Schmidt and Apple Chief Steve Jobs, once close allies, compete in a growing array of businesses.
Olivetti offers none of these, says a businessman once close to the firm.
Once close to extinction, goshawks are known as "the phantoms of the forest" because of their elusiveness despite their size.
Facebook and social game companies were once close companions out of mutual interests, but the relationship has lately begun to show signs of strains, and even cracking.
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The state's governor, Kual Juuk, a former guerrilla who was once close to Mr Garang, laments that the lavish development of the centre of Juba has been at the expense of the rest of the region.
Once they close, the patent files are boxed up and sent to an outside law firm selected to manage the portfolio.
This is a fully refundable deposit that you will get back once you close your account in good standing.
Erdogan was once a close ally of the Syrian president Bashar al Assad.
Aged 70, and now a prominent businessman in the United Arab Emirates, he was once a close friend of Yasser Arafat's.
Putting Princess Di on your cover was once as close as you could get to a guarantee of big newsstand sales.
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The two ex-friends were once so close that Knight, who was rarely photographed without his Oakley shades, twice offered to buy out Jannard in the 1990s.
The two former friends were once so close that Knight, who was rarely photographed without his Oakley shades, twice offered to buy Jannard out in the 1990s.
Once a close ally of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that heads Congress, Natwar Singh has been suspended from the party, and seems poised to join a smaller left-wing party, Samajwadi.
Once a close friend of Armstrong, cyclist Frankie Andreu had a falling out with him after his wife, Betsy, began to cooperate with a reporter working on a book about doping allegations against Armstrong.
The consensus was made nearly absolute when David Trimble - discussing whether Tory candidates should stand against his party in Northern Ireland - reminded the audience that they had once been close links between the Ulster Unionists and the Tories.
The chief lines of debate will be drawn between Kaoru Yosano, a former economy minister who argues for a swift start to hikes in the consumption tax, and Hidenao Nakagawa, once a close adviser to Mr Koizumi, who says the bureaucracy must be fixed and supply-side measures taken first.
Mr Parfrey confirmed the Compton site would close once its current projects were completed.
Something for new lawmakers (or re-elected veterans) to think about once the polls close.
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Once those mills close, the businesses that supply them also would be forced to lay off workers.
Google (which once was very close to open allocation for engineers) was a great company destroyed by externally-hired executives.
Once the plants close, unless there's another job inside Ford, the salaried employees essentially just either can retire or they lose their jobs completely.
The writer states that more than once, at close quarters with them, he lost his balance and that the effect is both sickening and fun, in a roller-coaster kind of way.
The force had said it would monitor applications once the pre-assessment tool went live and would close the window once required levels of interest had been met.
"Once the bus gets close, that's when the nerves start to hit, " he said.
But Hussain struck once more before the close as Northants slumped to 34-3.
At the centre of the trial was testimony by the government's star witness, David Headley, once Rana's close friend.
You can't have a car-manufacturing sector without sub-contractors, for example, and once the big plants close the volumes don't make economic sense any more.
Malaysia's judiciary finds itself, once again, under close international scrutiny.
He spends only a little time in the gym, for core work, though he plans to add strength training, a key to lifting his distance, once he's close to fully grown.
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