That, though, is not the sum total of what is required to manage a complex commercial organisation.
"At this stage it is not a sum of individual problems, it is a systemic problem, " he said.
"I don't find that interesting, " he said, adding that "most things are not zero sum, " meaning that multiple competitors can do well in any area.
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The politician recognised that it was not the sum total of the economy but it was a massive advantage that other countries would "give their eye teeth for".
The most important things are not zero sum.
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Not a negligible sum in a business where net margins are thinner than cornflakes.
Sorrell does not expect this sum to contract this year in a recessionary bust.
Which, in an often frenzied world, is not a bad sum-up of a long, serene and melodic life.
That is not a small sum in the chess world and it is intended to ensure that the professionals turn up.
This is an unprecedented sum not only in Brazil but in all of Latin America, where telenovelas are an immensely popular genre.
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That said, this is not an insurmountable sum when you consider the television money that BCS conferences and the NCAA generate annually.
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And it is plainly illogical that there can be a North, Central and South America, and yet America does not signify the sum of them.
Pannes said there was not a specific sum that opened the door to people looking to move abroad for tax purposes -- it depended more on an individual's "pain" threshold.
It had an aggregate score of 229 - not precisely the sum of the three percentages, because of rounding - ranking it 35th out of 47 schools locally in the conventional league tables.
This is not an inconsequential sum for me.
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While not quite the sum of their supremely talented parts, Diego Maradona's side were able to capitalise on the space fatally afforded them by their opponents to register a well-deserved victory, secured through a headed goal from Gabriel Heinze.
We have demonstrated, as no other economy has, that life need not be a zero-sum game, that one person's gain is not necessarily another person's loss.
What taxes they are or are not paying on that sum is entirely immaterial.
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This is the lesson of our history: Our economy is not a zero-sum game.
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However, he gave no further details and did not disclose the final sum paid.
Venture capitalists, including Andreessen, are quick to point out their business is not a zero-sum game.
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This sum does not include what could be saved by reducing fraud in Medicaid.
The police said "some overtime" had been paid, but the total sum had not been recorded.
Possibly partly at the cost of others (but remember: economics is not a zero-sum game).
It all equals a mind-boggling sum, not including the interest on all that money.
But let me stress that this is not a zero-sum game where Wall Street loses and Main Street wins.
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