Holding it all together across diverse industries and countries, however, will take a firm hand.
Sometimes a firm hand is needed for diplomacy to work in the defence of democracy and liberties.
This was thanks to the firm hand of Mr Mbeki, who manoeuvred backstage to thwart other potential candidates.
The JPMorgan execs were making money for the firm hand over fist and racking up eight-figure bonuses for themselves.
But frustration with the mayor owes more to the perception that there is no firm hand on the tiller.
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The government has a firm hand on the key property market since it controls the land supply, selling sites to developers.
El Salvador and Honduras, for example, have largely committed to the mano dura (firm hand) or super mano dura approach, which emphasizes zero-tolerance law enforcement for tackling gang violence issues.
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While that may seem straightforward, unless senior leadership exerts a firm hand holding itself and others accountable, too often teams and individuals will go their own way, doing what they think is best rather than what the company thinks is best.
Burns though made a dubious start, being knocked to the canvas in the first round by a firm right hand from Martinez, the Puerto Rican's first real punch in anger.
So, too, have workers at United Airlines: a bankruptcy judge recently ruled that the firm could hand its pension plan over to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a government-linked pension insurer that pays only partial benefits to high-earners.
Or you may not be able to delegate because you have new people on your team who need a firm and active hand.
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Investigators are still trying to work out who else at Mr Madoff's firm might have had a hand in the affair.
The committee, consisting of leftist MPs, is looking at taking control of the firm if it refuses to hand out the missing payments.
Yet if the court, which has the legal upper hand, stands firm and Congress reverses itself in favor of Mr. Zelaya, there will be a constitutional crisis.
Last month In 2008, a U.K. court ruled that Mark Ions, a former recruitment firm employee, had to hand over all of his LinkedIn contacts to his former employer.
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Potentially even more significant is the year-old Symbian alliance a joint-venture between Psion, an innovative British hand-held computer firm, and the three biggest mobile-telephone makers, Nokia and Ericsson of Europe and Motorola.
Almost as painful, once bosses put their firm into insolvency they must usually hand over the reins of power to a court-appointed bankruptcy expert whereas in America managers who bust the firm often stay on.
The motors are a key component in the firm's cordless technology and Airblade hand dryer.
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He had worked briefly in the family firm, done some journalism and tried his hand as an actor.
It is paying for this partly by selling oil deposits to the firm and partly by more accounting sleight of hand involving the National Development Bank (BNDES).
Blues midfielder Gardner ran unmarked on to the end of a whipped-in Stephen Carr cross and directed a firm downward header which Reina somehow got a hand to.
Mr Chou has hired Horace Luke, until 2006 a rising star at Microsoft and the creative director of Windows Mobile, the hand-held version of the firm's flagship operating system.
In March 2010, gunmen disguised as police or security guards held the family of a partner at the Indian diamond firm Karp Impex hostage and forced him to hand over diamonds from his office vault.
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Then, on a smooth. flour-free surface, roll the ball under the palm of your hand until the dough is smooth and firm -- about 1 minute.
On the one hand, the brash Wasserstein enlivened the firm, bringing with him a number of heavy-hitting bankers with whom he had been associated over the years.
Ma-Kalambay bounded off his line but failed to make contact with the ball as Smith arrived on cue to plant a firm header into the net from 12 yards and hand Orient a shock lead.
The benefits of breaking the stranglehold of a union that has turned wages into something approaching a fixed cost are innumerable for a firm that is now fighting the competition with one hand tied behind its back.
Thus, as an alternative, he is considering other options, such as by asking employees to contribute to the health-care plan the firm offers, leaving him with more cash on hand to pay the potentially higher tax obligation.
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