• At that meeting, both Mr Menem and Brazil's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso emphasised that their countries' recent disputes were small matters that did not undermine their close relations.

    ECONOMIST: Argentina and Brazil

  • Though the corrections in the major averages last week were not that severe, the weak close on Friday makes a further drop early this week more likely.

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  • And as I was saying earlier, it can't possibly be that the reforms to our tax code that were good and desirable then are somehow not worth doing now, that we shouldn't close those loopholes that allow corporations and wealthy individuals to take advantage of the tax code in a way that average folks can't.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • It was later discovered he had suffered stab wounds, that while not life-threatening were close to several major organs.

    BBC: Jamie McInally admits Stephen Tierney murder bid

  • We did not maintain financial close process and procedures that were adequately designed, documented and executed to support the accurate and timely reporting of our financial results.

    FORBES: Connect

  • At least three people from Britain are known to have died at Dignitas who were not suffering from terminal illness and that is something which Ms Close is deeply uncomfortable with.

    BBC: 'My brother chose to end his suffering'

  • The decision was formally taken by the Secretary of State for Trade, John Biffen, on the grounds that the two papers were not going concerns and could close if the takeover were delayed by an MMC investigation.

    BBC: How Margaret Thatcher helped change media landscape

  • These were deliberative documents that all attorney generals have held close and not released.

    CNN: Contempt vote inflames Fast and Furious debate

  • That is why market watchers and not a few German officials were paying very close attention to President Hollande's big press conference last Tuesday.

    BBC: Who will dictate Europe's future?

  • But, if we take a close look at these programs, we will see that they were not as effective in stemming the tide as many assume.

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  • As a result, sales managers could not compare the performance of difference sales people or estimate the sales that were likely to close by the end of the quarter.

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  • And the tactical bombers that were not operating from land bases needed billion-dollar aircraft carriers to get them close enough to where the war was.

    ECONOMIST: ��Twas a famous victory, but...

  • Before the indictments were announced, sources close to the investigation told CNN that U.S. law enforcement may not have enough evidence to indict Iranian intelligence officials, though U.S. officials have said for months they are suspected of helping to plan the attack.

    CNN: Khobar Towers indictments returned

  • Several sources close to the Jackson family agree that it would not be happening if Michael Jackson were still alive.

    CNN: Prince Jackson's 16th birthday gift: a career

  • Not getting that wicket and then a couple of poor performances saw us relegated, but we were so close to success.

    BBC: Jones hopes Kent can bounce back

  • If Buenos Aires were not so close to Porto Alegre, none of this would have happened, but I did not see that I was being subtly summoned or that this story needed me in order to be written.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Borges and the Eternal Orangutans'

  • The National Association of Realtors now agrees with me and indicated recently that they expect 180, 000 home purchases will not close on time as the buyers were not able to get financing approval on time, and home builders could not meet the demand on time.

    FORBES: Home Prices Could Drop 50% As The Great Recession Resumes

  • But Cas quickly proved that they were not there to make up the numbers on this historic night and Ryan McGoldrick went over from close range.

    BBC: St Helens 40-30 Castleford Tigers

  • Arlene and her father -- with whom she was not living when her friend went missing, instead being with her mother -- "were never really that close, " she said.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Most analysts were not expecting the Tommy acquisition to close until the end of the second quarter, but as it turns out that the share dilution will be accounted for over the course of the entire quarter.

    FORBES: Can't Squeeze Another Penny Of Value Into Those Calvins

  • And so we were so close and so tight so that--this pinnacle that we reached, and she's not there.

    NPR: 'Unpredictable' Actor and Musician Jamie Foxx

  • Even though close inspection of the MGM film suggests that three broomsticks were used in the shooting, Maddalena could not find proof that any had survived.

    FORBES: Swept Up

  • They were close enough to the crash site to know that something unusual had happened but far enough away to not know what it was.

    FORBES: The Pentagon's Jeweler Remembers 9/11

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