This is more essential than ever when a merger is the product of weakness rather than strength, as so many of today's are.
The fact is that many consumers may perceive either the existing Windows platform or the new Windows 8 as a liability rather than a strength in a tablet.
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Such a process puts a premium on good lawyering, which is exactly where it ought to be, rather than on the strength of the adversary's purse or willpower.
But increasingly their differences are seen as a source of strength rather than a weakness to be overcome.
Focus on finding the right partner to double your strength rather than dilute it.
These proportions are advantageous in sports in which strength rather than speed is at a premium.
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Cultural diversity must be seen as a source of strength rather than a source of conflict.
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So how can you and your spouse make opposite money perspectives a source of strength rather than friction?
In most of this, coalition has proved a strength rather than a weakness.
Many researchers hold almost precisely the opposite opinion that sleep serves to re-activate synapses that were strengthened during the day, and thus reinforces their strength rather than diminishing it.
We have evolved from merely tolerating diversity to acceptance and now finally the apex of this mindset is celebrating diversity as a source of national strength rather than a source of conflict.
Although Arab peoples may revere the study, writing, and teaching of history, their leaders are more likely to view a clash of historians as a source of threat, rather than a source of strength.
Those deployments strongly suggest that for all the public discussion of negotiations with the Taliban the decision already has been made that any such negotiations should precede from a position of strength rather than weakness.
This would allow traders and active investors to begin trading the fund from the long side for a change, taking advantage of short-term weakness rather than short-term strength as the bull market in FXI is restored.
In a recent speech to mental health provides, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said commanding officers must make it understood that seeking help for the stresses of war should be seen as a sign of strength rather than as a sign of weakness.
Obama administration officials see the letter as a sign that Iran is feeling the strain of sustained economic pressure, and they suspect the recent bluster may be designed to create the impression that Tehran is entering a new round of diplomacy from a position of strength rather than weakness.
That could encompass operational deficiencies from using spreadsheets for trading and risk management rather than migrating those operations to industrial strength platforms, like Imagine.
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That means the architecture followed from engineering considerations such as the tensile strength of steel rather than, as in the case of Beaux Arts, originating from a sculptural ideal.
It makes the N9's images appear as if they were shot through a haze, though we hasten to add that this should be considered a strength of the older phone rather than a major failure of the new one.
But Web design plays to the strength of small, intimate teams rather than huge consulting projects.
Experts say its total strength is probably in the hundreds rather than any more.
They want to improve career performance by boosting attention and concentration, rather than the boosts in endurance, speed, or strength athletes seek.
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There are no opening speeches in Scottish criminal trials, presumably to avoid the risk that juries will decide cases on the strength of what's alleged rather than what can be proved.
The graceful movements of a well-trained Taekkyeon performer are gentle and circular rather than straight and rigid, but can explode with enormous flexibility and strength.
To some, this highlights the strength of America's system of state (rather than federal) incorporation, in which states compete to attract companies to set up under their laws.
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Rather than acknowledge this and reverse course in favor of the very franc strength that would serve as a magnet for economy-boosting investment, the Swiss National Bank is harshly pouring gasoline on the franc-devaluing fire.
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Even before the latest row, the camp of naysayers, who are opposed in principle rather than on specific grounds to Turkey's EU membership, was gathering strength.
The Federal Reserve should keep the basic value of the dollar steady rather than worry about the level of the stock market or fret about the length or strength of the economic expansion.
But each step points to the fact that Europe is moving towards further integration rather than breakup, and that these problems can be resolved -- and points to the underlying strength in Europe's economies.
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