Most observers see the land-grab as an expression of desperation on Georgia's part.
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But locals say there are no terrorists, and that the Pakistanis are trying to use Afghanistan's instability to pull off a land-grab.
The mercantilist empires of the day put this philosophy into action by competing in a planet-wide land-grab that lasted a couple of centuries.
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And so there is a land-grab afoot where the younger, nimbler Web software firms Salesforce, Workday, Netsuite, and Box are aiming to gain share from the giants including Oracle and SAP.
"We are in land-grab mode, " said Mr. Ehrsam.
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Not every deal is a "land grab" - much depends on local context, the investor's track-record, the terms of the lease, and whether these reflect the free, prior and informed consent of local landholders.
Bin Laden's single narrative of a war on Islam by the West also purports to explain all the problems of the Muslim world: for example, that the long-running war between Russia and the Chechens is not a centuries-old imperialist land grab by the Russians but is rather a Western war against Islam.
In the early days at Omniture, we told everybody that the cheapest way to get leads was the pay-per-click route because it was a land grab at the time and everything was cheap.
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Further delay puts Nokia even further behind in the land grab for prominence in the rapidly expanding high-end smart phone industry.
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In 2004 the city moved to grab the land under eminent domain (and pay a court-approved price), then turn it over to Royall.
Because LivingSocial is going after a more affluent lifestyle-oriented target market, whereas Groupon is going for more of a land grab, he said.
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Asked if "Israel is always trying to grab more land and throw out the Palestinians who live there, " Jewish Democrats disagree by 11-73.
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