The decision by the United States and nearly two dozen other trading partners to negotiate a new agreement to facilitate global trade in services is welcome, if not overdue, news.
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Greater concern for the impoverished would be most welcome, if not long overdue, at the IMF itself.
The United Church of Christ is believed to have ordained the first gay minister in the US 33 years ago, and for many of those gathered for the general synod in Atlanta, Georgia, the vote was, if anything, overdue.
Meanwhile, local accountants said the agency sent letters to some taxpayers offering them "amnesty" if they paid long-overdue taxes when in fact no taxes were owed that tax year.
If a position report is six minutes overdue, alarms go off.
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I'm also expecting a decent cup run this season (for no other reason than the fact we're overdue one) and, if you're looking for a daft bet, what about Well skipper and BBC pundit Stephen Craigan to win the European Golden Shoe thanks purely to own-goals?
If we liberalize them, which seems well overdue, should we still punish the people who violated the law which we later deemed too harsh?
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Unfortunately, it would be par for the Bush Administration's course if, having now reluctantly delivered this long-overdue slap on the wrist, the Secretary of State were to be dispatched to Belgrade to smooth ruffled Serbian feathers.
Even if the fractious five manage to give birth to their long overdue resolution, Mr Hussein will probably reject it, smartly.
Now we can work out exactly how much interest should have been payable if we want to, the HMRC interest rates charged on overdue tax and penalties are here.
If he can achieve that, Japan might start a long-overdue push to reform and revitalise its economy.
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Even if the reality falls short of world exchanges, consolidation is long overdue for those who need capital or who have capital to supply.
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It looks as though the Federal Communications Commission may yet have to step in if the industry as a whole is to make its long-overdue leap into the present.
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It's a commitment that's paid for in part by efficiencies in our system that are long overdue, and it's a step we must take if we hope to bring down our deficit in the years to come.
Most of what is in the bill is long overdue and I do not think would have caused us too much trouble even if we were to have sufficient time to discuss it in detail in committee.
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