True, and necessary, but it establishes a dynamic in which the weak and slow are the near-immediate target of derision.

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On November 13th Mr Salmond published a national economic strategy with the immediate target of boosting Scotland's economic growth to match British growth rates by 2011.

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Ido Nehushtan tells Renee Montagne that Israel is not under "a full suspension" of aerial bombing but it will target only "immediate threats, " including Hezbollah missile launchers and command-and-control headquarters.

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The immediate implementation of a reasonable inflation target--something Tokyo has resisted--would weaken the Japanese currency and government bonds.

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If the IRS follows the same rule for event-type CVRs, the issuer recognizes no gain or loss on the CVR issuance, the repurchase of the CVR, or the lapse of the CVR, but a target shareholder generally must recognize an immediate capital gain or loss taking into consideration the fair market value of the CVRs received on the date of distribution.

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Kuala Lumpur ordered the immediate cull of 100, 000 hogs (the target has since been revised to six times that figure).

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It had similar issues, however, to its bigger brother, but maybe its target audience will be more forgiving of its lack of immediate responsiveness than we are.

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Her immediate strategy: To expand it in the accounts they had, get it started in major retailers like Target and Wal-Mart, consider new distribution points (airlines, convenience stores and amusement parks) and help consumers find it.

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