One thing is clear: in productivity and profitability Hitachi-MHI has a long way to go to match GE and Siemens.
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That responsibility will now go to MATCH, an organisation in Manchester which runs Fifa's hospitality and accommodation programmes and will now sell and distribute tickets.
"We have some way to go to match the public and private investment levels in research and development of some of our competitor economies but we have the advantage of already being truly world class in many areas of science, " he said.
Mr Bowers's wife Trudy said she would stick to her promise and allow him to go to the match.
The World Cup is such a special event that fans are happy to arrive at the stadium hours early to drink in the atmosphere - a contrast to normal games, where people go to the match after work or following Sunday lunch.
"We haven't been in a series before where we have to go into a final match needing to win to draw the series - but that might not be a bad thing for us right now, " said Ponting.
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No longer would fans go to a football match in fear of their lives.
He said was about to go to a football match when he received a very emotional phone call from Pc Rathband's wife telling him his brother had been shot and he needed to come home.
But it was Dwayne Smith who was named Man of the Series after taking 3-24 from four overs to go with his match-winning 62 not out in the second game of the series.
For those who asked for those details, Mosher said he and a colleague would "have to go through this gyration" to redo the figures to match the decreased rebate paid to the customer.
Yet there is far to go, and a shift in attitude is needed to match the city's transformation into a service-based economy, a realisation that serving in pubs and hotels is just as fulfilling as turning a lathe.
We will clear it on Saturday morning and I fully expect the match to go on.
Funds raised from the match will go to the O'Donnell Family Trust and a range of charities.
Proceeds from the match will go to Merthyr's official supporters club to help pay off pressing debts and players' wages.
Even so, the region's film industry still has a long way to go before it can match the scale and reach of its Western rivals.
Fish won the first set before being pegged back and saw a match point go to waste in the fourth set before Ward took it on a tied-break.
The arrival of big-hitter Chris Cairns provided New Zealand with the impetus to go and win the match and he was instrumental in the 136 run partnership with Astle, whose superb 77 earned him the man of the match award.
Five more teams will have to qualify, while officials are likely to give the go-ahead for a special match between Maori and Aboriginal teams to recognise their contribution to rugby league.
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In the eighth game they achieved their first break of the match thanks to a Murray forehand winner to go 5-3 up and Murray levelled the match at one set apiece with an ace.
With one game to go, the club only needs to win or draw its last match to get promoted to Serie A next season.
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"You can see a tremendous sense of togetherness and spirit and we have quality to go with it, and when you bring that to a football match you have a great chance, " Coyle added.
An employee fingered by a no-match letter can go to another company and use the same bogus number and documents for a year or so, until another letter arrives.
"I've got tickets to the England-Australia match, but I'm going to go anyway, just not do the hospitality beforehand, " he told the Daily Telegraph.
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But their day - and arguably season - was summed up by the sight of Danny Webber and David James having to go off injured in the closing minutes, leaving Portsmouth to finish the match with 10 men.
In a frantic period midway through the second half five goals were scored in 26 minutes, and Rapinoe hit a stunning half volley from the corner of the penalty area to level the match at 2-2 with 20 minutes to go.
But Italy, frequently so limited in both ambition and execution, had come out with positive intent of their own and when Alessandro Zanni claimed Craig Gower's cross-kick, Italy came close to the first try of the match, but the final pass did not go to hand.
With 16 minutes to go Duff struck to end any hope County had of getting back into the match.
With the game set to go into overtime, Jo Leedham clinched victory to take her tally for the match to 16 points.
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