Bush and Blair realised they would never get one, and so they prepared to go it alone with a cobbled together coalition.
Nokia could go it alone with MeeGo, a technically advanced but still incomplete operating system it is developing jointly with Intel, but some think that is unlikely.
Yet, Pfizer chose not to go it alone with ertugliflozin.
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He is likely to prefer to go it alone with a minority Tory administration rather than to attempt a coalition with the Lib Dems that neither his own side nor Mr Clegg's could easily stomach.
But Antigua and its tiny sister island, Barbuda, with their combined population of 65, 000, about that of a medium-sized town in Europe, were allowed to go it alone, bequeathed with a British-style parliament and a decent cricket ground.
Those fine characteristics of a person should not go away with an indictment alone, they must be tried in court.
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If the company could go it alone down the road with an even faster network all its own blanketing the States, we imagine that'd put a smile on Steve's face.
In the beginning I tried to go alone but I had some problems with the front and decided just to concentrate on my rhythm.
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"It's time for Washington Democrats to abandon their 'go it alone' approach and work with Republicans on true reform that expands Americans' access to affordable health care, " he said.
Go it alone and you may be trampled under snowboot stilettoes, but go with Goviva, and be part of the fun, not sobbing on the sidelines.
With 61 minutes gone and the home crowd growing increasingly impatient, Cresswell decided to go it alone, his 20-yard effort drifting just wide of Chamberlain's left post with the goalkeeper beaten.
You can't leave babies at home alone with a chew toy when you go to the movies.
Sierra had planned to go on the trip with a friend, but went alone when the friend couldn't make it.
As someone who has done both, I can attest to the fact that each individual situation must be objectively analyzed before a company makes the decision to partner with a local company or to go it alone.
It could be betting that by hopping on the bus with Valero's empire builder, Chairman and Chief Executive William Greehey , it will end up with greater shareholder value than by continuing to go it alone.
The Number 10 spokesman said the party was still working with the impression that Mr Livingstone will decide to go it alone.
With Silicon Valley in despair, the go-it-alone libertarian air of the last decade has given way to cries for help from Washington.
The last time Katanga tried to go it alone, in the early 1960s, it was forced back into Congo with the assistance of the United Nations.
But after Radiohead's contract with EMI Capitol expired, rumors abounded that the band would go it alone.
To be sure, investors cannot focus on yield alone, especially when undervalued stocks offer plenty of capital appreciation potential to go along with generous dividend income streams.
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Once that is settled, Sprint will know if it has to go alone in its next generation buildout, if the merger is approved, or join forces with TMo which essentially has no other logical options for its future LTE platform.
If your parent has you to go with him, he may have a chance to do things he could never do alone.
Kosovo's United Nations governor, Michael Steiner, counsels "standards before status" - establish the rule of law and functioning institutions before dealing with the thorny question of whether Kosovo should remain part of Serbia or go it alone.
If you go to Europe, there is no chance a twosome, let alone a foursome, could possibly share a car with these.
With experts like this willing to help for free, why should you be the one to go it alone?
At some point early on in the development cycle, Microsoft split from its partnership with PrimeSense, the company that provided the IP for the first Kinect, in order to go it alone.
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