Today, in a small first step in that direction, about two dozen state and federal officials, advocates, insurance company executives, and researchers met privately for almost six hours to exchange ideas.
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There is still time, of course, for the Iranians to react, but we have been very clear that we did not think that as a first matter we would try to move to sanctions in the first step of the Security Council.
In 1991, in its first step outside the U.S., Wal-Mart formed a joint venture with Mexican retailer Cifra.
Members of the loyalist parties were due to meet on Thursday in a first step towards ending the dispute.
The auctions are aimed at rationing the availability of dollars, in a first step towards allowing the Egyptian pound to float freely.
As a result it said it had served the Indian government with a "notice of dispute" in a first step toward international arbitration.
In January, seven vessels from Spain, Britain, France, Portugal and Italy set sail from Gibraltar to patrol the southern Mediterranean, in a first step towards a common European border guard.
Recognizing and understanding this shift in consumer behavior is the first step in reducing shopping cart abandonment.
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In what looks like the first step in its Yungas campaign, the government is squeezing the tightly-regulated legal coca market.
The story gets worse from there, because the cuts mentioned so far are just the first step in a two-step process.
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They spoke alone for about an hour, in a move seen as the first step in healing the rifts in the party.
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Congress enacted Health Savings Accounts in 2003 as a first step to put consumers in charge of their health services.
It's a proof point of our leadership in all things 4K, and the first step in creating a full, complete 4K Ultra HD solution for the home.
In July the city created Wi-Fi hotspots at 10 payphone kiosks in three of its boroughs, the first step in a pilot program designed to make wireless access available to as many people as possible in the city.
So, the recovery plan we passed is the first step in getting our economy back on track, but it is just the first step, because even if we manage this plan flawlessly, there will be no real recovery unless we clean up the credit crisis that has severely weakened our financial system.
Rhetorical support from Obama in his speech to Congress is a necessary first step in a serious reform effort, but it is just a modest beginning.
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"We now look forward to welcoming the Balmoral Show to the site in May and I am confident that this is only the first step in maximising the economic development potential of this significant 347 acre site, " the chairman added.
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So in PDCA your first step is to use all available knowledge and establish your objective.
Asked about his June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world, Obama called it a first step in the process of improving U.S. relations with Muslim countries.
Clark , who took the helm at Merck in May, made clear that the restructuring announced today represents only the first step in his plan to turn around the drug giant.
And so the best thing to do is to keep pro-growth economic policies in place as the first step to making sure we're the most powerful economy in the world, and I think that means keeping those taxes low.
In aligning sales and marketing, understanding the archetypes of their respective leaders is a critical first step in figuring out to get them to work better together.
And in the Galaxy S4 the first step of that journey is visible in its sensory scrolling innovations.
Jim Fletcher, a mechanical engineering doctoral student in fuel cell technology, said the bus is 10 percent more efficient than comparable diesel buses -- a first step in what researchers expect will one day be a far more efficient form of transportation.
The Kenyan bishops' anti-condom remarks contradict the view of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI who stated in 2010 that "where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection" condoms can be "a first step in a movement toward a different way, a more human way, of living sexuality", Mr O'Brien said.
The new information is also a first step in reconstructing the ancient lineage all the way back to the point when all members of this group first diverged, he said.
In October 2010 she shocked Wall Street by sending BNY Mellon and Bank of America a notice of nonperformance, the first step in a process that could have allowed Patrick to declare a default on those bonds and sue BofA directly on behalf of the trusts.
Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, said in Delhi in July that credible elections could be a first step toward peace in Kashmir and dialogue with Pakistan.
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President Kim Dae Jung, architect of the Big Deals in which chaebol are to trade businesses as a first step toward reining in the industrial overcapacity that is afflicting several big industries ( see box ), headed to the U.S. on July 2 for a summit with President Bill Clinton.
While changing the composition of our leaders in Washington would be a logical first step, I offer up some ideas in the mean time.
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