And those, many would say, are both good reasons for pressing ahead with the Scottish job.
Lam is best known for pressing corruption charges against Republican Congressman Duke Cunningham.
He became most well known recently for pressing a case against the major Wall Street firms, especially Merrill Lynch .
Some are hard charging, known for pressing, even bullying customers to sign on for additional products or extended service and maintenance agreements.
In recent months, some had criticized McKiernan for pressing too hard for more combat power, but last November he made it clear -- Afghanistan needed more attention.
In the 17th century an ingenious smoker came up with the pipe tamper, or stopper, as it's known in England, a tool for pressing down lit tobacco in the pipe's bowl.
It could also be that he hopes to use the Attali report, written by a one-time man of the left for a president of the right, to find a new consensus for pressing ahead more forcefully.
MPs criticised the FSA for its handling of regulation during the credit crunch and accused it of being "asleep at the wheel", but he has also been praised for his work at the regulator and for pressing banks to boost their reserves.
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Rumpled and down-to-earth, with a rolling Bavarian accent, he has irritated the right wing of Mr Kohl's ruling coalition for pressing it to go on transferring huge dollops of cash to eastern Germany, to carry out tax reform but without inflicting pain, and to stop industry fleeing abroad.
While the other candidates ask for votes by pressing for lower utilities charges, Mr Galbraith has seen in Bosnia and Iraq that there are worse things out there than a high electricity bill.
His offerings were never good enough for Rajaratnam, who kept pressing for more.
With 13 million Americans looking for jobs, the pressing need for more employment opportunities is obvious.
When we were forced to, for some pressing item of business, we never knew where to rest our eyes.
Trickovski went close again for a Rabotnicki side who were pressing for a second rather than sitting on their lead.
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Zhaksibek Kulekeev, Kazakhstan's economy minister, criticises the locals for imprudently pressing ahead with a scheme without conducting studies or consulting specialists.
This creates a huge bill for the service at a time when it is having trouble finding money for more pressing needs.
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Gertrude Bell's insights into East-West relations resonate so strongly now that Ms Howell is to be congratulated for not pressing the point.
The men in tangerine gamely battled for every first and second ball in midfield and were rewarded for their pressing 10 minutes after Liverpool's opener.
He said that while the committee accepted that substitute cover was a normal part of school management, initiatives were needed to release money for other pressing education needs.
Since development programs are keyed to future threats that may not materialize as currently anticipated, their use as bill-payers for more pressing needs can be readily justified in a period of diminished danger.
But BUAV says many countries in the world still test on animals for cosmetics and the group is now pressing for a global ban.
Coroner John Leckey listened to legal submissions from lawyers acting for a number of the bereaved who are pressing for the hearing to examine RUC protocol for bomb scares.
"The fact that the jobs that are being created are highly skilled and well paid is even better news for the local economy and we will be pressing for them to come on line as quickly as possible, " said Mr Rowlands.
With nearly a quarter of the UK's population expected to be over 65 within 20 years, the dilemma of who should pay for their care is a pressing issue for government.
Warrington were again threatening to swamp the Giants but Huddersfield were grateful for some respite when the home side lost possession pressing for another try and Giants winger Cudjoe raced 80 metres for his first try.
For the time being a more pressing issue for Microsoft appears to be coping with the existing demand for the tablet.
But as Bhutan heads for its first national elections next year, the refugee leaders are pressing for the return of their people to the kingdom so that they can vote and regain their citizenship .
Mr Byers' penchant for interfering is being watched anxiously by the chancellor, who has been pressing for competition decisions, like decisions on interest rates, to be taken out of the hands of politicians.
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For his part, the Yugoslav leader - a long-standing Serb nationalist - is pressing for the establishment of closer links between his country and the Bosnian Serb republic, the entity that the Dayton accords created within Bosnia along with the Muslim-Croat federation.
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