So the bottom-fishers are out in force -- checking their gear, if not yet actually casting.
The failure of New York's schools, if not yet solved, is no longer shrugged off.
The field of Kingsley Amis studies is, if not yet overcrowded, at least getting cosy.
Thus China's rise is quietly bringing about an opposite, if not yet equal, reaction.
It has raised the bar for staging responsible, if not yet truly sustainable, international events.
Mr Arafat is also under domestic pressure to change his ways, if not yet his leadership.
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The three situations she spotlights exemplify a larger if not yet secure emergence of a market economy.
The PAN has made its main election issue the president's popular if not yet successful battle with drug-trafficking gangs.
Yet this can be a pivotal year for India, for it to emerge with a clearer resolve if not yet a result.
The rest is, if not yet history, at least a well-known story.
Now that the party leadership, if not yet the Kohl-loving rank-and-file, is broadly behind him, he can set about making changes in party structure and finance.
EU, if not yet as a member, include its value as a diplomatic and commercial bridgehead into the energy-rich, newly independent countries of Central Asia, and as a cultural bridgehead into Islam.
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Similarly, American policy towards small and repressive regimes, ranging from Myanmar to Cuba, has shifted in mood, if not yet substance, by offering the prospect of engagement if governments demonstrate progress towards democracy.
It does, however, make the odds against his successful defense of American interests a bit less like those faced by Horatius at the bridge, if not yet the "sure thing" the merits of the case ought to dictate.
Most importantly, for young players like Thompson, Tseng (still only 23 despite her five major titles) and Jessica Korda, the 19-year-old American who won the Australian event at Royal Melbourne, the future seems secure, if not yet brimming with dollars and network-television exposure.
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It was not clear if Holder responded, but the Justice Department has not yet announced it if will join the lawsuit filed by former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis.
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And if that is not yet reflected in profits and share price, it is the inclement external environment that's to blame.
If you have not yet pulled out your handkerchief for these people, you should at least contemplate how their problems mirror your own.
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In some cases, thirty per cent of the loans were found to be bad, if not fraudulent, yet the banks packaged and traded them anyway.
Anyway, he says, more and more tasks are being handed over to Bosnian leaders, even if they are not yet ready to take full control.
These executives recognized that they want to inspire this behavior in their people, even if they do not yet know exactly how they will do so.
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But it would still justify hefty sacrifices on the part of the rich to shore up the consumption of the poor, even if they have not yet been born.
Supply and demand will certainly remain finely balanced for several more years, but the outlook is improving for consumers even if this is not yet detectable in the price of oil.
If you are not yet within a safe harbor, consider asking your employer to withhold extra taxes from your paycheck to cover the shortfall at exercise (or restricted stock vesting).
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Google's point about technology that can more discreetly record your life is bound to have resonance with the public, even if they are not yet ready to wear special glasses to do it.
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In the 1980s and 1990s, the Fed pursued a hawkish doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against any inflationary pressures it could espy, even if they did not yet show up in headline consumer prices.
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