It takes time, practice, and concentrated efforts to make it the best it can be.

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It is growing steadily again, despite the best efforts of campaigners to make wearing fur socially unacceptable: remember the ads featuring models saying they would rather go naked than wear fur?

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Business people often move straight from vision to tactics without establishing clear strategies, and they end up with uncoordinated efforts that don't make the best use of important resources.

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After all, despite its best efforts, the Kadima government was unable to make peace with the Palestinians, as was the Labor government before it.

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And despite my best efforts, occasionally a whopper must be dropped from the list to make room for an even bigger mistake.

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The setbacks did not make difference however as Gloucester dominated all aspects of the game, despite Bristol's best efforts.

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Italy, who caused such a shock with a 2-1 win over Germany in the semifinals, responded with a pair of Antonio Cassano efforts, but with Mario Balotelli unable to make much impression they always looked second best.

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The club thanked Simpson for his efforts, but said it had been decided that "the best way forward was to agree to make a change now".

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The recession means more than ever, companies need to make sure they are getting the best out of their staff - so now is really not the time to sideline these efforts.

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