Downsizing and outsourcing were necessary -- and often indispensable -- means to that end.
Seth Godin describes a Linchpin as somebody in an organization who is indispensable - who simply cannot be replaced because their role is just far too unique and valuable.
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Since Palm (nasdaq: PALM - news - people ) OS handheld organizers took off, personal digital assistants have become indispensable geek-gear, and now one can do almost anything on the things: keep schedules, play video games, or trade soup recipes.
Taxation--indispensable to the functioning of government--becomes an inhibiting factor in private sector activity in developing countries when applied through cumbersome rules and administration, as is usually the case.
Holbrooke already enjoyed a reputation for being overbearing and peremptory--qualities that were to prove indispensable at Dayton--and he is forthright about being no shrinking violet, engagingly quoting unflattering references to himself.
That has opened the way to restoring the earnings link to the basic state pension, another no-go area for the chancellor, but an indispensable reform if means-testing is to be arrested and saving encouraged.
Another niche where powerful superconducting magnets are indispensable is high-energy physics.
That was when the 57-year-old gave Gitanes Blondes -- a sister brand of the cigarettes that were an indispensable prop of Jean-Luc Godard films -- a complete makeover.
For many of us, the iPhone has become an indispensable communication device -- and now a new app developed by Lapka can measure environmental radiation and whether or not your food is organic, turning your smartphone into a tool for good health as well.
For journalists trying to disentangle the claims and counter-claims of politicians against hourly and daily deadlines, it has become an indispensable source of anti-spin.
Ensuring affordable high-speed Internet connections and equally affordable access to electronic scientific information and data for all the world's universities and research institutions has become indispensable for informed decision-making and knowledge production.
The other party sitting pretty is the Christian Democrats, led by Josef Lux, who has every reason to believe that he will be as indispensable to a centre-left coalition as he was to the outgoing centre-right one.
So while liquid financial markets, educated workforces and business-friendly legal environments are still indispensable ingredients of any international financial center, non-traditional factors like the state of local infrastructure systems have become an indisputable piece of the puzzle.
With his Telugu Desam party's stunning success in India's recent parliamentary elections, Naidu has become an indispensable component in the 24-party ruling National Democratic Alliance.
Such things did not need promotion -- they were indispensable.
As economies of the world aggregate, monitoring the growth and operation of SWFs becomes an ever-more delicate and indispensable task.
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In some cases, before specific development projects or programs can succeed, aid is needed to help countries build the institutions that are indispensable for the functioning of nation-states.
Instead, we are reconfirming the importance of NATO by providing indispensable American air support for a European-led mission.
India is indispensable to the future that we seek -- a future of security and prosperity for all nations.
He said further integration of the 17-nation eurozone was "indispensable", but "under no circumstances must this be seen as an alternative to the integrity of the single market, or indeed the integrity of the union as a whole".
We believe TiVo's viewing data is indispensable, given the rise of on-demand viewing, and will be even more so with a larger sample set, and we believe that this is an area where we can drive incremental growth in the future.
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He points out that only works when one party (or coalition) is in charge, whereas "in a system built around an administration and a bicameral Congress, everybody is part of the government - and the government only functions if there exists a certain baseline spirit of co-operation between the mutually indispensable parts".
Well, there you have it just another ho-hum year ahead for CIOs expected to imagine and deliver indispensable market intelligence and insight, optimized business processes, unmatched customer engagement and experience, bullet-proof global security across systems of record as well as tens of thousands of handheld devices, social opportunities, and the perfect blend of cloud and on-premise systems that will ensure their companies remain healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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DVRs have become an indispensable technology for consumers by helping users time-shift their TV and recommend new shows.
Yet as a constitutional monarch, ruling with the tacit consent of the majority, she is not the only judge of the trade-off between necessary display and indispensable discretion.
The combination of work-rate and basic technique make Sorin indispensable to Argentina's World Cup quest.
Which brings up the indispensable fax machine, favored by many a buy-side firm but definitely not an STP-device.
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She has the indispensable knack of being able to write a well-turned scene, and "The Great God Pan" is full of scenes that are so subtly drawn that you can almost overlook their failure to add up to a fully convincing whole.
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The administration of justice, including law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies and, especially, an independent judiciary and legal profession in full conformity with applicable standards contained in international human rights instruments, are essential to the full and non-discriminatory realization of human rights and indispensable to the processes of democracy and sustainable development.
The Supreme Court considered the swearing-in an important formality, but not indispensable for the start of the new presidential term, she said.
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