By mid-term in 2010, Mr Belgrave said Mr Johnson was so concerned the commitment to the plan was being openly questioned in black communities, that he established a Mayor's Expert Advisory Group to revitalise it by focusing on engagement with those black communities and a flagship mentoring project.

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On May 31st Mr Salmond's cabinet decided to set up an expert group to suggest ways of ending the Supreme Court's Scottish criminal jurisdiction.

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"It's a false premise, " says retail expert Britt Beemer of America's Research Group on the notion of Wal-Mart's same-store sales as a valid economic measurement.

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Johnston admitted that, despite his own misgivings, Rangers director Donald Muir, the financial expert placed on the board by present owner Sir David Murray's parent group, was more positive about the possible deal.

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Frank Cilluffo, an expert formerly at the White House, says that the attack's signature suggests that more than one group was at work, with small-time hackers following the initial huge sorties.

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