The organization is battling persistent, if thus far unsuccessful, legal attacks on the Master Settlement Agreement by smaller tobacco companies, who say it is an anticompetitive scheme that allowed the big manufacturers to raise prices indiscriminately.
But even if they thus qualify for a bonus, they receive it only if the whole company does well.
If, thus fortified, the banks start lending more, it will be good news.
Thus if everyone were forced to be frugal then everyone would be happy.
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Thus if you need access to content or files in the cloud you may or may not have access when you need it.
Thus if some other community offers IPG Photonics a better tax deal, it could move and take away all the jobs it has created.
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Thus if you want very, very fast connections to the stock market, you need to be as close to the servers used by the market as possible.
Comey would not say if the probe thus far has identified the source of the leak that identified the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson as a CIA operative.
Thus if a currency seems significantly undervalued, argues the report, a central bank should raise interest rates by more than strictly necessary to keep a lid on future inflation.
But average folks often get caught up in difficult situations, and thus if you have something to protect then the topic of asset protection should at least cross your mind.
Theft would make her immoral, and thus if she were caught and imprisoned she could not pursue what she has deemed to be in her self interest (before she went to prison).
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Thus if they run the car for a few months, or up to the 10, 000 mile sort of level, they can and do make a profit on the disposal into the second hand car market.
Thus if the federal budget is cut by sequestration or a new president with different priorities is elected or NASA decides to shift its goals in space, the business strategies of space entrepreneurs can be impaired overnight.
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Thus if networking firms like Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) want growth in the consumer market, they need to convince millions of Americans to hook their kitchens up to the Internet.
Thus if he needs to get a lot of cash from his sports assets Wilpon will have to unload his 60% stake in SportsNet NewYork, the regional sports network in which Comcast and Time Warner are also investors.
Thus if Tilton buys, holds or even originates loans at a discount of, say, 60 cents on the dollar, she is permitted to record them at par value, or 100, so long as they continue to pay interest.
Thus if you are going to make the case that the government should smooth policy based fluctuations in prices, then you should make the general case that the government should use subsidies to smooth other prices for businesses.
Thus if Tilton buys, holds or even originates loans at a discount of, say, 80 cents on the dollar, she is permitted to record them at par value or 100, so long as they continue to pay interest.
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Thus, if Congress taxes consumption, those down the economic food chain will inevitably pay more in taxes.
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Thus, if Murdoch proceeds strategically, as well as waiting out the storm, he might just pull through.
Thus, if you have virtual work teams scattered around the globe, the Cloud is probably for you.
And, if it was ever thus, how did it ever get to be thus in the first place?
Thus, if conservatives support the legalization and naturalization of illegals, their compassion would be rewarded with electoral defeats.
Thus, if the U.S. ratified the treaty, it would be held to a different standard than other nations.
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Thus, if President Bush takes the state, as is likely, he won't get all of its nine electoral votes.
Thus, if you spend too much time straining to prove your nobility, you risk spinning your mission into oblivion.
Speed and good communications are thus essential if mass customisation is to work.
Thus, if it were just up to the Valley to elect a president, a computer robot would win the elections.
Thus, if there were an emergency and they had to leave quickly, there would be at least one lunar sample.
Thus, if all citizens are highly active, governments may have little leeway to act in the face of unexpected events.
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