It is unlikely that lending rates or credit policies could be shifted without their input.

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Republicans, fearful that Democrats were trying to portray them as insensitive to women, argued that they oppose pay discrimination but disagree with the Democrats' bill, which was written without their input.

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In my experience, there are plenty of people who prefer to work on their own without input, help, or even interaction with others.

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In addition, none of these business leaders felt that they could sketch out the highlights themselves without input from their teams, which led to the waterfall of data requests.

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They are no more able than anyone else to perform at their peak without the benefit of input from others.

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Without the input of users, government and academics, as well as technology firms and their corporate clients, specifications risk being irrelevant.

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Businessmen and politicians, often bringing in six-figure incomes, trying to implement top-down reforms on teachers and administrators without asking for input or buy-in, and punishing schools and educators for not meeting their arbitrary standards.

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