On the ground, Russia is getting serious about diminishing the state role in big companies.
Second, Tokyo seems to be finally getting serious about the mountain of bad banking debts.
Bond investors have of late been persuaded that many firms are now getting serious.
But the Thai government may at last be getting serious about winning back the confidence of investors.
Moreover, the government is getting serious about pollution and is shutting down or pressuring high-polluting and high-water-usage industries.
It means that deficit countries have to start getting serious about their midterm and long-term debt and deficits.
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That is when airlines start getting serious about unsold seats on international trips.
Finally, at least some people in Congress are getting serious about cutting spending.
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Yunus says too many companies use CSR as a public relations tool, rather than getting serious about doing good in the world.
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But the Canadian telecom giant is getting serious with its Indian partners.
You can have people start getting serious diarrhea, which can be very debilitating and further weaken folks and make people more susceptible to disease.
Furman explained that such cuts could be avoided altogether by getting serious about finding a deficit solution that balances more revenue with smart spending cuts.
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Indeed, for any pragmatic US administration, the message to send at this time is that statehood can be achieved only by getting serious about negotiations.
At that point we began getting serious in our discussion with USACE and began comparing notes with our European counterparts on technology advances they had already started.
However, the SEC's push for convergence of U.S. and foreign standards, as indicated by Tuesday's meeting, shows that the agency is at last getting serious about accounting reform.
Finally, Malaysian officials seem to be getting serious about water.
Late in her twenties she starts getting serious about her leadership potential and she reads Leadership Presence, The Prince, Primal Leadership, Drive, and Leadership and Self Deception.
Antivirus giant Symantec is getting serious about encryption.
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And its sales people monitor how these downloading companies are using the software and only call on the companies when it looks like they are getting serious about using it based on their online behavior.
In a time when big game publishers like Electronic Arts are getting serious about the iPhone as a gaming device, Lima Sky is probably the best argument currently out there that the days of the indie developer for the App Store are not done just yet.
They can self-correct by getting really serious about adopting best practices that assure sound governance.
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Actual little ones, obvious fans of wet and wild fun, are getting some serious upgrades this season.
Such unorthodox notions are getting a serious hearing as more observers point to problems in American higher education.
This assumes that Merrill can avoid the seven-year ditch--an almost predictable pattern of getting into serious trouble once or twice a decade.
Italy and Spain could carry on paying these high rates on new debt for quite a while without getting into serious trouble.
And the U.S. is getting more serious about blocking the attacks, including an initiative by the Defense Department to hire thousands of high-tech experts.
While the Observos board is isn't quite ready for prime time, its already getting some serious field testing in a plant nursery, restaurant and other diverse locales.
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Most vaccine production will involve the traditional route of growing a modified virus in eggs, but demand is so high that newer methods are getting a serious look.
We thought they were getting enough serious stuff in classes.
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