But this is only half the picture: if it succeeded in ending deflation, the Bank of Japan would help to reduce banks' losses on their loan portfolios, which are bigger than those on their bond portfolios.
Opponents of the Palestinian bid argue that it is a unilateral action that will undermine attempts to negotiate a two state solution, and that it could be little more than an empty gesture even if it succeeded, since it will hardly charge the lives of Palestinians.
If it had succeeded, it would have been the first major retail chain to have customers shop within the social network, a place where the average American spends about seven hours a month.
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Celtel found that it succeeded if it adapted products and services to local tastes, needs and small budgets.
In fact, Secretary of State Colin Powell has been quoted as saying that he believed the evidence inevitably led to the conclusion that Iran intended to build a weapon, even if it had not yet succeeded.
If the gift succeeded - if the queen liked it and wore it - it had fulfilled its function of winning the queen's favour and confirming the giver's devotion and loyalty.
He might have succeeded--if it weren't for a felon named Papa Bear, an alleged prostitute and three witnesses who say they were paid to lie on Jenkins' behalf.
If Spain has succeeded, as it claims, in persuading Germany and the other eurozone governments to hand over the 100bn euros with no strings attached that relate to Spain's spending and taxing - to its budget - then Ireland would have a powerful case for demanding a renegotiation of its bailout package.
"I do not want to say that Pope Benedict XVI did not understand this, but for him this generation is remote and it is probably better if he is succeeded by someone from the younger generation, " he said.
It's six weeks now since you succeeded Peter Mandelson John, if, if we had known then what we know now after Hammond would it have been right to ask for his resignation or fire him?
If this was meant to embarrass Mr Netanyahu, it succeeded.
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Now that this massive collaborative learning project has succeeded, it would be a shame if we used it to take the humanity out of learning altogether.
While pupils will know their result on Saturday it will be May when they learn if they have succeeded in in gaining a place at their preferred school.
But how would Compaq survive if one of five of the computers it brought to the marketplace succeeded?
It said in November it would stop supplying components and technology if Youngman and Pang Da succeeded with their acquisition bid.
If they had succeeded, we can be sure that Raghavan would have reported it and the Post would probably have printed it.
But the council says that if Mr Fidler had succeeded in getting the council's enforcement decision overturned it would have created "an unacceptable precedent for development in the green belt".
What if a country with a recent history of ruinous hyperinflation succeeded in beating inflation, in bringing it down to a level broadly consistent with inflation in developed Western markets?
Obama has made it clear that he thinks this is unfair, but what would really be unfair is if the White House succeeded in reducing rates through governmental force.
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