And the Germans badly want the British aboard the euro-ship, in part as counter-ballast to the French.
The job will require Ridge to marshal the resources of more than 40 federal departments and agencies that play a part in counter-terrorism efforts.
The Fed has already slashed short-term interest rates by 1.25 percentage points in the past two months, in part to counter the credit turmoil.
Another is the 30 year conventional mortgage rate against its typical counter part, the 10 year Treasury.
Church authorities whitewashed most of the interior in the mid-16th century, as part of the Counter-Reformation's effort to promote a more austere and theologically rigorous faith.
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For Mr Chihuly, glassblowing was part of a counter-cultural trend.
If it is upheld the ITC has the power to stop infringing Samsung products from being imported into the US. This is part of a counter-suit that Apple filed with the ITC after Samsung issued one vs.
Tensions rose on the touchline between Calderwood and Falkirk counter-part Steven Pressley after the latter tried to get the ball back in play after a stoppage.
Ethiopia, for its part has fought a brutal counter-insurgency to restore its control over the region.
The problem is that the Air Force says it needs the plane to counter, in part, U.S. airplanes that have been sold overseas.
She adds that the FDIC recently came out and said that small banks will not be subject to Fed stress tests that their larger counter banks take part in.
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In his report to Parliament, Mr Anderson QC said the probation service and services provided as part of the government's counter terror Prevent strategy should be used more.
France suffered Iranian-inspired bombings in the 1980s and Algerian ones in the 1990s, but has remained largely unscathed in recent years, thanks in part to a well-oiled counter-terrorist apparatus.
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Its part-time Scottish secretary appears unable to counter Alex Salmond, the wily nationalist leader of the Scottish government, who aims to drive a wedge between Westminster and Holyrood.
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Deutsche Telekom concluded that it would not counter-bid for O2 in part because of fears of antitrust action arising from its own big presence in the German mobile market.
American senators are caught up in a heated debate over a wide-ranging reform bill, a key part of which covers over-the-counter derivatives, especially CDSs, which many see as having exacerbated the crisis.
On Monday, the Bush administration announced a proposed weapons sale to Saudi Arabia as part of a Persian Gulf security strategy to counter threats posed by Iran's rising influence in the region.
In a meeting at the New York Fed Monday afternoon, 17 commercial and investment banks joined three fund managers (including the Chicago hedge fund Citadel Investment Group) and trade groups to talk about ways of providing better disclosure of the over-the-counter derivatives market, which is part of the so-called shadow banking system.
According to the Washington Post, it was here that he learned counter-intelligence tricks that became part of his relationship with their reporters: a flowerpot on Mr Woodward's balcony would indicate that the reporter required a meeting, while a clock face inked on the reporter's daily New York Times would reveal the time Mr Felt would be waiting in the car park.
The rising in value part of this equation has always struck me as counter-intuitive.
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An EU mission this week started training Malian soldiers as part of efforts to help the West African country counter the insurgency.
An EU mission to train Malian soldiers is due to begin as part of efforts to help the West African country counter an Islamist insurgency.
For their part, Portsmouth seemed happy to play the role of counter-attackers, especially given they had LuaLua's pace to utilise.
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People taking part in a nationalist march in Brighton and an expected counter-protest have been ordered to gather in designated areas.
Lord West says the "boat-stopping system" is only a small part of what science and technology can do to help counter the terrorist threat.
Mr Obama, for his part, was right to press for more funds to counter what would otherwise have been a contractionary cutting-off of unemployment benefits and tax breaks for the poorest.
Paul Danao, head of business development for American Imaging Management, part of insurer WellPoint, says self-referring doctors counter the price cuts by Medicare and private payers by trying to make it up on volume.
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