And I think it is clear that without those concrete steps and without those direct negotiations toward that transition, you are simply going to see -- continue to see more uncertainty and more unrest.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Now at the end of the day, if the Fire Brigades Union decides it's not going to discuss any modernisation, not going to accept the four per cent that is on offer without modernisation, and decides it wants to go on strike, then the dispute will continue.

BBC: Breakfast with Frost

Without that, it is hard to gauge whether the amount of such business going to their auditors is exceptional.

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If CMS is going to expand review of SNF claims, how will it do that without more inspectors and improving how it does inspections?

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But there is a danger that without deadlines and an agreed budget, it will end up very rapidly going nowhere at all.

ECONOMIST: Space

"My view without going into any individual case is that we are all as managers to fight against it, " Wenger said.

BBC: Gunners boss Arsene Wenger

Since roughly a third of sexual crimes are committed by people without a previous conviction, it is inevitable that some people with apparently excellent credentials but sinister intentions are going to get jobs working with children or vulnerable adults.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Can background checks ever work?

Without going into the specific reasons for immigration or their merits (or demerits), it is enough to note that the political leadership in the United States must consider the effects of population growth on natural resources and the environment as it considers immigration reform.

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As it happens, the NASA Administrator made it pretty clear in his remarks to al-Jazeera that the U.S. space program is not going anywhere without foreign help.

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