Landau was also a catalyst in making Springsteen into a big business, pressing him to play bigger halls, overcoming his nightmarish early performances at Madison Square Garden.

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So we'll continue to work through that area of difference with the Russians because we believe that they can play a role, again, in pressing the Assad regime and supporting a political transition.

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That certanly seems to be the case with his play on Navistar, where he is already pressing to land a couple of board seats, at least.

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Architects have a powerful role to play in solving some of society's most pressing issues, like urbanization.

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The price of childcare being met by British families has been diagnosed by both the coalition and the opposition as one of the most pressing issues, with the possibility that their differing ways of dealing with it may come into play as an issue in the next general election.

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