The minister said that if Sinn Fein members wanted to know who was holding up the strategy the answer was their own education minister.
And it ruins the strategy of holding common-sense reforms hostage to more controversial policy changes, a type of gamesmanship on which legislators rely.
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Their commitment to driving the invaders out of Congo seems to have been toned down to a strategy of holding certain mines and towns, and halting the rebel advance.
Among other things, this strategy has meant holding on to shows like 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights, which have failed to strike ratings gold in their first year on the air.
Now, in the face of a possible downgrade of its credit rating, he says it's staying at the holding company "pending our strategy review and consultation with our board" and until MBIA can talk to Moody's about its requirements.
Organizers acknowledged that enthusiasm may be waning because the movement has little other strategy than to keep holding rallies.
Given the general outlook, though, Winmill is sure that his long-term strategy of buying and holding on to gold equities will make money.
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Whether you are making a corporate presentation, holding a press conference, communicating strategy or leading your company in a competitive environment, stories help you engage your audience.
This requires time, research, and patience that many investors may find too onerous, but you simply are not going to be able to generate decent returns in a value strategy by buying and holding a mutual fund.
Speaking about the U.S. strategy, Kerry suggested the Obama administration would consider holding off on any possible plan to provide weapons to vetted units of the Syrian opposition if a peace strategy takes hold.
Ironically, at the core of competitive strategy is deception, and Groupon holding out baits to entice the competition to promote the category while killing off the smaller players that are flanking it.
In a similar fashion, you can create a broadly diversified portfolio but choose an active management strategy instead of simply buying and holding to track the major indexes (which is passive management).
Mizuho unveiled a complex strategy that involves setting up a two-tier holding company next March.
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This strategy often get charities to their goals quicker than holding out for larger sums.
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The council is holding another hearing for people to give their feedback on the core strategy.
Holding back, waiting or doing more research is not a good strategy.
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Connors straddled a magnificent run of tennis history, playing against Laver, Rosewall, Newcombe, Ashe, McEnroe, Borg, Becker, and Lendl, among others a period of dynamic revolution in on-court strategy and technology (Connors, of course, long holding out with his trusty fly-swatter, the Wilson T-2000).
Simply holding foreign currencies or foreign bonds or something is probably not too good a strategy.
"The only reason we sell is to fuel our ability to buy, " says David's son Helly, 29, who runs a gallery in the posh Carlyle Hotel on Madison Avenue. (Helly's cousin, also named Helly Nahmad after their grandfather Hillel in the Sephardic Jewish tradition, runs a gallery in London.) And while there is a cost to holding that inventory, the family's currency business helps support their art strategy.
In planning its strategy for the year 2000, Levi decided it wasn't worth holding back its retailers, who might retaliate.
And there's just an assumption that this is good, good, good, that holding an audience's attention 12 months of the year is a brilliant marketing strategy that carries no risk of audience burnout.
Setting corporate sustainability goals around products and packaging, adhering to national and regional regulations, holding suppliers accountable to become more environmentally and socially conscious, have made it into boardroom discussions and corporate strategy.
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