Later in September, the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris bourses finalised their union, to create Euronext, a third force in Europe.
They are unlikely to unite as a coherent third force of politics, but have great veto power over national matters.
That could leave the door open for a "third force": 61-year-old Razaleigh, who narrowly failed to topple Mahathir 11 year ago.
The third force helping to revive old-fashioned civic life is religion, and one sort of religious organisation in particular, the megachurch.
"We're determined to be the third force in Scottish football, " said Brown.
Despite the emergence of the centrist contender Francois Bayrou as a third force at the presidential election, the parliamentary vote largely confirmed the two-party system.
If the liberals become Germany's third force in the state, many of them would hope to displace the Greens in a ruling coalition in Berlin as well as in Dusseldorf.
Some voters hedged their bets in the proportional-representation part of the ballot by supporting the new Your Party that is fast emerging as a third force in Japanese politics (see article).
There was talk when I was there of what they call a third force that--which would be dissident members of Mr. Mugabe's party, Zanu PF, joining up with some of the current opposition, the MDC.
He wants to be for the 1980s and 1990s what Gamal Abdel Nasser was for the 1950s and 1960s: the preeminent Pan-Arabist, the leader of an as-yet-unborn third force telling Soviets and Americans to stay off his turf.
The third strongest force to emerge from the Italian election, the Five Star movement led by former comedian, Beppe Grillo, has refused to take part in a coalition.
But Bersani's party is largely split, and the third biggest force in Parliament, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement led by comic Beppe Grillo, is pushing another candidate, a constitutional law expert.
The third strongest force to emerge from the Italian election, the Five Star movement led by former comedian, Beppe Grillo, has refused to take part in a coalition with the two main parties.
His party, struggling for survival since being overtaken by the Greens in national elections six years ago, has bounced back to its traditional position as Germany's third political force in the two most recent state elections.
Adrian Sutil was third fastest for Force India, followed by the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica, Williams' Nico Rosberg and Rubens Barrichello (Honda).
Three thousand police officers, almost one-third of the force, were on hand to ensure that the Jackson events proceeded smoothly, Los Angeles Assistant Police Chief Jim McDonnell said.
The third strongest political force to come out of February's election, former comedian Beppe Grillo's Five Star movement, could not be persuaded to join a coalition and is expected to be in opposition.
The Afghan National Army, which has to replace and train nearly a third of its force every year because of desertion and attrition, is facing an insurgency that has not given up the fight.
Tenured or tenure-eligible faculty members have declined from two-thirds to less than one-third of the teaching force since 1975.
During the four-and-a-half months of the infamous battle, the corps lost 499 airmen and 782 aeroplanes - a third of its total force.
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Temporary and part-time workers, with little training and few career prospects, have increased from one-fifth to one-third of the labour force over the past 20 years.
Slightly more than half of the work force is in agriculture, but services are the major source of economic growth, accounting for more than half of India's output, with only one-third of its labor force.
In the decade that has elapsed, thousands of new employees have joined the ranks of controllers, meaning that fully one-third of the work force has never had the chance to ride in an airline cockpit.
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Lieutenant Colonel Tom McIntyre, X-37B program manager for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, explained the third X-37 flight will not only help the Air Force better evaluate and understand the vehicle's performance characteristics, but this first re-flight is an important step in the program.
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Work force is the third of four topics that Gilmore asked the commission to research.
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About a third of Japan's labor force are temporary workers who have no job security.
The Nets shooting guard scored 11 crucial points over the final 27 minutes of play, helping to force a second and third overtime.
New Jersey is just the third team in NHL history to force a Game 6 in the finals after losing its first three.
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According to the report, just a third of the drop in labor force participation came from those who still wanted a job and only 15% of those folks are of prime working age, 25 to 54.
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The Premier League club, after years of playing second banana to Manchester United, is now a legitimate force, having finished third, first and second in the past three seasons and winning an FA Cup along the way.
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