Such deals will succeed mainly by cutting capacity, which may mean product lines or branches, but almost always means jobs.
Mobile payments could save it some money on credit card-related fees, mean fewer lines in stores, and also give a swift kick to skittish revenue growth.
And by mingle, I mean wait in wildly long lines to pose with those stars for staged pictures.
But a serious reallocation of resources on the railways would mean cutting lots of branch lines, and that is a task for a politician with the hide of Dr Beeching, not of Tony Blair.
Shorter lines at the register mean more happy customers who are more likely to return.
"Because of the way people defend at scrums, with the greater distance between defensive lines, it should mean there's more space, hence the need to keep scrums squarer - so I see that as a positive, " he said.
Fewer bank branches often mean long distances to travel and long lines once you've arrived.
So what does the proliferation of this sharing behavior mean for publishers, advertisers and their bottom lines?
Say what you mean, mean what you say and deliver along the lines that you say you will deliver.
We all, I guess, will take one or two lines of the speech - I mean, he talks about the genius of America is that we can change, that we can improve.
Reading between the lines, one might take this to mean that the U.S. stands ready to jump into the game if needed.
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But that doesn't mean the match-up is lacking for story-lines.
The yellow and red lines represent one and two standard deviations from the mean ratio, respectively.
That does not mean a settlement is likely, but at least some new lines of communication have been opened up.
It could mean, however, that teachers would have to cross picket lines.
Although the trip south can be just 30 minutes, long lines coming back into the U.S. mean the return trip can take a couple of hours.
It could also mean clearing of forest and blasting of mountainsides to rig high tension power lines in once-picturesque environments.
They were going to merge two characters, Bertha and Maureen, which would mean I'd be on set for about six weeks instead of having just three lines.
The trading since May (lines d and e) could also be a bear flag formation that would mean another break to the downside before a bottom is completed.
As the lines between CMO and editor-in-chief begin to blur, what does it mean for brands?
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