It seems clear that Mr Obama is willing to scale back or scrap projects that are of decreasing relevance to America's 21st-century security requirements, or have become embarrassing money pits.
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The numbers show that valuations have become somewhat more expensive, but are they still attractive or have they become pricey?
Or have I become Old Labour? 10 years ago, if you had asked me to put environmental obligations on business, I would have been horrified.
Due to macroeconomic uncertainty caused by the burgeoning debt levels of governments worldwide, corporates over the past year or so have become extremely cautious with their network spending.
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Some blogs or their authors have become so popular that they have turned to traditional print to collect their thoughts or explore their interest at greater length.
In some way or another many of us have become slightly (or not so slightly) obsessed with the social media feedback loop.
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They live in communities that at one time or another were safe, but have become dangerous or risky to live in over time because of human progressions that have spread the erosion processes of the coastal wetlands, i.e. refineries, river navigation, etc.
The apparent opportunities may have come to nothing, or Miliband senior could have become prime minister only to be turfed out by the electorate months later.
The Iraqi capital has split along sectarian lines, creating enclaves that for one sect or the other have become too dangerous to enter.
In short, naval arms control is an excellent example of the degree to which weapons limitation or reduction agreements have become ends in themselves.
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Spinach, lettuce and other greens sold in plastic bags or clamshell packages have become one of the hottest growth areas in the food business.
Even with a slight spec sheet advantage, neither their Windows Phone or Android handsets have become must-haves in the way that other handsets have managed.
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The Department of Education says seven independent fee-paying schools have chosen to become free schools and seven others have become or are in the process of becoming academies.
Each one of those individual actions has an associated cost, so layers of cost that have no value to the process, the customer, or the company have just become embedded inertia.
And maybe Will is also right that as we have become more intertwined with others, whether online or in the real world, we have become more angelic too.
In order to take part they must have become a British citizen or have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK at any point since 2000 and be resident in Scotland.
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Importantly, some of the features of the bubble years have disappeared or become less influential.
If you are or have ever hoped to become a social entrepreneur this is your time.
And like it or not, Americans have become accustomed to being constantly observed.
These Internet-based videogames--those in the know call them massively multiplayer online role playing games, or MMORPGs--have become hugely popular.
For the many east Europeans already working in London, either on student visas or illegally, prospects have become markedly better.
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For better or worse, I have become attuned to the challenge of capturing the reader's attention in an era of micro-short attention spans.
Perhaps the biggest threat to the test is that no one uses fountain pens any more, and so inkblots themselves have more or less become things of the past.
Given the many opportunities that such outside accounts present to conceal wrongdoing or evade oversight, brokerage firms have become increasingly resistant to granting employees permission to open or maintain them.
But these tax credits have little or no effect on college enrollment, have become a ripe target for abuse, and have made it easier for universities to increase prices.
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Still, the situation is never certain, and we always worry that many of our women have been displaced and lost all their belongings, or even worse, have once again become victims of violence.
On the other hand, if the donor would have made the gift or payment notwithstanding the election, it does not become a contribution merely because the gift or payment might have some impact on the election.
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If these people had been born optimistic, they would have become entrepreneurs or salespeople.
Manufacturing jobs that formed the bedrock of unions have gone overseas or become nonunion.
Simple things like washing up or going to the loo have become major operations.
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