Campaigners increasingly became over-specialised and over-concerned with trying to affect government policy behind the scenes, confusing access with influence, activity with achievement.
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It is less concerned with over-the-top thrills than in establishing time and place while telling a somewhat simple story of self-discovery.
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This means that investors do not have to be concerned over the long-term performance of the two companies.
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"We are concerned that an over-emphasis in your speech on renegotiation and a referendum rather than leadership could undermine the single market, " the MPs - including former ministers Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Stephen Dorrell - wrote.
He emphasizes that he's not sure over-the-counter statins are a bad idea, but he is concerned.
Over a 100 demonstrators concerned about cross-pollination held a protest on Monday.
And while this principle is absolutely necessary in some circumstances to protect national security, I am concerned that it has been over-used.
They say some of them are concerned that he's going to over-compromise in a deficit-reduction deal.
But it said it was still concerned that future budget assumptions were "over-optimistic" and that risks - such as the cost of bringing back equipment from Afghanistan - had not been fully factored into calculations.
Over the past few months, metro-area leaders, also concerned about broadband access for businesses and residences, have begun to look at partnerships between the private sector and city governments.
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"There are serious health and safety issues to be addressed and, with so many licences being issued, I'm concerned that the area is going to become over-run with marauding groups with little concern for the area, " he said.
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With Ponting briefly off the field, acting skipper Michael Clarke became concerned about how far his team were behind the over-rate and brought the erratic leg-spinner Cameron White on to bowl.
But it is interesting to note that Chase Manhattan, concerned about liability over its multiple roles in the Rutherford-Moran fiasco, agreed that same day to return 2.2 million penny-a-share warrants in exchange for a release from potential litigation.
While the new regime ends NSI's monopoly over the award of top-level domain names, the Commission is concerned that highly restrictive provisions in its licensing agreements with companies wanting to enter the market for domain-name registration will discourage competition.
Kallis, 31 in October and a veteran of over 100 Tests and 200 ODIs, is concerned that the genuine all-rounder may disappear from the game.
His offending stemmed from summer 2010, but officers were first alerted a year later by a mother concerned her 14-year-old daughter was being groomed over the internet.
As far as the author is concerned, Mr Clinton epitomises woolly-headed liberalism and arrogant over-confidence in his attempts to put the expansion of democracy and the spread of market economics at the centre of foreign policy.
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Some in the concert industry have been concerned that the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger created an entity with power over too many facets of the multibillion-dollar concert business.
The number of people concerned about the amount of fat they consume has actually declined over the years--to 30% today from over 50% in 1994--the group's latest survey showed.
The tourists' pace attack carved through the Indian middle order to leave them at 166-6 at tea on day four, but, concerned by the slow over rate, Ponting was forced to turn to slow bowlers Cameron White, Mike Hussey and Michael Clarke to reach their overs target.
Mr Andrews said that the Welsh government will be taking action over the next few days with, he hoped, the co-operation of the local authorities concerned.
And conservative America, once solidly sceptical, is now split over the issue, as Christians concerned about mankind's stewardship of the Earth, neo-cons keen to reduce America's dependency on the Middle East and farmers who see alternative energy as a new potential source of energy come round to the idea of cutting down on carbon.
Downing Street sources are reported as being concerned that the different inquiries announced today don't "trip over" each other - and therefore the idea of one over-arching inquiry is now being floated.
In any ordinary market, you are selling a piece of equipment to a construction company that is concerned about things like the total cost of ownership of a road grader over a 10-20 year life.
The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council says he is "concerned" by apparent boardroom turmoil at Port Vale over an outstanding loan.
Later, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed "grave concern" over reports of Israel's action, and called on all concerned to respect international law.
Mrs Buzasi, editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post UK, said she was "concerned" there was confusion over who was covered, adding that she felt the agreement had been "rushed".
The Canadians are so concerned about foot-and-mouth that they recently turned back a British military ship over fears that mud on the wheels of vehicles on board could be harbouring the disease.
The CFPB is concerned that some loan officers may be promoting fixed-rate, lump-sum reverse mortgages over adjustable-rate loans.
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Charities concerned with child welfare are also reluctant to sound too positive - not least because of anxieties over how austerity will impact on young people's lives in the coming years.
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