In an era where every joint tries a little too hard to look like something it's not, the no-effort approach comes as a relief.
This is no half-hearted effort: Microsoft intends to compete in every variety of music consumption, including streaming, user-defined Internet radio, subscription-based music, an online music store and cloud-based music storage, taking on everyone in the market, including Pandora, Spotify and even Apple.
Recent testimony before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee established that roughly 90% of those released on their own recognizance do not show up--and no effort is made to track them down.
Sunderland's defence was caught wide open as Yaya Toure showed superb pace and strength to power 50 yards through the midfield before laying the ball off to Tevez but the striker - under no pressure - incredibly side-footed his effort well over the bar with the goal at his mercy.
Similarly, you already see an increase in the extent to which the no-fly zone, the enforcement of the no-fly zone piece of the effort in Libya right now is being undertaken by allies and partners.
Even if Libya were temporarily partitioned, the West could keep up the no-fly zone with minimal effort.
Though an epilogue examines tactical what-ifs, no effort is made to say what it all meant, and the whole story reads rather like an inside view of a tight World Series baseball championship.
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Like it or not, the Stupak-Pitts amendment makes no effort to upset the status quo under Harris.
Mr Mellor said there was no evidence of a co-ordinated international effort - the would-be mediators were "all saying the first thing that comes into their heads and I am not sure that is very helpful".
The unforgiving timetable is only one of the technical hurdles confronting the Southern California company's much-publicized effort to accomplish something no other company has come close to trying.
Just as crucial for rosy growth and tax-receipt projections, Obamanomics assumes that top marginal tax rates will rise--hammering one of the most sensitive drivers of the private-sector incentive structure--but with no subsequent decline in work effort, innovation or growth rates.
As a result, hoisting a decorative wrought iron window filligree onto, say, a circular third-floor window can be done with almost no effort.
With the launch of the CRUISER2, Jabra is looking to provide a "no excuses" approach to hands-free driving in an effort to change consumer behavior.
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Unlike in the Enron (otc: ENRNQ - news - people ) affair, there was no effort to justify the practice or give it some business rationale.
The assembled worthies shook their fists at international tax havens but made no coordinated effort to reduce their own overly high, growth-killing income tax rates.
As a mayoral candidate, Mr de la Rua made similar promises of a clean-up, but after taking office made almost no effort to investigate his predecessor.
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And in fact, in the Dodd-Frank statute itself, not only was there no effort to make the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency subject to a multimember commission as its governing structure, but the OCC was actually given additional authorities.
Those victimized by the historic multi-billion dollar Madoff Ponzi fraud left no stone unturned in an effort to exhaust all opportunities to recoup their losses.
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There's no doubt singles who make an effort to do financially prudent things--buying homes and opening up retirement accounts early--wind up better off than their married friends.
Even reputable news sites often only check that the e-mail address you have given is valid, but make no effort at all to verify that you are who you claim to be online.
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Now, let there be no doubt, it will take an unprecedented effort on all our parts -- from the halls of Congress to the boardroom, from the union hall to the factory floor -- to see the auto industry through these difficult times.
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Tokyo has differed from similar pledging conferences of recent years in one important respect: unlike in the cases of Bosnia, or Kosovo, or even East Timor, no formal international structure is being set up to co-ordinate the reconstruction effort and to shoulder much of the burden of administering a country that, after more than 20 years of strife, has only the most rudimentary governmental mechanism of its own.
Halliburton's involvement in the Iraq reconstruction effort has been controversial since it won a multi-billion no-bid contract in 2003.
No effort has been spared in designing the exclusive N230, with its well-harmonized finish of glossy, mat and patterned black surfaces.
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The public on the whole don't appreciate that just getting through each day as a mother who is disabled, for example, can take as much hard work and effort as athletics training, but with no sponsors, coaches or team-mates to back you up.
But there are no such germs in the Lisbon deal and the participants are exhausted by the eight-year effort to push it through.
Kanepi won 6-1 4-6 6-0 against the 21-year-old conqueror of Germany's No. 25 Julia Gorges to match her 2008 effort of reaching the quarters.
Romney's difficulty with conservatives was evident Tuesday, as two groups known for right-wing stances on social issues commended Santorum's campaign effort but made no mention of Romney.
O'Gara was also off-target with a long-distance effort and then David Wallace appeared to have crossed the Edinburgh line but no try was given.
No one says the seven are unqualified--indeed they are highly qualified--but the effort to achieve diversity by calling the same six names raises questions.
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