The Shias' five recalcitrants say they backed down only because Mr Sistani changed his mind to avoid a crisis.
With the previous tragic events of the tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis in mind, Japan needs to develop a detailed plan to immediately shut down the nuclear plants, evacuate the surrounding areas immediately, and quickly contain any damage, leaks, etc.
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The European Union debt and financial crisis remains on the mind of the market place this week.
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Because keep in mind, even before this financial crisis, we were slipping in a lot of ways.
Giving evidence are Crisis, Drugscope, Mind, and the Single Parent Action Network.
Witnesses include: Crisis, Drugscope, Mind, and the Single Parent Action Network.
It sounds like an exuberant offer from financial firms that were smack in the middle of a financial crisis but keep in mind these retail brokers had little, if anything, to do with any subprime mortgage meltdown.
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While the US economy continues to hobble its way back towards recovery, I think it is important that we keep in mind the sociological context of the current financial crisis and to where it could evolve if the economy fails to recover.
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There is nothing like a crisis or a catastrophe to focus the mind.
The Iraq crisis starkly, rawly exposed the two differing mind-sets.
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party which campaigns for Britain's exit from the EU, said Mr Cameron should "make his mind up" about how to deal with the eurozone crisis.
Most do not mind if he increases the size of government to tackle the crisis, so long as he scales it back when it is over.
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So for leaders facing a crisis, here are a few things to keep in mind.
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So far, the evidence that the credit crisis is spreading to other industries is more in the mind than in the data.
Mr Obama has let one former tax-avoider through: Tim Geithner, the new treasury secretary, who failed to pay self-employment taxes when he was a consultant for the International Monetary Fund. (Foes of America's absurdly complicated tax code were delighted to note that even a reputedly brilliant economic mind failed to comply with it.) But with the financial and economic crisis raging, Mr Geithner appeared simply too important to lose.
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Notice, mind you, that none of the articles claiming global warming is causing a crop crisis ever talk about such apparently irrelevant things as crop production trends in the real world.
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With that in mind, the most important thing for lenders is to keep the lessons learned from 2008 crisis fresh in their memory.
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He said his decision on how to handle the crisis was fair and just, and kept the country's national interest in mind.
Unfortunately, it seems with the crisis out-of-sight, the dangers are again out-of-mind.
Mr Bush's apparent change of mind in favour of pressing Mr Aristide to quit may have been influenced by fears of a refugee crisis in the middle of his campaign for re-election.
Keep in mind that the tenor of the market place can change very quickly when it comes to fresh EU debt crisis developments.
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With that in mind, the conversation needs to be redirected to how policymakers can create the conditions for business growth and remove the crisis of confidence that has been deterring companies from hiring.
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But all eyes are now on the foot-and-mouth crisis and the looming election and Mr Blair is rapidly reaching the point where he must make up his mind whether the elections will take place in May or not.
In times of crisis, this is clear, but even in our everyday working environments, managers need to keep in mind that employees who are worrying about whether their basic security needs are going to be met, like salary, job location, and health insurance, cannot focus successfully on how they can make a difference, work creatively and collaboratively, or help take the organization to the next level.
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