Most importantly, inflation in politically sensitive food costs declined even more markedly during the month.
The big pots of mandatory spending include such politically sensitive programs as Medicare, welfare and Medicaid.
Extraditions of criminals to the U.S., once a politically sensitive subject in Mexico, have been rising fast.
Although it seems reasonable, even unambitious, to outsiders, the proposed 50 gram limit will be politically sensitive.
Changes in employment rules are seen as politically sensitive ahead of July elections for Japan's upper house of parliament.
OXERA, an energy consultancy, points out that a wider set of objectives has involved regulators in politically sensitive trade-offs.
Some trade experts speculate that the silence among other companies is due to the politically sensitive nature of the issue.
Privatisation is too politically sensitive, as is allowing private firms, let alone foreigners, to run riot over India's coal beds.
In practice, the Tories are unlikely to be able to resist attacking the government on such a politically sensitive issue.
Bread prices are politically sensitive in Iran, as they are across much of the Middle East, where flatbread is a staple.
By this we can imagine things like satellite tracking, intelligence sharing, and naval patrols, though the latter remain politically sensitive in Japan.
Petrol costs less than 5 cents a litre in Venezuela at the official exchange rate, but raising the price is politically sensitive.
Cutting carbon is politically sensitive because it involves pushing up energy prices.
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Anti-immigration parties have gained ground in a swathe of EU countries, including France and the Netherlands, making the issue politically sensitive for EU leaders.
But this time it was the South Korean government, which wanted a single, reliable firm to run the politically sensitive service, that vetoed it.
The reason, we may presume, is the consensual nature of Japanese politics, and the oft-demonstrated danger that attends getting too specific about politically sensitive issues.
The new restrictions coincide with a pledge by the government to tackle the growing and politically sensitive gap between rich and poor in the country.
That in turn translates either into student fees that can be paid only by an elite, or into business support that may prove politically sensitive.
Mr. Orsi's arrest is particularly politically sensitive because the Italian state owns slightly more than 30% of the defense company, making it the single largest shareholder.
But with constituents of some rural areas complaining that they do not like wind farms, the prospect of gas drilling in nearby fields may prove equally politically sensitive.
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Longer term, the more important question may be whether the commission has the expertise to handle the complex and politically sensitive issues that have been pushed into its lap.
Then, in 2004, when the Medicare job came open at a particularly politically sensitive time, he was asked to move over there to oversee implementation of the brand new prescription drug benefit.
Mr Bremmer, famous for his cutting impersonations of Mr Brown and Prime Minister Tony Blair, claims he was dropped because his presence would be "politically sensitive, " although this is denied by the CBI.
First, all lawyers that are on a retainer, that is, have ongoing relationships with their clients, are understandably hesitant to push their clients to take action which may be politically sensitive or unpopular.
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OMX's biggest shareholder with 10.6% is Investor, the investment vehicle of Sweden's powerful Wallenberg family, and it is likely that they would want to support the government on such a politically sensitive deal.
In any event, investors know full well that the most important, and politically sensitive, U.S. budget problem is far from resolved: controlling the runaway growth in spending by government entitlement programs like Medicare.
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At this point, significantly bolder proposals for spending reductions are hard to come by--from either party--for the simple reason that the vast majority of expenditures involve politically sensitive matters like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and defense.
Intesa Sanpaolo has reportedly suggested to Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, that the government buy Telecom Italia's fixed-line infrastructure, the most politically sensitive part of the business, ensuring it remains Italian and allowing the firm to pay down debt.
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Spanish Justice Minister Mariano Fernandez Bermejo resigned last month after being criticised for going on a hunting trip with Mr Garzon while the judge was handling a politically sensitive investigation into alleged corruption in the opposition Popular Party (PP).
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