First, it would not prevent Google from making changes to its algorithm, even if those changes harmed its competitors, so long as the changes were applied consistently.
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But even if the changes have been mostly cosmetic so far, they are still dramatic.
"It never helps the prosecution to have its number one 'victim' reverse his testimony on the record, even if he changes his mind later--he did, he didn't, he did, he didn't, " says TIME's Hong Kong bureau chief John Colmey.
Under the new rules, which came into effect last year, a licence plate belongs to the car even if the owner changes address.
Even if nothing of substance changes immediately, the rhetoric will change.
When asked if the U.S. government should act to reduce energy use in the U.S. even if that meant significant changes in your lifestyle, 52% disagreed.
If even some of these changes happen, America's military map will probably look very different in just a few years.
Even if you are healthy, changes to your immune system during pregnancy make you more likely to get seriously ill, Dolan says.
That can be an effective means of making quick changes, even if it's not as cheap as sending planes overseas to be fixed, as JetBlue and others do.
We'll have to wait to see if there's anything new on the software side, but we can tell you there have been a host of hardware changes, even if they don't amount to a major upgrade.
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That can be an effective means of making quick changes, even if it's not as cheap as sending planes overseas to be fixed, as JetBlue (nasdaq: JBLU - news - people ) and others do.
Or even if, with all of the changes going on at HP, that this project will go forward at all.
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Conversely, countries that accept change will be rewarded with a more vibrant and better-off society, even if they have to accept social changes that they may not welcome.
Even if such a consensus is reached, changes are likely to apply only in the future.
It will be even better if Obama listens to them and changes his policy positions, taking their input and using it.
And yet, unlike AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria that require drugs for treatment, many of these chronic diseases can be treated or even reversed if people simply make big enough changes in diet and lifestyle.
Even if every Conservative MP votes for the boundary changes (which is doubtful given the varied local impact), the Tories could still be out-voted by Labour and the Liberal Democrats - unless smaller parties vote with the Prime Minister.
Mensing that failure-to-warn claims against generic drug companies are preempted by federal law, primarily because generic companies have no authority to make unilateral changes to their product labels even if they come to believe that stronger safety warnings are warranted.
Even if our list is composed entirely of behavioral changes, AND nowhere on that list are there instructions that would make any patient better equipped to carry out our listed behavior changes than they were before we enumerated them in list form?
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That changes if you throw down even more money on a 5760 x 1080 triple-display rig, in which case NVIDIA takes the lead in some games, but loses in others -- leaving the two rivals closer than the single-card reviews we looked at yesterday.
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Such a change, even if municipalities wanted to sell, would probably require changes in states' savings-bank laws.
These are extraordinarily rigid: they prevent bosses and workers from negotiating changes in terms and conditions, even if they are mutually agreeable.
Even if the jobs didn't go overseas, changes here at home would continue to decimate existing industries while creating new ones that leave us better off than we were.
The Glamorgan chief pointed to a lack of success on the field for the overhaul and claimed "the strategic changes would have been implemented" even if the Welsh county had gained promotion to Division One of the County Championship.
Even more clearly, if a contract is terminated and money changes hands you must consider how to report it.
People were promised radical changes and they expect to see them, even if those expectations had been unrealistically encouraged in the first place.
Too often we assume that we have to feel brave before making changes or taking chances on what inspires us (even if it scares us at the same time).
That's why personal electronic devices remain so closely restricted, but also why there's so much room for a smarter solution -- even if there are still reams of red-tape to overcome before anything changes.
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But even -- I remember sitting in that meeting and even with -- the notion was even if you give -- if you make some of the required management changes and give them a lifeline, it was still a 51-49 proposition.
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