But both national and local officials fear that the resulting job losses would cause instability, so progress has been modest.
Steps can be broken out so progress can be measured.
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They started with IOM reports in 1999 and 2001 that found up to 98, 000 Americans killed annually by medical mistakes, and developed strategies to re-invent the system so progress could be made to prevent those mistakes.
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And just as we've made so much progress on so many intractable problems, we can fix this one, too.
So the progress of the emergency plan to bail out Greece's economy is being keenly watched here.
Those lights, five in total, each represent 20-percent towards a user's assigned goal, so current progress can be easily monitored.
That's why we are able to be standing here today, having made so much progress in such a short period of time.
Now, this spirit of friendship infuses our very productive discussions today and is the reason we've made so much progress in recent years.
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So far progress has been slow, partly because the new arbitration system and bankruptcy court are intended to settle talks that have failed.
It is understood that so far progress has been made on all four core issues that will form the basis of any projected agreement.
No, because so little progress has been made on ways to trap and use this water when it cascades down in a short space of time.
The President asked the Prime Minister to take steps to build confidence for proximity talks so that progress can be made towards comprehensive Middle East peace.
The trust was also asked by the watchdog to resolve the problems with the appointment system and give a clear timetable so that progress could be tracked.
Talks on labour reform between the government, the unions and employers, which resumed on February 15th, have so far avoided tackling Article 18 so that progress can be made on other issues.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit is inclined to believe that, having made so much progress on the fiscal front, Mr Gyurcsany will not allow the budget deficit to inflate once more in 2009.
The land affected by the law in the Senate amounts to 1m hectares (2.5m acres), says Mr Lorenzoni, so its progress is of concern to Congress's rural landowners' block and to property developers.
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But so far progress has been approximately nil.
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But, in an interesting illustration of how modern campaigns by activists against companies can gather momentum, the top-tier companies now complain that lesser ones get away with poor labour practices, and so impede progress in the whole sector.
So with all that at work here, and the fact that so much progress has been made toward an agreement that everyone can live with, we believe that we should get this done, and get it done because there are bigger challenges that we need to work on together.
But there are times when it is worth taking stock, and noting progress so far.
Back in Rockville, Venter says he is "excited and encouraged" by the progress so far.
Perhaps he thinks there will be no progress so he's afraid of that report.
And we certainly won't make any progress so long as we think consciousness is identical with neural activity.
Venter says that he is "excited and encouraged" by the progress so far.
He warned that the MPs' report was based on statistics that represented a "limited snapshot" of progress so far.
In December 2010 a report laid out details of modest progress so far.
Maybe that's why I don't follow the actual competition in progress so much.
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