Ownership of what is essentially a dead asset doesn't make us more productive, doesn't open up foreign markets, but it does land-lock us.
Colin Gillies of the Wildlife Society of Zimbabwe says if the skies don't open up soon, things could take a sharp turn for the worse.
Isabel says she remembers a difficult child who wouldn't open up.
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CeBIT's show floor doesn't open up until tomorrow (and yeah, we'll be storming it like no other), but Netgear's wasting precisely no time in unveiling its latest wares.
You will be able to deduct these from your U.S. tax bill, yet make sure the credit for foreign tax paid won't open you up to the dreaded alternative minimum tax.
Members of Iran's business elite don't usually open up to the BBC, especially when they're accused of sanctions busting, but I was offered a rare chance to interview him on a visit to Central Asia.
Note that, despite what you may have been playing in your local band, the variant of the chord is fixed and you can't vary it up: an open G chord can't be played with a barred G chord or any other different fingering.
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Both parties' hesitation to open up couldn't stop their spark igniting into a full-on flame.
Legal Officer Antoine Dore also explained to Engadget that his organization wasn't surprised at the uncompromising stances early on and expected the companies involved to open up "a lot more" once they weren't under the watchful eyes of cameras and reporters.
There's still too many entrepreneurs who can't get the loans they need to open up their doors and start hiring.
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That's like saying Michael Campbell needn't have turned up to the US Open, which he eventually won after coming through qualifying.
With such a large market just beginning to open up, who wouldn't be?
Summer Smith Hull, who blogs about frequent-flier miles for families, checks over and over for seat assignments if she doesn't get them right away, grabbing seats that open up when travelers cancel or get upgraded to first class.
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Airlines have been excited by the Boeing 787 as the first mid-size, long-range airplane, which would allow airlines to open up routes where they don't have enough demand from passengers to justify a larger plane like a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380.
It's just a bit disappointing when I open up an envelope and it isn't concealing a massive check.
For the Vatican, which has long cherished its culture of confidentiality, the effort to open up financial dealings to outside scrutiny hasn't been easy.
"I believe that the various investigating bureaus have said that they have seen these e-mail messages to a radical cleric, but that they were not a sufficient concern to open up an investigation, and there doesn't appear to be any linkage to any outside group in terms of the operation itself, " Benjamin said in his first television interview since taking up his post.
For example, if an employer sees on Facebook that someone is a member of a protected group (e.g. over a certain age, etc.) that employer may open themselves up to claims of discrimination if they don't hire that person.
All of this is in addition to a law that went into effect in France last August which allows regulators to force Apple to open up the iPod and iTunes, but we haven't heard a peep out of that one so far.
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But it gives Democrats fodder for their argument that Republicans have already made up their minds and aren't conducting oversight hearings with an open mind.
We didn't discover until after it was too late that there weren't enough provisions focused on accountability of the funds, as well as mandates to ensure banks didn't sit on the cash to buy other banks but instead used it to open up the credit lines.
The man had only opened his eyes twice since he had picked him up on the corner, and the Cabbie hoped he wouldn't open them again.
It's not an isolated, 28-room roadside mom-and-pop on an off-ramp: you can't just open the doors, sit behind the desk, and expect people to show up.
And though it doesn't quite make up for the middling resolution, there's at least an open memory slot, allowing folks to go beyond the standard four gigs.
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In a joint letter to communications minister Ed Vaizey, ISPs warn that plans to open up BT's ducts will not work if the price isn't cut.
Conversations with advisers to several potential candidates suggest that the first reason for the slow ramp-up is a basic one: The coming campaign isn't for an open seat in the White House, but rather will be a race against an incumbent president.
You shouldn't have to restart each conversation or refocus your Twitter stream or re-open applications and load up files you were working on.
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