There was a slight downturn in 2008 and 2009, attributed in part to a growing public campaign against bottled water and in part to the severe recession, but sales have resumed their upward climb as companies cut the price of bottles and launched an even more aggressive media and advertising blitz.
At the time, Obama's actions appeared to be a desire on his part to preserve the public financing option while enabling him to raise general election money.
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Such initiatives are gaining momentum in part due to strong public sentiment on the question.
Ministers committed to making more information available as part of their response to the public inquiry into Stafford Hospital.
Such legislation could result in Welsh ministers recovering costs from bodies they fund, and the report asks if it is sensible to gain compensation from one part of the public sector in order to give it to another.
Transport Minister Norman Baker acknowledged the concerns of MPs, but said that "all sectors have to play their part" in dealing with cuts to public spending.
He will suggest that the inquiry should be able to see the tapes in private and that if Lord Fraser wants any part of them to be made public, there should be an agreed approach to the interviewee before this is done.
Part of the campaign was based on trying to galvanise public opinion, in part by using graphic photos sourced by Noah member Anonymous for Animal Rights.
Carlyle has promised to erect Chinese walls between itself and AlpInvest, part of its ongoing efforts to polish a public image that has been battered in the past.
They were elected in large part because of public opposition to the war in Iraq.
First, we agree that in large part public services need to be publicly funded out of general taxation.
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Mr Grayling was applauded by the audience when he said the reforms were part of attempts to rein in public spending and reduce the deficit.
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The proposed changes, part of a two-part plan expected to be made public within a few weeks, come three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Although the five local authorities on Tyneside and Wearside deny it, Paul Usherwood of Northumbria University reckons that rivalries between local councils have played a big part in causing public artworks to sprout across the region.
He said relationships with the media were a day-to-day part of policing, with witness appeals and telling the public what they had a right to know, which was a "crucial part of our accountability".
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It belongs to the public, funded in part by federal tax dollars appropriated by Congress to show the world that America isn't beaten.
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As a country, we promise to stand beside our public safety community and do our part to help keep America safe and secure.
If the government is really going to reverse this trend, this week's announcement needs to be part of a package of wider interventions, to stimulate public and private infrastructure investment demand.
Last year it was open to members of the club only, with the public warned not to take part because tides of up to 22ft (6.7m) coupled with strong winds made conditions too dangerous.
The surge in public tennis courts, frequently called "tennis centers, " is in part due to a USTA initiative meant to create public spaces that "compete with the coffee shop and the fitness center for the space that people go to be in the company of others and to stay fit, " says Christian.
Newhaven Town Council had pressed for the beach to be reclassified as part of a campaign to get the sands reopened for public use.
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust said earlier in the month that it had struggled to recruit staff, in part due to the negative publicity due to the ongoing public inquiry.
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The retrospective was open to the public from 4 April to 9 September as part of the London 2012 Festival.
From my perspective, I think what is absolutely critical is there has to be a clear ability on the part of government and the public trading in our securities markets to know all relevant information about those markets on a real time basis.
Lawson, Miller and Younger pleaded guilty to engaging in behaviour likely to incite public disorder by forming part of a disorderly crowd, fighting, gesticulating, throwing missiles, challenging others to a fight and placing those nearby in a state of fear and alarm.
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Mr. Obama's schedule, heavy on symbolism, is also part of his message to the Israeli public.
Secretary Tim Geithner had called the public meeting in part to examine the causes of the IPO decline and to explore solutions.
Paul Kasonkomona had been charged with "inciting the public to take part in indecent activities", police chief Solomon Jere told AFP news agency.
Apart from making motorists pay more for driving in cities, a key part of the policy is to improve public transport by better co-ordination.
For his part, Mr Santos has to carry public opinion.
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