"If we weren't in there helping write the rules they would be written without us - the biggest supporter of open markets and free trade - and we wouldn't like the outcome , " argued David Cameron in speech last year.
The University of Tennessee, meanwhile, will have faculty at its Martin and Chattanooga campuses work with Coursera to develop entirely online versions of first-year courses in English composition and masterpieces of music, both general education requirements (these courses won't be "open" to non-UT students, so aren't really "MOOCs, " but they will borrow from Coursera's technology platforms).
Heirloom seeds are those that are passed down from generation to generation, are open-pollinated and aren't patented or genetically modified.
And Secretary Gates tried to assure them that we should know within a matter of months and that it wasn't an open-ended commitment.
Obviously, the Android build used for Google TV isn't the same as what's used on phones -- in fact, unlike the phone version of Android, the Google TV stack is still proprietary within Google and hasn't been open-sourced yet.
Monday is a holiday in Cyprus and the banks won't re-open until Tuesday.
Although Britain's commitment to supporting the military effort in Afghanistan was always implicitly open-ended, that hasn't stopped a lot of people excitedly talking about Vietnam.
They say that first it wasn't an "open-ended veto" they were after, but a handful of quite specific demands, in areas where ministers had reason to worry that a more integrated Europe would take Britain in the wrong direction.
So, the way UK officials tell it, this wasn't about an open-ended veto for the City, it was about preserving the single market in a number of specific areas, where the wind in Brussels has not been blowing our way.
At the stroke of midnight, a muffled roar rang out -- I couldn't see the store doors open because I was around the corner -- and the next 10 minutes was a satisfying blur.
In men's action Roger Federer -- the French Open is the lone grand slam he hasn't won more than once -- disposed of Spanish qualifier Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.
Job-seekers sporting even open-collared shirts might feel overdressed: the entrepreneurs typically wore jeans and T-shirts.
The ones that didn't open, we have--in Waveland we had eight feet of water in the facility.
The United States fears an open-ended military commitment and won't act alone.
"The advancements that they have on this DNA technology, with all this going on, why can't someone re-open it, to look into it and see if there is something that can be done, " Gregory said.
Those who want a more open Web-savvy alternative to the iPhone have had one for a few months in the T-Mobile G1, but those who have wanted a more open alternative to the iPod touch that leverages smartphone development will also have an option this fall in the Android-based Movit mini.
China's OTC equity market remains extremely small, lacks market-makers and isn't open to many investors, especially retail investors.
And you just ask an open-ended question, and some kids can't answer.
"What I don't want to see is an open-space park, " he insists.
Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks insisted he liked the shots his Thunder took, even though they didn't get as many wide-open looks beyond the arc as they did in the first two games.
The two began dating in 2005, and months into their relationship Cruise made headlines by jumping on a couch as an open-mouthed Oprah Winfrey watched because he couldn't contain his excitement about Holmes.
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That doesn't make it quite as "open-air" as a true convertible, but it does let you more easily hear the roar of that water-cooled, 320-horsepower, 3.6-liter six-cylinder and get a lot of oxygen into the cabin.
For its part, T-Mobile hasn't announced its 4G plans yet, but it's an open secret than Deutsche Telekom has explored the idea of selling off its US outpost in the past.
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"People don't really want to open their pocketbooks, " he says, noting that consumers spent on heavily-discounted items, but didn't extend their shopping beyond deal items.
Last year more than a million visits were made to Chinese ski areas that hardly saw anybody or weren't even open as recently as the mid-1990s.
It's not an isolated, 28-room roadside mom-and-pop on an off-ramp: you can't just open the doors, sit behind the desk, and expect people to show up.
It has the authority to open schools, create its own criminal justice system, and open a nuclear power plant -- although it hasn't chosen to do any of those things yet.
Although training in a pool is an essential part of an open-water swimmer's regimen, it doesn't prepare one for the kinks of swims longer than 10 miles, or at temperatures below 60 degrees.
Yeah, things are starting to get a little wild -- we haven't even mentioned the open questions of whether the Zune HD is running Tegra because it's based on Windows Mobile 7 Chassis 1, or whether Pink will launch on Verizon, or whether Zune will appear on other phones, or... you get the idea.
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