He claims (implausibly, say some suspicious liberals) that he did try, albeit unsuccessfully, to persuade Mr Delors not to let French farmers hold the future of world trade in the Uruguay round to ransom.
Still, what was true in the past may not hold in the future.
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The Council expresses its intention to hold in the future informal interactive dialogues with regional and subregional organizations.
Experts suggest the rise of GPS-enabled devices means the efforts could hold the key to future profits if the firms add location-triggered adverts or use the data to promote situation-specific services.
But on an Internet vastly bigger and more diverse than when the Time Warner deal went down in early 2000, what does the future hold for the once-dominant online hangout?
"The strong euro and the persistent dislocations in the money and credit markets will likely force the ECB to keep rates on hold for the foreseeable future, " said Holger Schmieding from Bank of America.
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The question now is whether this will hold true in the future, as nations compete to develop new ways to produce more wealth with less energy.
Kennedy flew back to Belfast from the World Cup in South Africa on Friday morning and was due to hold the press conference on the future development of Windsor Park.
"The report both endorses market expectations that rates will stay on hold for the foreseeable future and suggests that more policy loosening will yet be needed, " said Vicky Redwood, chief UK economist at Capital Economics.
Kennedy flew back to Belfast from the World Cup in South Africa on Friday morning and was due to hold the press conference on the future development of Windsor Park on Saturday, but it was cancelled.
Host Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Frank Langfitt and Alexandra Harney, author of The China Price, about what the future may hold for the world economy.
Even though the Mets are currently mired in doom and gloom, the franchise has to feel energized by what the future may hold for the ball club.
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While many Iraqis publicly said they are glad to see Americans out of their neighborhoods, some were worried about what the future may hold without the U.S. military nearby.
Outside it, squadrons of ex-spooks and retired generals hold conferences on the future of a polynuclear Middle East.
But politics and her office duties will be put on hold for the immediate future, Swift said, as she recovers from her surgery.
Brands that have metrics about that hold the keyto the future.
This is precisely what Startup Weekend and other organizations and programs have set out to do, and these entrepreneurial communities hold the key to future prosperity.
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"The union wanted to use the expiration of the evaluation system to keep ineffective teaches in classrooms, not to mention hold the city hostage in future negotiations, " Bloomberg spokeswoman Lauren Passalacqua said after the announcement.
As digital natives and emissaries from the future, the millennials hold the keys to unlocking the secrets of tomorrow.
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The data from the Wise mission are made publicly available so that scientists outside the collaboration can also carry out their own studies, so the future will hold a wealth of studies from these extreme and otherwise hidden corners of the Universe.
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So what does the future hold for building sustainable, local merchant- and consumer-centric daily deal models?
If they miss this opportunity they may never win over a group who may hold the key to winning future elections.
What does the future hold for U.S. companies doing business with Japan?
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Does anyone doubt that will hold true for the foreseeable future?
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And that leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today, especially in those fields that hold the promise of producing future innovations and innovators.
"The union wanted to use the expiration of the evaluation system to keep ineffective teachers in classrooms, not to mention hold the city hostage in future negotiations, " she said.
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