For good and for bad, the state frequently charts its own unique political course.
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She said her legacy "for good or for bad, still affects our lives here today".
The worldwide market meltdown shows just how global our economy has become, for good and for bad.
His combative, often jaunty style at news conferences imprinted itself on the public for good and for bad.
Arlen Shenkman and I have been involved in a number of large deals over the years, and we have seen how boards can make a big difference, for good or for bad, depending on how well they manage their roles and their oversight.
Understandably these borrowers are reluctant to pay good money for bad ratings, which puts a fundamental conflict of interest at the very heart of the industry.
Sure, there could be a vindictive, terrible principal who unfairly fires good teachers for bad reasons, but the assumption is that a school with that problem will fail in the marketplace due to underqualified teachers and bad morale.
Another way of saving Greece, Italy and everybody else would be for the ECB to permanently extend liquidity on a vast scale (as it does for Greece), swapping its good money for their bad money on an open-ended basis.
For good or bad, economic growth is always the best fix for governments in arrears to creditors.
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So cutting back on fleet sales is good for profitability, but bad for market share.
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By emphasising low interest rates (good for indebted companies but bad for savers) and low wages (ditto) to help companies out of their mess, Japan's economy has depended too much on exports and is now worryingly vulnerable to external shocks.
For good or bad, we'll be living by the Bush model of international relations for many years to come.
And on balance, these rules have been good for business, not bad, for they ensure honest competition and fair dealing and a level playing field.
This would be bad for shareholders, who would not get a good price, and bad for employees who would face a higher risk of being laid off.
The problem is that even though a settlement would be good for Google and good for the publishers, it would be bad for everyone else.
But what is good for one bank may be bad for the system as a whole.
It's becoming accepted wisdom in many quarters that protecting intellectual property when it comes to medicines is good for pharmaceutical companies, but bad for patients.
He generally devoted only about a week and a half to writing a novel, a practice that, again, was good for his bank account and bad for his reputation.
Plenty of people don't distinguish between whether a person is famous for good or bad reasons.
The company was, for good or bad, a citizen of the countries where it operated.
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The point is that regionalism is not necessarily either good or bad for free trade.
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Stuart Cliffe, you represent customers - are these mergers and deals good or bad for customers?
Indeed passion is something he brings to all aspects of business, for good or bad.
In so doing, he neatly but unconvincingly removes the physical basis for good or bad behaviour.
Allies and adversaries, they never agree on whether criticizing the DSM is good for psychiatry or bad.
For good and bad reasons, there are enough voters who want independence to get the Conservative re-elected.
Do you think the money of rich investors has been good or bad for the English Premier League?
The growing popularity of broadband telephony is both good and bad for traditional telephone companies, the report said.
Whether this will be good or bad for students is beside the point as far as Walker is concerned.
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Whether this is good or bad for credit markets remains to be seen.
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