"We are not opposed to the need for higher speed rail per se and fully acknowledge the need for strategic improvement to the national rail infrastructure, but cannot agree with the current proposals as the economic and environmental benefits are not at all credible, " it said.

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Even some corporate leaders are starting to acknowledge the need for change (see article).

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But the further she went down that road, the harder it would have been to acknowledge the need to turn around.

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