The payment networks have long set their sights on eliminating cash to capture more transactions over their processing networks.
Surgeons say many patients request the full-bodied mustache worn by Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises, which has long set the standard for top-drawer whiskers.
Now TAM is planning to merge with LAN, a privatised Chilean airline which has long set the regional standard for efficiency in its open, liberalised home market.
They are just shy of the record palladium net-long position set in December.
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Laulala's long pass set up an overlap on the right and a couple of well-timed deliveries from Davies and Mustoe sent Xavier Rush charging into the 22.
Lockyer's long pass set up the first, and his brilliantly judged grubber kick ended up with Morris beating his twin brother in a sprint to touch down in the left-hand corner.
Auto factories in Europe and Japan have long been set up to build cars to order, because European and Japanese customers order cars instead of picking them off the lot at auto malls.
It's a long-standing set of principles, and they're not going to reverse course.
Since this short-termism is no longer possible, we must set long-range goals.
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What was lost in the transition between these two economic worldviews in the last 30 years was a recognition that business is embedded in society, a society ruled by laws that govern behavior and set long-term economic priorities and goals, often to the benefit of corporate America.
Asamoah Gyan regained the lead for Sunderland after the break, but the visitors sat back and finally buckled under a barrage of long throws and set-pieces, as two Jermaine Pennant free-kicks set up Huth to score twice in the last seven minutes and seal a remarkable recovery.
As for Uggie, the terrier, the actor says that it turned out easier to play across a talented canine than anticipated ("I helped him with little pieces of sausage that I had in my pocket or in my pants cuffs") and that, in retrospect, even the long days on set were part of the fun.
But long term rates are set by the market: the interactions of buyers and sellers of long term debt instruments.
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Gates, arranged in long, boxy concourses set way out in the field, are linked to central terminals by underground trains.
This method of deleveraging is essentially a means of buying time, and comes along with its own set of long-term risks.
It must also set a long-term goal for investors, something like going public in five years or finding a corporate acquirer.
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It was one-way traffic after the break and rugby-union bound Ashton also crossed from long range after being set free by Harrison Hansen.
For both projects, the storm clearly has added significant delays, although just how long work will be set back is far from clear.
The ruling looks like a clear victory for subscribers of cable services, long frustrated by awkward set-top box technology and perpetually rising subscription fees.
Certainly that Learjet that has been readied for me might be waiting for a good long time before I set foot within its leathered luxury.
So my proposal is this: By the end of next year, America and other nations will set a long-term global goal for reducing greenhouse gases.
One bane for those investing in alternative energy sources is that tax credits aren't set for long enough periods of time to make long-term planning possible.
In Kentucky, where the string of Democratic governors stretched back over three decades, the party was in trouble long before the president set foot in the Bluegrass State.
In less than three weeks EU leaders will gather for a summit at which they will try to work out the next set of long-term spending plans for Brussels.
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With the strike price of the option set a long way above prevailing levels, they will have reckoned they could convert the debt into equity at ever giddier prices.
For large companies the Sarkozy government has set a long-term goal of reducing the corporate tax rate by 5%, which would pull France closer to the rest of Europe.
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