In January, Apple released a report saying that last year only 38% of its suppliers met its standard for a maximum 60-hour work week and at least one day off every seven.
Despite already having met its maker once, Robosparrow met a second grisly end, with its head ultimately falling off, and wings ceasing to function after repeated attacks from other male sparrows.
Mrs Beckett defended Britain's record on climate change, saying that although it had not met its own "very stringent" target on emissions it had met - and exceeded - its Kyoto Protocol target three years early.
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The coveted IBM Selectric, a disruptive journalistic tool in its day, had finally met its match.
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More recently, it said that 89% of 500, 000 workers it surveyed throughout its supply chain in February met its working hours standard.
Since the momentum shifted toward Sirius at the end of 2005 as Howard was about to go live, Sirius has dramatically accelerated its growth while XM has not met its projections, casting doubts over all of satellite radio.
Also today, Trius Therapeutics (TSRX) said a phase 3 trial of its tedizolid phosphate treatment for bacterial skin and skin structure infections met its primary endpoint.
Arrested Development established a cult following during its original three series on Fox from 2003-2006 and its return has been met with huge anticipation from its loyal fans.
It met its target of raising 100 million euros, but has not issued another sukuk since.
For Mr. Branson, the test flight met its most important goal: validating the rocket ship's design.
The city met its clean air targets on 245 days last year, compared with 177 days in 2000.
It actually met its earnings targets quarter after quarter, but it did it by all sorts of gimmickry.
The government has met its current target of cutting deaths and serious injuries by a third by 2000.
But Mrs Foster said Allen and Overy had to satisfy the government agency that it had met its conditions.
The miraculous growth of social-networking phenomenon Facebook may have met its first hiccup in Europe, according to data released Thursday.
Shona Robison (SNP) asked why the executive had not met its 2001 target on waiting times for breast cancer treatment.
Pan American met its targets for silver production and cash costs during the fourth quarter and full year, Burns said.
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While the Rose Bowl Game has become one of the most-recognized athletic events, its start was met without much fanfare.
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue has never met its own time target for responding to emergencies, according to fire authority figures.
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The county council campaign launched in July aimed to fill 200 places by 31 March but has already met its target.
It comes after the fire service revealed it had never met its target of reaching 80% of life-threatening incidents within six minutes.
The group met its goal thanks to private donations, spurred on by the enthusiastic support of the late Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
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It says that Texas passed such a green energy standard in 1999 and that the state met its goal six years later.
It said it would examine the company's proposals in detail to see how far they met its own objectives to simplify tariffs.
The opposition refused to attend the talks unless its conditions were met.
"IUE-CWA has met its goals of safeguarding affordable health insurance and substantially increasing pensions for our members, " said IUE-CWA President Edward Fire .
Eric Fehrnstrom, a Romney campaign senior adviser, said the campaign met its goal of taking roughly one-third of the Mississippi and Alabama delegates.
He added that the law doesn't appear to have met its objectives of bringing down borrowing costs and expanding access to private loans.
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