And it appears he may face a number of obstacles before the twinning process is completed.
He may face a challenge in the Republican primary from the state's senior senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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The authorities in his native Australia have denounced him and say he may face criminal charges if he returns.
Worse still, he may face conflicts of interest, if, for example, he has been hired to run the company's own pension fund.
Ling knows he may face a fight to hold onto Crow in particular, but is confident that the U's will be able to put together a competitive package.
But as Mr Acheson, from Denton in Greater Manchester, is pledging to continue his picket until he gets a job, it would appear he may face a long wait.
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Even if he is not convicted of attempted murder, he may face additional charges in Luxembourg for forgery, embezzlement and fraud, according to Frising, whose investigation is still pending.
If one cause is a surge by the party the prime minister couldn't bring himself to name today - UKIP, led by the relentlessly confident Nigel Farage - he may face an open revolt.
President Clinton announced Dec. 5 that he is moving National Security Advisor Tony Lake to the top job at the CIA. Since then there has been grumbling from both Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which will consider Lake's selection, indicating that he may face tough confirmation proceedings.
If Mr Chavez persists with his plans, he may also face opposition from abroad.
Police arrested Naecher for failing to register as a sex offender (he may also face federal charges for crossing state lines).
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He may soon face an embarrassing court appearance in a libel case brought by Sean McPhilemy, a journalist who claims his livelihood was threatened when the Sunday Times rubbished a television documentary he had made.
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And even if he wins in May, he will face a far stronger opposition than once seemed likely.
And he warned companies they may face action if they did not change their ways.
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Mrs May said he "deserves to face justice" in Jordan but warned that successive governments had been trying to deport him for a decade.
He and four others face a 25 May hearing to find out if there is enough evidence for a trial.
Mr Zuma, who was acquitted last year of rape charges which he said were politically motivated, may still face corruption charges.
However, Ashley Cole, who was also on a yellow card but came out for the second half, may not face Russia after he was carried off just a couple of minutes after the restart.
It makes little sense, he may have calculated, to appoint a fresh face as prime minister now, only for that face to be covered in mud in a couple of months' time.
Mr. Bersani may be committed to honoring Mr. Monti's existing reforms and, if he is bold enough to face down his party's left wing, may even be willing to go further as the price of coalition.
But eventually most extradition requests are successful, and Emery admits that there is a good chance he'll face trial in the US. If that happens, he says, he may well be killed inside a sordid American prison.
He then shouted and swore into TV cameras and may face action from Uefa.
Obama's decision to change U.S. policy toward Cuba may blunt some of the criticism he'll face at the summit -- but certainly not all.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation, said he could not provide other details because the suspects may face trial.
"Germany has woken up at last to the reality that they may face a large net migration, " he told MPs.
Publisher Steve Forbes, who finished second in last week's Iowa caucuses, may face some of the same pressure if he fails to finish third or better in New Hampshire.
Yet if he orders a full invasion, Turkey may just get bogged down and face new enemies.
And, he may need to start thinking about scaling back the company in the face of declining revenue.
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