And the government, which is burdened by a public debt that exceeds Italy's annual GDP, is constrained over how much it can do.
Over the past six months, for example, the Greeks would probably have sided with the anti-war camp in Europe over Iraq, had they not been constrained in their role as EU president to be scrupulously neutral.
Not only is it news to most Americans that the worst is over, but the federal government is not budget constrained.
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The ability to share data about customers, and to take an aggregated mass-customisation approach, is growing fast, though constrained by the need to reassure consumers over privacy.
Since first rounds are down by 30% over the past few years, there will be a constrained supply of later stage companies in 2013-2015.
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Perhaps the largest distinction is the fact that the EVO can stream video calls over 3G or 4G, while the iPhone 4 is constrained to WiFi for the time being.
The big issue for Provenge, once supplies of it are no longer constrained, is how these cost issues play out over time.
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Vanishing Point theatre - which is planning several international collaborations this year - said its future programme would be left "constrained and compromised" if it could not apply for funding over a number of years.
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I've advised startups over the years, and one reason they're so innovative is they're constrained.
Then, the president will face the painful Hobson's choice confronted in the past by several of his predecessors over Vietnam: Either cut our losses and retreat, or take the next incremental, constrained and ultimately equally ineffectual step toward still greater involvement in the "internal affairs" of another country.
Although the ECB has essentially made an offer of unlimited funds, banks are still constrained in how much they may borrow by the quality of the collateral that they are able to hand over.
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