It dampens the growth of the welfare state, if it does not lead to its outright implosion.
The news comes as the credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said the recent falls in Railtrack's share price would not lead to its debts being downgraded.
Why is its online retailing not roaring ahead, to maintain its previous lead?
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He continued to write novels, often based on his own wartime experiences throughout his life - perhaps most poignantly in his first book A Crowd is not Company, which took its lead from his experience as a German prisoner of war during World War II.
England coach Brian Ashton admitted his half-time team talk to consolidate their lead did not have its desired effect.
Lawyers for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs argued that its sale did not in fact lead to any falling off in visitor numbers.
There is still every chance that, like so many others, it will not lead anywhere, but its mere existence could improve the party's prospects in the state elections due this autumn and the general election next year.
It is a necessary but not necessarily sufficient blow to lead to its demise.
Jeff Greason, the president of XCOR Aerospace, a company that makes rocket engines for suborbital craft, worries that the X Prize, with its attached conditions, may not in practice lead to the right sort of craft being built.
Even Dole's stumbling in early caucuses and primaries could not overcome the party's faith in riding its lead horse.
The "small amount" of material, believed to be Iridium 192, is not considered dangerous if it remains contained in its heavy lead container.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said he expects that emerging technology will not only help Oracle continue to widen its database share lead over IBM and Microsoft but will also inevitably lead to more-intense competition with specialized database players such as Teradata.
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Some analysts doubt AOL's privacy and security claims as well as whether that the company can continue to hold onto its market share lead -- interoperable or not.
And while the Bush administration is dragging its feet over the tobacco treaty, it has apparently not abandoned its own case against the tobacco firms, which could lead to criminal charges and more huge compensation payments.
Mr Dolci did not really lead this slow process, but he was one of its precursors.
It's not just the value of the lead but the damage caused by its removal that concerns us.
Besides its effectiveness, my repellent is all-natural and will not lead to environmental or bodily harm.
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Unfortunately, merely being oversold will not lead to a massive rally that magically pulls gold out of its slide.
It may improve America's sense of its proper role in the world: to lead, but not to march alone.
We see this disparity in many countries where a caste system has been in operation for centuries, and just because a country boosts its GDP, does not mean it will be able to take the lead from the US. The advantage in my opinion goes to the US because we are such a young country and are flexible enough to make changes and adjustments.
Whether or not Texas ever realizes its privatization plan, other states are picking up Texas' lead in seeking to privatize their food stamp programs.
And he said Egypt is following the lead of the African Union, which has urged its members not to cooperate with the tribunal in seeking al-Bashir's arrest.
Michelin had advised its seven teams not to race without changes because of the tyre failure that lead Ralf Schumacher to smash into a wall in Friday practice.
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Colombia's neighbours are right to be sceptical of the United States' initiative: recent history suggests it will lead not to the defeat of the drug industry, but to its dispersal (and with it, perhaps, the war) across Colombia's borders.
True, that lead may well lead nowhere but this, its advocates would say, does not necessarily invalidate the argument: if America had had more support, its policies would have had a better chance of working, and America itself would have been less exposed.
The concept of sustainable use of biodiversity is essential in this regard: it means that forest species, ecosystems and genes are used in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biodiversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
Not that it mattered to Miami, which slogged its way to a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Press-shy Belcorp would not provide growth projections but an insider said it has an ambitious strategy to keep its lead over Yanbal.
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If a realistic proposal for a water transfer scheme in Wales was put forward, as a not for profit company Welsh Water would be best placed to take the lead in its consideration.
But for the New York Times, which made Mr. Scowcrofts op-ed piece the subject of its lead, front-page news stories for two days running, not to mine this vein, that is a stunning lapse.
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