The signing of the bilateral trade agreement in July and President Bill Clinton's visit in two more days culminate the first stage of this new involvement.

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It is convinced that the way to drive the process smoothly is by grassroot involvement and is looking to the next stage for digital switchover - the auction of the spectrum freed up by switchover.

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But their involvement was ended at the quarter-final stage where they were beaten 2-1 by eventual champions Germany.

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We wish him well in the next stage of his career and look forward to his ongoing involvement in the game beyond the boundary.

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In addition, the early stage rounds have seen a significant increase in corporate venture capital involvement (discussed here, here).

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Speaking on 5 July 2011 during the committee stage of the bill, Lord Jenkin of Roding argued that central government should have less involvement with proposed local referendums on excessive council tax.

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This new dimension in enterprise computing-- extending mainframe governance to POWER7 and System x blades integrated into the zEnterprise System architecture--was developed over the past three years with direct involvement from a team of IBM's 30 top customers, which provided direct input at every stage of the development process.

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Unlike some other celebrities, whose involvement in their respective fashion ventures is limited to just lending their names, Malkovich evidently participates in every stage of the process, despite his heavy filming schedule.

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