"This is just one more example of our efforts to preserve that position, " he said.

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There is no illusory Olympus on which the world's only super power can sit and expect to preserve its position, much less enhance it.

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He has to preserve a distinctive position while remaining broadly loyal to Mr Hague.

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But they will not take into account how much extra everyone else will now have to spend to preserve their social position.

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Nasdaq and the ECNs may also see Mr Grasso's embarrassment as an opportunity to press their case that the NYSE is monopolistic and resorts to dubious tactics to preserve its pre-eminent position.

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However, the position does tend to preserve dental data, useful for identifying dilapidated corpses.

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"Because the markets are unsettled, and market conditions that affect the company's liquidity may become more severe, the company is continuing to closely monitor its liquidity and is pursuing opportunities to preserve and enhance its liquidity and capital position, " the company said Wednesday.

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The Rose Bowl wicket had provided Lancashire problems on day one, but on an increasingly flat pitch, the visitors managed to move from a precarious position at the start of play to preserve their status as the only unbeaten team in the County Championship.

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"We're taking these actions to better control retirement plan expenses, position the company for business growth and competitive strength, and preserve employees' earned retirement benefits, " Randy MacDonald, an IBM human resources official explained.

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Ryan is now in the most unpleasant position of having to choose between dropping resistance to more spending and tax hikes to preserve military spending levels, and engendering a split with Kristol by allowing military spending to be cut to achieve other kinds of cuts.

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"Due to the prominent siting of the advertisement within the Kensington Place conservation area, its elevated position on the buildings and its use of modern and incongruous materials the proposal fails to preserve or enhance the architectural of historic character and appearance of the conservation area and the appearance of the building and represents an unduly dominant and obtrusive advertisement, " the council said.

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