It requires more discipline than most people have and sometimes requires more discipline than people who have been doing it for a long time and who are considered to be professionals have.
Or at least easier and more affordable than it has been in a long time.
And having sat through more than a few epically long meetings in my time, I appreciated its creative managerial value.
After all, a deal made by a rough right-winger is always more likely to stick than one struck by a squishier long-time peacenik.
Mr Obama has said more clearly than any US president for a long time that settlement building must stop, while Mr Netanyahu is sticking to the established Israeli formula that there should be "natural growth" in existing settlements.
Petrbras problems started a long time ago and it is a fundamental problem more than a technical issue based problem.
For a long time, only Japan imposed a more onerous tax rate than the United States.
But we already know more than enough, and we have for a long time.
And Liberty Entertainment's 54% stake in DirecTV was for a long time worth more than Liberty Entertainment's total market value.
It extends our capacity more than any tool we have had for a long time because of all the really unskilled jobs it can do.
Verizon has been making a habit of offering one 4G-equipped LG flagship every year, but early 2013 would be a long time to wait for what's more of an iteration than a... wait for it... revolution.
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America has been living beyond its means, spending more money than it takes in for a long, long time.
It looked at young people since their tissue is more susceptible than adults' and cancer can take a long time to develop.
But he had cheered up by the end of the week, and was now "more optimistic than I've been for a very long time".
"Pat was my broadcasting partner for a long time, but more than that he was my friend for all of these years, " Madden said in a statement.
"For those people who are in work, more will be on temporary contracts than for a very long time - the highest for 10 years, " shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne told the BBC.
Someone who saves a bit for a long time is better off than a person who starts later and must save more.
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This move may be the best bet Burger King has as TAB Gida is a long time franchisee and operates more than 450 Burger King restaurants in Turkey.
Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, said that the markets will focus on the ECB decision more than the Fed because this rate cut has been a long time coming.
You've got to remember, of the 53 countries in Africa, many of them haven't existed for more than decades, whereas Korea has been there for quite a long time.
What's more, pharmaceutical companies tend to prefer investing in new drugs to treat chronic illnesses like diabetes, because patients take them for a long time, making them much more lucrative than antibiotics.
Meanwhile, Mr Anwar will not be campaigning for a long time: a jail term of more than a year disqualifies him from standing for parliament for five years after completion of the sentence.
The stock has come a long way in two months, rallying more than 70% in that time.
Certainly, shareholders are more assertive at this year's annual meetings than they have been for a long time.
More than closing the financial gap on his long-time rival Woods, a U.S. Open victory would have the short-term impact of renewing the relevance of the Mickelson brand.
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It's like coming full circle, as I've been a big fan of Adafruit products for a long time, but this makes it even more awesome than I could have originally imagined.
The world is no stranger to flexible batteries, but they've almost always had to be made in thin sheets -- that doesn't amount to a long running time if you're powering anything more than a watch.
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Still, two things seem certain: the process will take a long time and the next government will be even more reluctant than its predecessor to support big euro-zone bail-outs paid for by fiscal austerity at home.
Twenty years is a long time in the 21st century, and these guys have more than earned the chance to try something new.
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