The ISM chimed in with a manufacturing survey that suggested that the third quarter is not off to a good start and that the short-term future may not be any better.
Bruce Parker: When I began my career, I did not set off to become a CEO or a member of a board of directors, but I also did not want to limit myself to be just the internal IT person either.
Nevertheless, portfolio working has not taken off to the extent that some people once expected.
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Aston Villa has been on the slide for the last few years, and they have not gotten off to a good start this year.
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Things did not get off to a great start in Reims.
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Unfortunately, NMCI did not get off to a good start.
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The Hampshire innings did not get off to the best start when new signing Michael Lumb fell in the third over with the score on 18 but the big-hitting middle order pair dominated the Irish attack.
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In most cases, however, banks accepted government funds not to stave off collapse but to boost lending to the real economy.
That said, when my own book was published recently, I sometimes found it difficult not to fire off defensive replies to online hostility.
Besides being fun to trade and talk about, these currencies are meant to circulate near their home base, not to be ferried off to corporate headquarters in Arkansas or Seattle.
Only a handful of product licences have been issued, so as not to put off fans drawn to its counter-culture feel, and to keep their attention until yet another Matrix movie appears.
That is not to say that risk-off trading will not continue to dominate foreign exchange, but can the EUR fully recover from here?
The correct approach is not to kill off ratings but rather to take away their exclusivity.
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Brewster made five changes to his team but his afternoon could not have got off to a worse start, as his struggling side fell behind in only the second minute thanks to a crisp finish by Falkirk playmaker Latapy.
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Over the weekend, traders in Ironbridge had urged visitors not to be put off coming to the area.
According to Messrs Rodrik and Subramanian, India owes its take-off not to Mr Singh or Mr Gandhi, but to Indira Gandhi.
The tougher challenge facing Mr Portillo is not to see off Mr Berger, but to govern.
Presumably this means the alliance might set off to keep the peace in the Caucasus or rescue hostages in North Africa, but it will not be dragged off to fight wars in South America or Indochina.
If inflation is not to take off, freeing the currency needs to be combined with tight monetary and fiscal policies.
Mr Case has the inner self-confidence not to need to show off and appear clever.
But those taking off on their summer holidays would be wise not to switch off their mobile telephones.
If the host is in a crowd or is not easily accessible, depart quietly so as not to set off a wave of departures.
Ms. TAMARA SILVERMAN (Flight Passenger): When I go to the airport, I do not expect to take off on time, nor do I expect to arrive on time.
Still, it does feel a little off not to have more emphasis on weapons.
That is good for tourism, and also provides piscine overspill into areas outside the reserve that are not off-limits to fishermen.
So why not spin it off to shareholders where it can sink into oblivion on its own when it runs out of cash and borrowing power?
"I was financially better off not going to Hong Kong, " added Edge, who took the British Open at Gatcombe on Mayhem after her colleagues had left for the Games.
But the LePhone competes on the same China Unicom shop shelf space as the Apple iPhone, and sales for both smartphones have not taken off due to consumers shunning China Unicom for a restrictive two-year 3G contracts and perceived better network coverage by larger China Mobile.
When I swam ashore for a break after the first hour, the girls complimented me on my windsurfing form ("you looked like you were trying really hard not to fall off the side of a building") and introduced me to Aaron, the white-haired Sephardim who co-owned the windsurfing operation with his daughter.
With so much money to be made, it becomes difficult for schools to not just hand the keys off to a coach and hope for the best.
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