Driving hard bargains all the way, he has acquired at one time or another such financial brand names as Travelers Insurance, Shearson Hammill, Hayden Stone, Smith Barney, Commercial Credit, Loeb Rhoades, Salomon Bros. and finally Citicorp.

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Yet one diplomat says he has never witnessed such a change in mood in so short a time, to the extent that one problem now is managing expectations.

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This is the first time the EPA has defined a performance standard such that one type of facility can comply only by being something other than what it is.

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The difference, as usual, is that whereas other countries took the WHO recommendations up at the time, no-one in Italy has ever made any such arrangements.

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Although we aren't inclined to believe that this is the first time such a suit has been brought upon Apple, a new one claiming that the Cupertino powerhouse has unlawfully tied the iPod to its iTunes Store has made its way to the US District Court for the Southern District of California.

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Some analysts were attributing part of the unexpected drop-off to one-time factors such as unusually hot summer weather, which has left many parents and kids less than eager to shop for clothes with legs and long sleeves.

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Her tiny movements, such as bending over to closely examine a new item for the first time (even one that has no bearing on the game), give her a human feeling without treading into Uncanny Valley (where animation comes so close to actual human behavior that it causes discomfort).

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It is the only one, for the time being, that has the potential to be implemented in high-volume devices such as Blu-ray players and, ultimately, televisions themselves.

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