When President Vaclav Klaus was narrowly re-elected for a second five-year term in 2008, critics of the indirect election process alleged that it was not sufficiently transparent and gave the impression that an agreement between the various political factions was only reached after protracted back-room deal-making.

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Some fear that denying Colombia substantial direct and indirect U.S. aid through the certification process will jeopardize cooperation Colombia is giving the Unite States in the war on drugs.

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At other times, they must be soft, self-effacing, collaborative, process oriented, persuasive, unassuming, and indirect (feminine).

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But will there be pressure, whether direct or indirect, on them to produce a certain kind of result and that as human beings will their process be influenced by that.

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But to be successful at the McKinsey interview process, candidates must do more than simply answer questions and talk about things like potential customer segmentation and indirect competitors.

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