But for now there is the matter of the conflict in the east to deal with.

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What is so shattering is the matter-of-fact tone of what the former slaves said.

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And then there is the matter of convincing buyers that the aircraft is safe.

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Equally tricky is the matter of how, within any country, unsavoury parties should be dealt with.

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Dahlia, what exactly do these death row inmates say is the matter with the lethal injection process?

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The biggest issue outstanding is the matter of settling two key legal cases.

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Then, there is the matter of preparation: am I ready for this job?

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When she starts shrieking, you ask her, Darling, what ever is the matter?

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And that is the matter -- that is what the issue is here.

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And then there is the matter of transforming the island for public use.

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That, it seems, is the matter of more than a little debate.

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Then, there is the matter of what is administratively and politically feasible.

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Then, there is the matter of the quality of the Mets teams.

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Finally, there is the matter of Senator Kerry's seemingly desperate bid over the past few days to suppress his former colleagues' criticism.

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Another factor that the author conveniently chooses to exclude, is the matter of the federal governments jurisdiction over matters pertaining to maritime law, including ports.

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And then there is the matter of how Facebook defines users.

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Then there is the matter of speed in a mobile context.

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Finally, there is the matter of President Karzai's commitment to change - to deal with corruption and criminality and to expand and improve Afghan security forces.

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While improvements in the CIGS panel efficiencies can be expected, there is the matter of accessing the materials themselves, from which they are made, most immediately indium.

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Then there is the matter of employee fit and motivation.

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Although it is inevitable that Jeter will only wear one major league uniform in his career, there still is the matter of compensation, length of years, incentives and assurances.

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So sensitive is the matter that Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the French prime minister, and Nicolas Sarkozy, his finance minister, postponed a meeting on industrial policy this week with their German counterparts.

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The first is the matter of countries with questionable, possibly hostile, dispositions towards the United States and the West staking out enormous positions in strategic U.S. industries, with numerous non-transparent repercussions.

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Then there is the matter of retaining key personnel.

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And then there is the matter of geography .

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First, though, there is the matter of the cliff.

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For example, there is the matter of Russia.

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Then there is the matter of the volume.

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Then, there is the matter of missile defense.

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Then there is the matter of Mr Taylor.

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