Target may be a discount store, but it has always reveled in its role as a purveyor of cheap chic.
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America, as I found from my visits in the seventies and early eighties, had suffered a terrible decline of confidence in its role in the world.
One of their contentions is that disputes involving the state in its role as regulator should be dealt with on the narrow, technical facts, free from political pressure.
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The French company, Cybergun, is interviewed by Parkin in its role as a negotiator between gun manufacturers and video game producers for licensing the use of particular models of firearm.
Studies by Blue Ribbon committees following questions about the relationship between the FAA, in its role as regulator, and the aircraft manufacturer have documented the efficacy of the certification process.
Pew figures from shortly after the 2008 election showed digital making major strides in its role as a key news source for voters, and social tools are making it easier for outsiders to make waves.
In the aftermath of the tax shelter imbroglio, after all, the Department of Justice agreed, as part of its settlement with the firm, that KPMG would continue in its role as auditor for the DOJ itself.
In its role as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) that have been kept afloat with billions of taxpayer dollars since 2008, the FHFA noted that it has not filed suit against every issuer, nor on every private label mortgage-backed security (PLS) purchased by one of the GSEs.
In addition to its role in battling corruption, the media has also emerged as an important tool for combating and addressing many of the other social problems that China is facing in its rapid modernization.
In its new role it would improve co-ordination, logistics and training for all those countries involved in the drug war, notably against airborne smuggling.
In addition, the project aims to develop a participatory strategy to support the Jordanian media community in understanding its essential role in the electoral process.
The latest franchise to join MLS was more interested in emphasizing its historical role in American soccer, and wanted to be known not as the new team in the league but one taking its rightful place within it.
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Second-to-second changes in its activity might, though, be expected to be correlated with changes in the amygdalas, because of its role in regulating them. fMRI allows such correlations to be measured.
The deputy chief of the country's Election Commission also dismissed Mr. Anwar's claims that it had had failed in its watchdog role to safeguard the ballot.
As it sees big money to be made in finance, the life-insurance industry is losing interest in its traditional role of controlling much of the South African economy.
From the outside, it looks more like a swanky corporate headquarters than a 21st Century scientific laboratory, but once inside this building just off the M1 in Wakefield its role becomes much clearer.
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But this time, the court may be more cautious in interpreting its role because two bodies with powers equal to or greater than its own are peering over its shoulder: the Supreme Court of the United States and the Florida legislature.
Because of this identification, Mr Halberstam holds back from asking some really hard questions about America's policy in the Balkans, including its role in the final months of the Bosnian war.
These impulses can combine in a particularly potent way when government has so expanded its role in American life that everyone is benefiting from its largess in varying ways.
Yes. my alma mater, where I cut my teeth on finance in the 1960s, is not blameless for its role in sticking public investors with some mighty bad paper that was doomed to lose its value before it was even issued.
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We retain full confidence in the IMF and its continued capacity to fulfill its obligations, to fill its role -- rather fulfill its role in the global economy during this difficult period.
The new centre will tell the story of Fort Bovisand as a fort in Tudor times, through to its role in World War II.
Dark energy is one of the most pressing problems in astrophysics today and, given its role in identifying the problem, you would have thought it would be the US announcing such a mission.
Unfortunately, the Senate's spotty record in recent decades of taking seriously its role in the treaty-making process has only served to encourage successive executives to settle for bad treaties - and trust that they would not be held accountable for the defects.
The 30-year venture to treat the potentially deadly gases in Bab also puts Europe's largest energy company in a strong position to renew its role in the UAE's largest onshore oil concession, on which the Bab field stands, when that contract comes up for renewal early next year.
Government has a role in regulating, but its role shouldn't include picking the winners and losers.
The agency assumed responsibility for protecting the president in 1902, and its role continued to expand in ensuing decades.
Last week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had completed its role in the search, because its specialties were no longer needed.
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The report emphasized the need for continued development in the travel and tourism sector particularly for its role in job creation in a relatively stagnant global economy.
Rome will attempt to use both its links to the Gadhafi regime and its role in the intervention to carve out a post-conflict mediator role that can protect its interests.
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