But he understands Taiwan will suffer badly if it doesn't open up.
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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They drafted a report last spring warning that falling support for the Kremlin could set off a political earthquake as early as the December parliamentary elections if the authorities didn't take radical steps to open up the system.
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?
Domenici and the Bush Administration don't hide the fact that they would like to open up more federally controlled acreage to drilling.
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.
If wireless carriers are forced to open up their networks, Walls said, they aren't likely to bid as much for them and taxpayers will make less from the auction.
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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"As long as you have subsidies from rich countries combined with a free trade agenda in developing countries -- which means the poor countries open up to rich ones -- their farmers can't compete with subsidized goods coming in from Europe and the U.S., " said Alexander Woollcombe, a spokesman for Oxfam.
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.
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