Bechtel engineers who meet with the Southern Iraq Electricity Co. in Basra each Sunday left a meeting thinking one substation was ready to go fully online, only to return a week later to find it had been completely stripped.
Seems its current productions don't create the excitement that they did in the halcyon days when Laurence Olivier managed a tour-de-force double bill, playing a fop in Sheridan's The Rivals only to return a half an hour later to do the lead in Oedipus Rex.
They were among the jockeys who left the Leicester track in protest after the first race only to return a short while later to carry on riding.
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Its been a long road with only a very modest return to date.
For now the attention is on a young man that has at least a year of painful recovery and armed only with hope to a return to the sport he loves and the career he hopes to pursue.
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Among Greek citizens themselves, however, a poll in May of this year showed 71% want to keep the euro, and only 23% want a return to the drachma.
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This proposal not only seeks to deny the murderous Khmer Rouge a return to power, but would require the withdrawal of all foreign forces and the holding of free elections.
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However, it appears that the Executive branch is looking at ways to not only reduce costs but also return a better product to society.
The only realistic way to achieve a venture return on these approaches is creatively demonstrating what is likely to be a narrower differentiation profile.
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He also endured a boardroom battle in 1996 that caused him to abruptly resign, only to return the same month, an incident later linked to a dispute with one director.
And this is only a guarantee of unpaid leave with a job to return to at the end.
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Chris Evert, an 18-time grand slam champion, has served love games to two fellow professionals -- Jimmy Connors and John Lloyd -- only for cupid to return a double fault.
Already they are telling investors it is safe to return to funds that admitted to serious wrongdoing only a few months ago.
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If Fox, CBS, or Univision go to a cable-only model, would they have to return their broadcasting licenses back to the FCC or would they be allowed to resell them to third parties?
To get a return on his investment, Thiel only needs two of them to hit it big.
Public sector productivity is lower than in the private sector and only a proportion of the salaries paid return to the private sector via consumption.
The rout of the Bloc has swiftly been followed by the implosion of the PQ, which only months ago seemed set for a return to office in Quebec City.
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The growing pressure to deliver a financial return to investors has led to a rapid growth in product placement, almost unheard of only a few years ago.
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In 2010, Mitt Romney's tax rate bobbed and weaved its way below 15% -- and we know that only because the public had to pry his return (he has released only a full one) out of his clenched hands.
With only three weeks to go before the polls, the formerly unthinkable - a return to power by the media magnate who has dominated Italian politics for the past two decades - has now become possible, political observers are saying.
"I ... would like to remind people that in 1918 the Spanish flu showed a surge in the spring, and then disappeared in the summer months, only to return in the autumn of 1918 with a vengeance, " Hartl said.
Not only is gold costly to store, but it earns central banks only a tiny return, from making gold loans.
Ganguly, who posted his 71st ODI half century before trying to hit over the top only to find extra-cover, was all set to return as a runner.
The Niners got the ball back with four seconds left but could only muster a Ted Ginn Jr. kick return to midfield.
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If the tax dodge in question involves inflated deductions (as opposed to omitted income), and if outright fraud is not involved, the agents have only three years from when a return was filed to send a bill for additional taxes.
Putative evaders have also been given the chance to pay a fine equivalent to only 12.5% of unpaid tax in return for immediate co-operation.
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Under the new regime, if you adequately and honestly disclose a gift, the IRS has only the usual three years to audit your return and can't reopen the issue in a later estate tax audit.
Meanwhile, and this one is only beginning to return to the sights of the wider world, mass contagion remains a regular agenda item for organizations like ASEAN, the Southeast Asian official grouping.
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