- the colorful leader of the military's response to Hurricane Katrina -- said that the joint task force mission was nearing its end stage, barring any further destruction from Hurricane Rita.

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Rep. Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican who is vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, is seeking to pass the Sound Dollar Act, which would end the Fed's mandate to keep unemployment down, instead having the central bank focus only on stable prices.

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