They can say yes or no and either way having had their say the deal, whatever it is, is more likely to stick.
It was a little bit frustrating to work so hard on being stealthy when there was no way to avoid having to be obvious to advance.
Regardless, the Nest is looking like a promising way to conserve energy without giving up the luxury of having things exactly the way you like them, no tinkering required.
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But he was adamant that with his 70th birthday approaching, and with the row finally settled, there was no way he would be having a change of heart this time.
Maybe you build it into your product or service in a way that no competitor (having not acted) could imagine.
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Politicians have no compunction when it comes to having their way.
Despite having no background in hockey, he worked his way into a minor-league front office in Hershey and earned Executive of the Year honors in 1997.
In this I laid out all my reasoning and prejudices as to why I thought we needed to address our culture's evolving relationship with music and why having a No Music Day would be a good way to focus that debate.
There is no way of telling whether you are having a TIA or a stroke when the symptoms first start.
And there is no way to do that, based on the way the law is written, without having hugely negative impacts on individuals and families.
Having middle managers who lack confidence in their own abilities is no way to run a business.
With Tim Pawlenty ending his campaign and all others beside libertarian Ron Paul having no traction at all, conventional wisdom sees a three- way race.
After having taken way too many risks before, now they're taking no risk.
We're no strangers to the electric sedan, having spent some quality time with it along the way, but never behind the wheel -- until now.
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"I've seen no evidence at all, none, that having four-car teams has affected in any way negatively the quality of racing, " Gillett says.
"Having judges second-guess the decisions made by the armed forces halfway around the world is no way to wage a war, " David Rivkin said in a statement.
Listening to the judgment in his shirtsleeves, his suit jacket having been the casualty of a well-aimed egg on his way into court, he showed no signs of regret or even discomfort.
He enabled a culture where no one was going to challenge him, and in doing that he skirted having to take responsibility for smaller decisions until they became the big ones that ultimately left Lehman with no way out.
"Cauldwell Street is one of the busiest parts of Bedford and we have got to be absolutely sure that no child is put at risk by having a school right in the middle of a busy one-way system, " he said.
Having observed the success of the no-cost Internet access offered by Freeserve in Britain, Microsoft is preparing the way for low-price or even free Internet access in America.
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