If Mr Toledo does not act firmly to clean up and rein in the army, the risk will remain that it will eventually step in, as it so often has when civilian governments have faltered.

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That is, when it worries that solvent banks might struggle to raise money, it will step in and provide finance itself.

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Soon it will take another step closer to integration into the world community when it joins the WTO, the World Trade Organization.

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The EU Commission will launch the first step towards a banking union later today when it proposes new powers for dealing with failing banks.

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" The next big step forward will be when people stop saying, "It's awfully tough to balance work and family -- for a woman.

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Jersey City will take another step toward transforming the contaminated sites that dot its waterfront when it breaks ground Wednesday on a nearly 800, 000-square-foot warehouse.

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When GPRS is fully operational later this year, it will allow the next generation of phones to take gaming a step further.

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Richard recently found out she's been granted an interview, the final step toward getting a green card, but she doesn't yet know when it will be.

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"If American companies miss opportunities to build and sell overseas, it's a sure bet in this global economy that some other company will step in when we do not, " he said.

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"Runners usually fatigue late in the last six miles of the marathon, and when you are carrying weight it is more of a step into the unknown, but I am confident I will come in at under three hours and a half and beat the record, " said Mr Ellicock.

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