It has presided over the consolidation of Chile's democracy, almost two decades of economic growth and stability, and much social progress.
The chancellor inherited a plan sketched out by Alistair Darling, his Labour predecessor, for a sizeable fiscal consolidation building up over several years.
Hamas's intelligence windfall will similarly prevent Fatah from significantly resisting Hamas's consolidation of control over Gaza and the expansion of Hamas's rule to Judea and Samaria.
At the end of last year Mr Orszag was said to have clashed with Larry Summers, who heads the president's National Economic Council, over just when the fiscal consolidation should start.
Similarly, the Quantum disk drive factory which was closed in August 1996 as part of its consolidation plan was taken over immediately by Iomega.
Consolidation is far from over, however, as analysts predict that over 100 more companies will likely close or get bought in the next few years.
Jacques Courtin-Clarins, who created the company 54 years ago and took it public in 1984, consistently maintained his determination to keep the company independent of the consolidation that has swept over the luxury-products market.
Robin Brims, the British land war commander, briefed him on a plan, which foresees the consolidation of allied control over the city in a matter of days and then a British push north on Highway 6.
Although with sufficient bribes for its angry followers courtesy of Israel and the US, Fatah may be able to temporarily resuscitate itself (at least until its leaders feel secure enough with the size of their Swiss bank accounts to decamp to Borneo), Hamas's consolidation of its control over Gaza has nonetheless sealed Fatah's death warrant.
The market did dip below these averages during the consolidation at lower prices levels over the summer months.
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The real topic for conversation in this lawsuit is the consolidation of monopoly or duopoly power over cellular communications activities.
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The tough economics of Nascar over the past few years has demanded the consolidation of racing teams for survival.
The key task Gorbachev has faced over the past four years has been the consolidation of his own power as the primary Soviet leader.
Jenny Lee believes the days of easy homeruns may be over, as competition among companies is fierce and consolidation is needed.
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According to the European Commission, member states must strive to produce primary surpluses worth on average 0.9% of GDP (Germany), 4.3% of GDP (France), 4.7% of GDP (Italy), 6.9% of GDP (Greece), and 8.1% of GDP (Spain) over the next three years to meet the budgetary consolidation requirements.
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Mr Osborne added another 2.2% of GDP to this squeeze, taking the overall consolidation to 6.3% of GDP over the effective lifetime of this parliament (see chart).
This prevailing wind has led to explosive growth for many services, but in the coming consolidation I see a renewed emphasis on utility over engagement for its own sake.
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Thus far, all indications in Russian foreign policy have pointed to the consolidation of its former Soviet republics as taking precedence over anything else.
However, in past HDD industry consolidation (this has been on-going for over 15 years now) acquiring companies have had a hard time retaining acquired market share.
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Over the past few decades every sector of American agriculture has undergone dramatic consolidation.
The second reason to expect consolidation is the industry's persistent and profit-crushing over-capacity.
His first critique of their result is that the actual amount of fiscal consolidation was larger than planned, so the IMF paper is over-estimating fiscal multipliers.
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Over the course of the Nineteenth Century, that industry experienced a natural consolidation with better transportation, bigger cities, bigger commerce, it was only natural that distilling would commercialize.
But craft brewers argue that their products are being pushed off the shelves as beer industry consolidation has given market leaders AB InBev and MillerCoors more control over wholesalers and retailers.
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So Bank of America buying Countrywide, JP Morgan perhaps buying a Washington Mutual, and more consolidation like that, which is likely to be talked about over the next couple of weeks, is a very important part of the process.
Such an educational transformation is clearly a first step towards the consolidation of a totalitarian state since the state aims at having full control over the minds of people.
It also argues for speedier consolidation of Russia's nuclear warheads: some 20, 000 are still scattered over more than 120 sites.
This suggests that where feasible, more gradual fiscal consolidation is likely to prove preferable to an approach that aims at 'getting it over with quickly'.
It is true that industry consolidation has contributed to higher fares in some markets, although the principal cause of higher fares over the last several years has been higher oil prices.
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