The old consensus-building management system helped employers keep unions on side when costs needed to be held down.
Hence the patient efforts of recent weeks to keep Russia on side.
Afghanistan desperately needs US support, and is keen to keep its ally on side.
As Groupon prepares to go public, the risk for would-be investors is that Groupon will have to improve its terms to keep merchants on its side.
But here's a neat plot twist: Lewinsky says she lied to Tripp about the affidavit, pretending not to sign it because she hoped to keep Tripp on her side.
For example, manufacturers will want to keep on the good side of suppliers and increase the reliability of their products by improving designs, using better materials and increasing preventive maintenance.
General Musharraf may not have a coalition to worry about, but he certainly has two powerful and in practice not entirely distinct groups to keep on the right side of: his own fellow-officers, and the jihadis, who even before they heard of the collapse of the summit were threatening a return to war.
"I made a few nice saves on the front side to kind of keep my round going, and on the back side I didn't make anything, " said the Canadian.
But even on these occasions America will have to take care to keep public opinion on its side and not to dissipate the world's sense of outrage.
Mr Hutton should be able to keep Mr Brown on-side if his demands on the exchequer are modest.
But they weren't able to keep up on the collection side, where the increase over the same period was just 6%.
With the scorecard showing 46-3, it was time for England's two spinners to come into the contest, and keep the home side on top.
To keep public opinion on his side, General Hillier made regular appearances on television accompanied by Afghan veterans, bringing him a level of fame previously unknown for an army officer in Canada.
If you're not ready to leave the familiar environment of Microsoft Windows, however, there is plenty of open-source software that can help you save money--and keep you on the right side of the software police.
But if Spain and the rest are able to keep their populations on the side of doing what it takes to stay in the euro, the ECB is saying it will not allow them to be forced out.
But, again, that's a long way to go to both creating jobs on the positive side and then creating jobs on the positive side enough to either keep the rate steady or bring that rate down.
Instead, he is feeling his way, trying to keep as many people on his side as possible.
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Whether it will amount to anything more than a series of ad hoc measures to keep his awkward allies on-side remains to be seen.
While the market environment is very choppy right now, and in my opinion, has a slight downside bias, many of the leaders are behaving well enough to keep me interested on the long side.
"It is that ability for the technology innovators on the device side to keep coming out with new capabilities, new formats, and yet not put the pressure on the IT organisations that have to service the user community, " said Tom Simmons.
Pietersen also called on his side to keep the momentum going when they regroup for the next day-night encounter against the tourists at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.
On a side note, keep in mind that MF Global had credit facilities in place with JPMorgan.
The pair were involved in a heated pushing exchange as the Reds struggled to keep a Baggies side at bay late on.
There will probably always be some frictional unemployment even in good times, but individual incentives on the supply side will keep pressing for employment individually and toward full employment collectively.
And so, Microsoft's decision to keep the next version of Office on the desktop side of Windows says much about how it views the state of desktop versus Metro-style apps.
Other special features include adjustable width (though no adjustable weighting -- c'mon, guys), a huge "wing" on the right side meant to keep your fingers from dragging, and a software suite that lets you record macros, tweak the million on-board lights, and even turn the bulky rodent into a fairly-functional joystick.
President Obama wanted to see the payroll tax cuts extended and the Democrats even considered a corresponding cut on the employer side in order to keep the economy moving.
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Then on the execution side, we had to keep someone who is that overweight inspired to lose half of themselves for a whole year.
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"To make it firmer on one side, to slow him down and keep him off the big toe, " Harken explains.
On the positive side, these limited tactics can keep terrorists off balance if they are applied consistently and over the long term.
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