"Crystal chandeliers and marble lobbies are not what buyers are looking for today, " he said.
Stephen is well-equipped to fight his battles in building lobbies, in courtrooms, and online.
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The rich nations, after all, have their own business lobbies and voters to answer to.
People met in hotel lobbies, attended conferences in hotel ballrooms and partied in hotel bars.
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Today, Republican Congress members worked above ground in the hotel's grand lobbies and elegant ballrooms.
The Rainbow Project, which lobbies for gay, lesbian and transgender rights, also carries out free testing.
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But the costs imposed by extreme environmental lobbies are deeper than these direct casualties.
Then the White House held a summit and invited all the major health lobbies.
Partly that may be due to the insurance and provider lobbies, especially the hospitals.
Two pensioners' lobbies, which took 5% of the vote last time, were knocked out.
Though this notion is wildly popular with the political left, conservatives and business lobbies loathe it.
Two more important lobbies are coming round to the view that something needs to be done.
But it suggests that further liberalisation could upset some powerful lobbies in the West.
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He heads an informal group of ten rich regions which lobbies the federal government.
"Every deduction was put in there for a reason and has powerful lobbies behind them, " he admits.
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Stella takes her concerns to ACPO, the Association of Chief Police Officers which lobbies on domestic violence.
The Taxpayer's Alliance, which lobbies for lower taxes, has said animals should be rescued by animal charities.
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Do what's right, the Conservatives will support you in the division lobbies to get this through Parliament.
Others argue strenuously for the limit to be kept as it is, as do some industry lobbies.
MPs should consider allowing the cameras to film them voting on legislation and chatting in the lobbies.
Such attitudes have prompted a barrage of protest, not least from France's powerful drink and tobacco lobbies.
Various industry lobbies and GOP Congressmen demanded that the SEC do a cost-benefit analysis on the rule.
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Legally, of course, but as the NYT notes, no one lobbies for more tax breaks than GE.
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Secondly, regulators have become more sympathetic to consumer lobbies, and have turned their attention to retail goods.
People will still be allowed to make calls from their mobiles during the interval and in theatre lobbies.
In the lobbies of tourist hotels, x-ray machines frame the entrances, bags are searched by smiling apologetic officials.
Such a ban has been a policy goal of the two big hospital lobbies (AHA, FAH) for years.
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The two big hospital lobbies, the AHA and FAH, have been trying to ban physician ownership for years.
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By his count, there are about 5 million of them sitting on coffee tables and in business lobbies.
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