In financial regulation, for instance, this might mean making sure bankers have incentives to act prudently rather than smothering them with examiners to make sure they behave.
"These are all current slogans, but people are not really sure what they mean, " Shambaugh said.
Sure, I mean what is the strategic national interest for the United Kingdom in the European Union?
What does it really mean to you to make sure that people have an equal footing in American society?
Still, all the hopeful economic signs don't mean the recovery is a sure-thing.
To balance all that adreneline, the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory at Stanford has also developed a new VW Passat "valet system" that may not win any races, but can sure do some mean parallel parking.
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Sure, this may mean smaller towns or longer commutes to a city--but what areas like Tallahassee, Fla.
But in the mean time, Democrats will make sure his constituents back home in Cincinnati keep hearing about his vote against the program.
So yes, right now we also have loopholes in the campaign finance laws that mean rich people can afford to make sure their politicians get in and write the tax code the way they want it.
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No one's sure yet what the Olympics will mean for the East End.
What I mean by that is you want to make sure that when you are running, it is the wolves who are running beside you and not the sheep.
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It would mean packing way too much in order to make sure my kids had clean clothes the entire week.
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To be sure, changed German attitudes will hardly mean a changed world.
Businesses are more hesitant to invest if they see a lot of uncertainty looming across the Atlantic because they're not sure whether that's going to mean a further global slowdown.
We want to see the international community responding and, you know, we've built coalitions before, I think that's what we should be doing now is building a coalition to make sure that President Mugabe knows that we mean business.
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The potential consequences mean it is worth any extra trouble to make sure credit-card companies, hospitals and physicians, student-loan companies and home and car lenders have your correct address and an active email address so that you don't miss their bills.
In the mean time, there are things you can do to make sure you increase your odds of finding a job or creating an opportunity.
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This aim, and the desire to make sure that the agencies are on their side, will mean that companies cut down on the number of agencies that they use.
To be sure, just because a business closes doesn't necessarily mean it failed and that another person is collecting unemployment.
Now, John has been honest that that may mean taking money out of people's paychecks in order to make sure that they're covered.
In the mean time we just have to deal with gas, and I am sure some day a new technology will eventually replace the internal combustion engine.
In sports as in life -- I was going to say your number may just be called once, but I didn't mean it literally. (Laughter.) And Coach makes sure that you're -- they're ready when that happens.
But there is also economic sense to it, as opening these top positions up to the other half of the population will mean an even more talented slate of candidates to choose from, making sure the best and brightest are better and brighter.
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That--I mean, I've never met your neighbor, who I'm sure is a very nice person.
America's faltering steps towards new reactors look sure to be set back, not least because new concerns will mean greater costs.
Also, some linguistic work is done to make sure something the carmaker might be selling in Brazil doesn't mean "this car is a death trap" in Portuguese.
I'm sure in retrospect they would like to have done it differently, I mean it did really turn into a terrible mess.
So, I mean I want to think and to watch developments on this and you can be sure that I'm mindful of my obligations but I also to have to take into mind what a reasonable man would do with commonsense in the light of developments.
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