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With Windows 7, said Dell Vice President Alex Gruzen in October, the PC market would no longer be a 'race to the bottom' in terms of prices.

They also aspire to a higher place in society's pecking order, but in so doing force others in the rat race to run faster to keep up.

Compared with all this, America has been a laggard in the race to repulse.

The next few quarters will be a race to see if banks can earn enough to offset loan losses.

Even if it does not cause a race to the bottom, tax competition is not necessarily benign, says Michel Aujean of the European Commission.

I walked as if I was in a race to get to the finish line and that was true even on a Sunday.

If the enemy gets here first, take cover inside and move as a team from building to building as you race to complete the mission objectives.

Piecemeal reform would simply add to the complexity of the current rules and raise the specter of a global race to the bottom.

Similar things happen all the time, but humankind can't afford this sort of race to the bottom.

So we need to look into the last race to see the reasons why we were not as good as we wanted to be.

It would end the division of such regulation among several regulators, which promotes "charter-shopping" and a race to the bottom.

In such a race to the bottom, none of the participants can gain a lasting competitive edge.

The last is all the more striking as neighbours to the north race to attract business.

The equity market now is a bunch of co-located computers strung together by a bunch of wires, everyone trying to race to zero.

As the sun begins to set on some of the most spectacular scenery of the whole trip, we race to reach Gouda before nightfall.

Race to the door when he comes home, as if you were waiting for him. Smile and hug him.

That continued to be so when the other variables, from beauty to race to obesity, were controlled for statistically.

According to this view, faith would not have persisted over thousands of generations if it had not helped the human race to survive.

Companies looking abroad "have a little bit of a race to lock up the talent and will bid up the cost of that talent" .

But after 1969, the Soviets dropped out of the race to the moon and, like a cancer, the land war in Asia began to devour the budget.

With Europe committed to its own high-speed train, Japan is now gearing up for the race to capture new markets.

"Race to the Bottom" includes many examples of blogs by Chinese users outraged by the decisions of these companies.

Before it was opened, he held a race to see who was the best traveler on the road. The winner would get a box of gold.

Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win.

Late 1911, early 1912, there was a race to be the first to the South Pole: the heart of the Antarctic continent.

In the years before the crisis , there was a race to the bottom, with countries competing on the "lightness " of regulation .

In the days when all these things are to be answered for , I summon you and yours, to the last of your bad race, to answer for them.

The browser wars had begun--and with them, a mad race to turn static Web pages into multimedia extravaganzas.

Rather than join a race to the bottom, the region should use corporate taxation as a tool to fight excessive cyclical swings in activity.

Other firms are also in the race to design new type of wind turbines that are able to generate up to 10MW of power.

If every state were equally generous with its incentives, it might inspire a race to the bottom.

"I really think a lot of it has to do with his race, to tell the truth, " said Ms. Flynn, 51.

The race to the bottom in fiat currencies has begun and hard assets, particularly gold and silver, should be the primary beneficiaries.

However, it is reported that American insurance firm AIG are the company to have won the race to sponsor United.

Concern about the race to the bottom was not the reason for labour unions joining the demonstrations in Seattle.

"Everyone needs to race to the top floor and then come back down the same set of stairs to the bottom, " the referee said.

And that's why instead of just pouring money into a system that's not working, we launched a competition called Race to the Top.

Independent nations would embark on a technological "survival-race" to see how many citizens could be launched off the planet.

But it's particularly acute for Detroit's auto makers, which are playing catch-up in the race to develop global cars.

IN THE race to lower forecasts of economic growth and company profits, Japan is near the front.

The race to find intelligent life, or any life at all, beyond Earth has been a heated space scramble for decades.

It isn't a race to see who gets the most friends, you just need to provide some value to the network that you do have, however big or small.

In recent years, plastic packaging has been a positive growth, and constantly race to other types of packaging market.

At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win.

Yahoo has joined the race to mass-produce content for the web with its purchase Thursday of Associated Content for a rumored $90 million.

So, for anyone who wants to use Race to the Top to blame or punish teachers - you're missing the point.

But it is nice because probably it is her last race to be here and she is so excited, so it is good for her.

Since the first modern Olympics were held in Greece the organizers liked the idea of a marathon race to commemorate their ancient glory.

Hundreds of people in London donned gorilla outfits for a charity race to raise money for endangered animals Saturday (see photo).

What happens next? Some fear it will be a race to the bottom, with the protests escalating in step with the state's violence.

And the men said that the UFOs deactivation of nuclear weapons was a message to the human race to move away from arms race.

If market players like volatility, they should be rooting for a victory by Ichiro Ozawa in the race to be Japan's Prime Minister.

"Countries shouldn't be allowed to fight over borders here, " insists Jake Moreland, the recent British winner of a race to the North Pole.

Indulging in a race to the bottom to lead the new-listings pack would surely prove counterproductive.

And it's usually a race to see whose lasts the longest, or, whose goes out first to - gets to open their presents first.

It will be a race to the bottom for the frothiest luxury markets like Hampton beach homes and downtown NYC condos.

A few companies are in a race to be first to convert algae to fuel on a commercial scale.

And that's the guiding principle of the Race to the Top competition my administration started two years ago.

And the best part is, there is always more to explore as the city is constantly evolving in the race to modernize and beautify itself.

The race to secure global energy resources has seen some of these companies use increasingly aggressive bidding tactics.

Cathcart's book ends with a discussion of the question why the tortoise beat the hares in the race to disintegrate nuclei with accelerators.

Then what had seemed a simple bout of diarrhea in the morning often led to a harrowing, bloody race to the emergency room by midnight.

Rules so far have slowed, not reversed, a race to the bottom.

"Where does the power come from to see the race to its end? From within. "

Constant ratio, repeated race, the boat will race to a climax.

International and Interregional Competition: Is there a Race to the Bottom? Is there an Income Effect?

At the gun they all started out, not exactly in a race, but with the attractive quality to run the race to the finish and win.

Now, the company is officially in the race to win over China's increasing number of smartphone users.

it is possible for the race to be won at very long odds.

Say to yourself: Regardless of what the obstacles in this life may be, I will run my race to the best of my ability.

Fernando Torres has given Roy Hodgson a major boost by returning to training today in his race to be fit for Sunday's Merseyside derby.

Also great to sip on in the days leading up to a race to make sure you're hydrated.

Finally, the gods suggested that all 12 animals participate in a race to see who would come in first.

John Kerry knocked his last major rival out of the presidential race to become the virtually certain Democratic nominee.

After wheat harvest, cicada wings flew up into the branches, hidden in the leaves, the race to sell will be able to take voice.

The president's Race to the Top federal education initiative also rewarded states that promised to improve instruction in the field.

The game will automatically match you with other players and you race to see who can hit the score limit first.

For now, countless treasures of the Yangtze await their fate. Whether the race to save them can still be won, only time will tell.

Aly Cissokho has moved a step closer to joining Liverpool after Manchester City pulled out of the race to sign the Lyon left-back.

A gauge on the right side of the screen shows your progress as you race to beat the clock.

Is the heat of summer, and toefl registration in a race to the test in developing quietly ever since.

MICHAEL Owen may be sealed in an underwater decompression chamber in a race to mend his broken foot.

Race to the Top went even beyond NCLB in its reliance on test scores as the ultimate measure of educational quality.

Raytheon, for instance, contributed a RAID setup for this year's Indianapolis 500 race to help with security and "situational awareness. "

While the U. K. was fast out of the starting block in the race to privatize, other European nations have sped along.

The aim was "to promote a race to the top in global regulatory standards and supervisory practices" .

They see Delaware's pre-eminence in company registrations as the outcome of a race to the regulatory bottom.

Are the Republicans any more serious? Not really. If ever there was a race to the bottom in economic dialogue, this is it.

This international mentality is one reason UK and US investors are swooping on Dutch companies as they race to enter undervalued markets.

He had time, towards the end of the race, to appear to check the stadium clock before he crossed the finish line.

China's retail sector is growing fast, with companies engaged in a race to build scale and expand presence across the mainland.

The rest of east Asia is in a race to get rich before its people get too old to work.

Rio Ferdinand faces a critical 24 hours in his race to be for the Champions League final against Barcelona next Wednesday.

Adidas recently joined the race to connect your running gear to the Internet, with its miCoach system.

The joy on his face and his frantic race to the dugout to celebrate with his coach and team-mates live on in the collective memory.

Athletes may grab a candy bar before the big race to help them across the finish line.

Other companies, notably Heliovolt and Nanosolar, are in a race to make thin-film panels using copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) cells.

Or, as equity strategy Peter Boockvar of Miller Tabak & Co. put it in a note to clients Thursday: 'The race to debase continues. '

So which centres are leading the race to be Asia's premier financial centres and can they sustain their competitive positions?

Thompson entered the Republican race to great fanfare last year and for a time was near the top of the national polls.

The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants.

The race to save the international financial system is still in progress.

S. in a race to explore potentially vast mineral resources in the deepest parts of the world's oceans.

And in order to avoid having their schools labeled as failures, some states lowered their standards in a race to the bottom.

If Americans want to "win the future, " he said, then they also have to win the race to educate their children.

The race to select the Beijing 2008 Olympic mascot is heating up and from all accounts, the panda is out in front.

Six aircraft manufacturers are in the race to win what will be one of the world's biggest defense contracts worth billions of dollars.

They proclaimed right furiously; they were desirous, if only with fear and trembling, to force the human race to paradise.

Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation.

For months, the exhausting race to the White House has dominated the Australian media.

Wealthy countries race to bring faster connections to more people, while the rest of the world struggles to get up to speed.

In this post we check out the latest web developments in the race to become the next US President.

However, industry experts expect the race to be tight all year long, meaning VW could still be sitting on top by year's end.

But acceptance helped states that entered President Obama's four-billion-dollar "Race to the Top" competition for school reform.

The competition among producers of personal computers is essentially a race to get the best, most innovative products to the marketplace.

I will try and work my way up in the race to score big points for the championship.

The use of race to prevent criticism, cover-up of custodial deaths, change and institutional reform are the indications of a failing state.

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Finish at the head of the race to make as much cash as possible!

The thing is no matter how good you are in training you still have to perform in the race to prove yourself.

Roy Hodgson has revealed that Fernando Torres has won his race to be fit for Sunday's Merseyside derby at Everton.

In climbing, athletes either race to the top of identical rock walls, or they compete to complete the most difficult climbing routes.

In the two-horse race to be the leading global bank, which group has the better prospects?

It is no secret that India and China are in a race to become the biggest Asian, if not global, tiger.

Cram ran a fine race to take the gold medal.

Ornstein expects the presidential race to remain close and says both presumptive nominees have challenges at their respective conventions.

In the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon your brother, the worst of your bad race, to answer for them separately.

The race to the moon was an end in itself - a magnificent "stunt" , driven by superpower rivalry.

Nokia sells more than one in three of the world's handsets, but it has been outwitted and outclassed in the race to build smartphones.

You don't have to race to be a serious runner, but, geez, there are so many good reasons to enter races.

The Observatory joined the race to raise public interest on weather and climate, thus enhancing awareness of the environment.

Narrator: It was Blur who won the race to number one, but the Oasis camp weren't at all shaken.

Before you race to the vending machine with a license to binge, keep in mind that just because some is good doesn't mean more is better.

Second, Race to the Top will streamline the collection of pupil data and use it to improve teaching.

Reduce the long-run mileage the week before the race to no more than five miles.

Through the proverb, we can understand the mode of thinking, the concept of value, the mental characteristic of a race to some extent.

Suddenly, the race to the moon was all about proving the superiority of capitalism over communism.

The original Apollo project was mainly a race to prove the superiority of American capitalism over Soviet communism.

The Race to the Top competition will look for states and local school systems with effective reforms in four areas.

The race to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the helm of the International Monetary Fund has started in earnest.

Ms Jowell told delegates that the race to host the Games would be extremely close.

After the couple are crowned in a Russian Orthodox ceremony, they race to stand on a white rug.

Introduction: In a fortuitous discovery of a race to write the small game.

The teacher's salary depends on No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top and accountability and testing and all of this.

This race to create new Web-based experiences through plug-ins is not universally welcomed among developers.

The U. S. space program enjoyed broad, enthusiastic support during the race to land a man on the Moon.

One academic commentator, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, has called this campaign the "race to the populist bottom" .

Let's just hope that the Republicans don't escalate this into an arms race to benefit their buddies in the military industrial complex.

Who will accumulate the most points in this race to be the 'Best Lover'?

A move towards spot prices could also trigger a race to create derivatives contracts, helping exchanges in continental Europe and Asia.

Surprising accounts -- and lifesaving lessons -- from the race to stay ahead of the virus sweeping the world.

Who would advocate that race to the bottom?

Four decades ago, the Cold War was the catalyst for a two-nation race to the Moon.

Is it something Czechs still celebrate or have they all moved on, caught up in the race to embrace the tourist dollar?

As I said before, this is a difficult race to finish.

After Everest came more expeditions in Nepal, a race to the South Pole and further adventures in the Antarctic, the Himalayas and India.

Tell the competitors for the next race to come here.

The race to full recovery is likely to be long, hard and uncertain.

Now scientists think they've found the disease's origin, a step in the race to save Australia's snarling marsupial.

The project recently cleared an important hurdle in its race to open by the second quarter of 2013.

This is not a race to the least regulated market: no global issuers are launching from Nigeria or Burma.

The idea is similar to the administration's four billion dollar Race to the Top competition to improve schools.

All the animals arrived. The Emperor decided to have a race to give a name to each year of the Chinese Zodiac .

I enjoyed the final laps, and it was an important race to win.

The idea is similar to the administration's four billion dollar Race to the Top competition to reform schools.

Several research groups are in a race to recreate it in the laboratory in microscopic specks of ultracold gas.

The Obama administration is launching a national competition called Race to the Top.

Ms Weingarten says that unless Race to the Top becomes less prescriptive, there will be fights at local level.

But Chick Hicks wasn't about to lose this race to a rookie.

Senior State Department aides jumped in staff cars to race to Arlington but immediately ran into clogged traffic in Washington.

The race to dicker with Congress in the same way Congress always deals is now the plan.

Race to control home market rational , prompt being relying on the style originality , price since self is established.

Sunderland have joined Middlesbrough in the race to sign Geremi who could be on the move from Chelsea this summer.

The arms race to protect small vehicles and buildings against electromagnetic warfare, then, has already begun.

But the boost could help Toyota in its race to become the largest automaker by worldwide sales, a title now held by GM.

When is the boat race to take place?

Banks geared up dramatically, in a competitive race to generate higher returns.

President Obama talked about his Race to the Top competition.

The ever-helpful animals sense danger and race to warm and fetch the dwarfs that the Queen has threatened Snow White.

Sadly few of London's difficulties, or its greatness, are evoked by the race to become the city's next mayor.

The film is called "Race to Nowhere. "

Many provinces in the Mekong Delta have recognized the problems spawned by the race to develop industry.

Middle Eastern and North African countries, which import most of their food, are leading the race to invest overseas.

In this respect medicine is neck and neck in the race to beat the antibiotic mupirocin, currently the local MRSA antibiotic of choice.

I dropped out of the race to rest my joints and muscles so I wouldn't further damage them.

Educate: The President understands that to win the future, we have to win the race to educate our children.

The capital itself is also set to join the race to be Asia's most influential financial centre.

Yet, after associating a Race to a Runner, the datastore adds the new list of races ids.

Party officials say they want the hard-fought race to come to an end so the process of unifying Democrats behind one candidate can begin.

He also calls it the most powerful tool available in the race to meet the Millennium Development Goals by twenty fifteen.

Grant, axed by Roman Abramovich on Saturday, took the title race to the final day before United retained their crown.

The sample was weighted by age, sex, geographic region, education and race to reflect the entire population of U. S. adults.

Russia and the United States are neck and neck in the race to send a manned spacecraft to Mars .

Today, we announced the six finalists for the 2011 Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.

"It was a horse race to make that launch, " Stern said.

Meanwhile Fernando went from leading the race to being one lap down within the space of about 40 laps which is an unbelievable situation.

however , the completion of the audit puts ccb ahead of bank of china in the race to international capital markets.

His "Race to the Top" program, passed as part of the 2009 Recovery Act, proves this can work.

This movie has a suspenseful storyline with an anti-matter bomb and the race to prevent the destruction of Vatican City.

The race to acquire natural resources is intense with Chinese, Indian and Brazilian companies all active.

To speed up this race to the threshold you must also settle on a common language for describing the business of software services.

In the race to develop the most powerful computers, both our economic prosperity and our national security are on the line.

The race to boost trading income with new products is also creating another barrier to consolidation: commercial rivalry.

S. government prize, a race to produce the first super high-efficiency replacement for the world's most popular light bulb.

I planted a few seeds with my granddaughter so we could have a race to grow the biggest one.

That speed is partly explained by President Obama's Race to the Top competition.

Fred Z about an hour ago Hey, another arms race to stimulate the economy! Buy US Savings Bonds where you work or save!

The race to develop new blood thinners is going into overdrive.

The race to be slightly famous is on, and it's being fueled by the social and tribal connections permitted by the net.

Will tests be like that in a national program, like Race to the Top?

Some say that Kennedy conceived of the race to the moon principally to recover from the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs.

The Race to the Top competition will look for states and local school systems with effective reforms in 4 areas.

The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum.

Amazon has recovered more quickly than other tech companies in the race to catch up with Apple in digital media.

How should China be again the bridgehead of economy of knowledge of the race to control when new historical opportunity comes?

Chinese people have maintained their faith in Chinese medicine - despite the country's race to modernise.

Sweat dripped off of Mark's trunk and formed puddles on the stairs. But he was too focused on winning the race to take notice.

The rival department are in a race to increase their sales before the end of month.

The race to save two of America's big three carmakers is entering a new and intense period.

Because he knows clearly, want more netizens of China of race to control the market, need a domain name that retains more easily.

The large foreign petroleum companies will race to control China' s petroleum market .

In such circumstances, of course, the tropical parts of the world would have a head start in the race to find new energy sources.

Doallyn needed her help to locate vital trace-breather cartridges needed for his race to survive.

We turn every moment of every day into a race to the finish line.

So I think we need to wait for Turkey and another race to see where we are.

In one tradition, an ancient Chinese emperor held a race to decide which animal should get the honor of being first in the zodiac.

He had to race to catch the train.

It was their duty to participate in the "rat race" to support their families.

During Lezak's heroic swim, the team overtook the French team in the last 10 meters of the race to win the gold.

Inter have reportedly joined Milan and Bayern Munich in the race to sign Benfica defender Nelson.

The civilization rite can say is nation and race to progress to develop up of lay foundation stone a stone.

Often in the race to achieve high growth, internal control mechanisms get overlooked.

Then in summer 2006 he beat two veteran managers in the race to take over from Hank McKinnell, the sometimes abrasive chief executive.

The Israelis have a head start in the race to extract gas, having awarded the concessions to a joint U. S. -Israeli firm.

In the 1950s, the Sputnik launching ushered in heavier workloads for American students in the race to keep up with the Soviet Union.

Tom and Diana race to stop Jordan Collier, whose plan to save the future could throw the world into chaos.

There will be a race to produce the most advanced batteries and biofuels.

"The coach told me before the race to focus on the gold medal and not to worry about breaking the world record, " Sun said.

Jim really had egg on his face after he lost the bicycle race to a 10 year old girl.

Though it's early in the running, right now, "7" is leading the race to be the World's Favorite Number.

Never again, he vows: "We are in an all-out race to make the absolute best use of our worldwide resources. "

So now come President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan with their Race to the Top program.

Farmers and dealers are hard at work disturbing potentially valuable sites in the race to find specimens to sell.

Today, we are in a global race to develop and deploy clean energy technologies.

Chancellor Gordon Brown has told Sky Sports News that he feels England are well placed to win the race to host the 2018 World Cup finals.

The Race to Zero contest showed that even old viruses can get by the latest antivirus engines if they are dressed in the right bits.

eg: Come on! Let's race to the next cross road.

The ships recently completed a race to England from Kristiansand, Norway.

Maybe, he says, the attention will inspire a "taxonomic moon-shot, " a worldwide race to find new species.

Race to the Top had good goals, but poor implementation.