Ditto for accelerating deductions, deferring income or the reverse.
It is the phenomenon whereby we assume that because people are good at doing A they will be good at doing B, C and D (or the reverse because they are bad at doing A they will be bad at doing B, C and D).
Germany's example is especially instructive: Although the state's family policies are now among the most generous in Europe -- a parent who stays home with a child receives 67% of his or her current net income for up to 12 months -- they have failed to boost the birthrate or reverse the figures for childless women.
The idea is that they could be used to repair the heart after a heart attack or reverse the progress of Alzheimer's disease.
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Such technical levels are important to watch during times of economic uncertainty, because it is difficult to predict the fundamental triggers that could extend or reverse the bounce.
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However - as David Cameron pointed out in 2007 - the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major did little to halt or reverse the comprehensive revolution despite having 18 years to do so.
Delay or withhold the payment of or reverse or refund any Contributions or other amounts.
What's more likely, is that he's just going to solidify his position of being the front runner in pledged delegates, but there will be other issues to resolve, superdelegates, what do you do with Michigan and Florida, whether or not the Pennsylvania primary might be brought in to in some sense or another, reverse the momentum.
We also found that the same program of comprehensive lifestyle changes can reverse type 2 diabetes and may slow, stop, or even reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer.
Over time, it can even flatten or reverse the natural curve of your neck.
Needless to say, many of Europe's leaders will instead look for ingenious ways to ignore or reverse the Irish decision.
And there's no way to halt or reverse the decline of memory and other cognitive abilities once Alzheimer's has been diagnosed.
That could halt or even reverse the recent narrowing of the deficit.
After the Librarian of Congress declared that unlocking a cellphone violated copyright law under the DMCA (that's Digital Millennium Copyright Act) activists kicked into high gear in an attempt to prevent or reverse the decision.
The point being that sure, stimulus (or at least not the reverse, austerity) can ameliorate the effects of a downturn.
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This time, as capital flows to the region slow or reverse, its flexible currencies will take some of the strain: Brazil's real has already edged downwards by 9% or so since the end of March.
The hope is that by intervening in the ocean's eco-system we will be able to reverse or stabilize the rates of growth in global warming.
The tribunal will have until September 6 to complete its investigation and ratify -- or reverse -- the official election results.
What we can't do is train doctors overnight, or reverse overnight the difficulties in some of the areas.
Supposedly, nobody has the authority to change the Bitcoin money supply, cancel or reverse transactions, or otherwise change the attributes of the protocol.
The prime minister now has to decide whether or not to try to reverse the vote in the House of Commons.
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The winner of the tie will play either Serbia or Russia in the semifinals, with reverse singles on Sunday before the possibly decisive doubles.
But the hard reality is that few emerging markets have any hope, in the foreseeable future, of creating the type and volume of economic opportunities needed to reverse or even substantially slow the brain drain.
The world is watching, and with a new year on the way, will we reverse course, or continue down the path of emulating our less vibrant friends around the world?
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When the crowd is too bullish or bearish, the trend is about to reverse.
Given the determination of Montenegro's leadership to go its own way - whether formally within or outside the Yugoslav federation - there's little Mr Kostunica or any democratically-inclined politician can do to reverse the process.
EU's leaders are determined to reverse or circumvent the Irish rejection of the Nice treaty.
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However, any move to reverse or delay the embargo would require the unanimous decision of the EU's 27 members, officials said.
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China can reverse or unwind the tightening policies they have been implementing and thereby provide more fiscal support, such as subsidies to key industries and consumers.
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