• The salespeople earn a flat commission, so they have no incentive to try to stuff a customer who can only afford a four-year-old Hyundai into a one-year-old BMW. Their desks are designed so that they and their customers are on the same side of the computer screen.

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  • Startups have a limited amount of capital, so they have to try to aim for something well within their reach.

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  • But as I've gotten older, I've decided I can't keep pretending I don't have a nice life, so I'm going to try and enjoy it.

    WSJ: Cindy Sherman

  • Of course, mayors and governors may have a not-so-hidden agenda: They may try to use this commission to persuade Congress to force catalogers to collect sales taxes.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • And frankly, President Lee and I both have a lot of things to do, and so we try not to have our team sit around tables talking in circles without actually getting anything done.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Lee Hold a News Conference

  • "It's good to be in the lead and the game is in good shape so I have a very good chance to win but I have to try and not think about it, " he told the European Tour's official website.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Some try to have a second child abroad, so that the child can get a foreign passport and not be counted by Chinese family-planning officials.

    ECONOMIST: China

  • This gave him the idea to try and qualify for the Olympics so he would have a platform to spread the message the behavior in Cameroon needed to change to halt to increase of HIV infection.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • They are able to price well and their style is that they target a bank that they think they can turn around and then try to get a controlling stake so they can have a say in management.

    CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek

  • But drugmakers, try as they may, have so far failed to produce a blockbuster weight-loss pill that's safe and reliable.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Yogurt is hot, and energy drink sales have been booming, so it seemed like a good bet by General Mills to try to bridge the categories with the launch of the Yoplait Vivant line, which featured fruit flavors along with tea and B vitamins.

    FORBES: New Products That Triumphed -- And Flopped -- In 2012

  • Veteran market watchers have realized there is only so much make-up you can try to put on a pig, but a pig it is, still.

    FORBES: Comex Gold, Silver Weaker amid Lower Crude Oil, Stronger U.S. Dollar Index

  • So one thing that I really try and share with young people is that you can have a successful career but also a successful family life as well.

    CNN: Can women drive the future of the car industry?

  • And so there is actually a pretty robust list of federal resources that have been put in place to try to address this issue, and so I wanted to walk through them with you.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • It's not often you get the chance to try out a Winter Olympic sport, so when given the opportunity to have a go at the relatively harmless pastime of curling, we were ready and willing.

    BBC: Curling with Britain's sports minister

  • Labour would probably attempt to amend the motion to require a judicial inquiry - but might also try to re-engineer the joint committee, so that it did not have a government majority.

    BBC: Who judges?

  • Well we would equally say there's members of the British Army and RUC who are walking about, who have been responsible who have never come to the courts, so I think there's always a difficulty when we try to individualise this and continue on with those sort of constructs of people who are mass murderers and such like.

    BBC: Northern Ireland

  • So if you are an advanced skier or a novice, just make sure you have a good attitude and try to make the best of it.

    FORBES: What Are Cultural Faux Pas When Skiing Or Snowboarding?

  • Mr. EPHRAIM PETLAN (Resident, Idaho): Like a ladder, climbing, climbing, climbing, try to not go down so you have to keep climbing up, up, up, fast as you can.

    NPR: Latinos Drive U.S. Population Growth

  • So sometimes you have to take the risks and try new things, and sometimes they fall flat in a concert, but some nights they click, and it's those nights that click that you can keep in mind and try to learn from.

    NPR: Hilary Hahn and Josh Ritter: An Uncommon Duo

  • So I try to keep a - keep an open mind to any accent that I can possibly have.

    NPR: Folk-Soul Singer Amos Lee in Concert

  • But I don't have that overpowering length, so I just try to par the course to death and hopefully throw in a few birdies here and there.

    WSJ: At the Masters, the Eighth-Grader Gets Detention | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

  • So you see a new market starting in Japan now that's going to try to figure out how to have public capital available for smaller companies.

    FORBES: Intelligent Investing

  • It wasn't a full session for me but I am not playing on Wednesday so the coaches have given me all week to try to get it better.

    BBC: Martyn Williams column

  • The parents of a toddler who died in a gas blast that destroyed eight houses in Greater Manchester have set up a charity in his name as they try to make "something good out of something so bad".

    BBC: Charity honours Jamie Heaton killed in Shaw blast

  • The fact that Mr. Sarkozy is now so clearly stressing the need to stimulate growth and have a more competitive exchange rate suggests that whoever wins the French election will try to reshape the debate within the euro zone.

    WSJ: Sarkozy Losing Ground, Poll Shows

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