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She said improved security in Mogadishu meant the UN was now able to step up relief efforts.

Mary needs to step up to the plate and decide which proposal will best serve the interest of the company.

"She seems to step up with a bit of spine just at the right time, " says Kurt Volker, a US ambassador to Nato under George W. Bush.

Shane is having a really good game to this point. We need some of the others to step up and join him.

We are ready to step up consultation with the relevant parties, the US side included, to help UN reform progress in the right direction.

Will he be willing to confront and pressure them to step up in a way they did not at the last NATO meeting?

Just to step up to take a penalty in that situation, you have to be a strong character and a strong man.

Mary needs to step up to the plate and decide which proposal will best serve the interests of the company.

Company officials do not thin the higher price will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful computer.

i ' m trying to adjust to major league batters , " ogawa said . " i have to step up to the plate and be on the same level .

"Many leaders are relatively ill-prepared to step up to the next level, " says Steve Newhall, managing director of consultants DDI.

I have always been waiting for you to step up to the mark.

Are there customer groups that you might have expected to step up to use it that maybe haven't quite caught on yet?

The fundamental interest of every country is to step up consultation and cooperation and keep international trade smoothly flowing.

You have been managing a team for a while and you feel ready to step up to the next level.

Owen, who picked up his injury playing for England at the 2006 World Cup, said he was ready to step up his rehabilitation.

First, Tosic says he wants to prove he's ready to step up to the first-team in United's remaining pre-season friendlies.

U. S. officials said Western allies of the U. S. are trying to step up pressure on aides close to Col. Gadhafi to force him from power.

He said Molycorp, which also distributes, has so far had no trouble importing from China but intends to step up its monitoring of the trade.

It motivates me to step up to another level, to see if I can meet the challenge.

Certainly it does look as if officials are planning to step up their efforts to curb price rises and rein in a runaway property market.

Put bluntly, governments have to step up to the plate, as [U. S. President Franklin] Roosevelt did in the Great Depression.

if anything, the guy ought to be really ready to step up from play.

You started a little slowly. You always gave the impression you were able to step up a level when you needed to. Was that your feeling?

Such experiences do not necessarily hold you back, as they can be put behind you and still enable you to step up into the higher vibrations.

Weekend reports suggested City were ready to step up their interest, but Silva refused to comment on any specific interest.

He said his ministry will ask state governments to step up preparedness to tackle a possible increase in the number of cases.

It was the year that Deng Xiaoping, then the country's paramount leader, signalled that he wanted to step up the pace of market reforms.

I need you to step up right now. Be the man of the family for your mother.

China stands ready to work with Canada to step up consultations and coordination in these areas.

Three : you do not have the courage to step up to the plate and proclaim the truth you carry inside.

He had returned as a hero, but knew he and his teammates needed to step up if the nation was to get a medal in the competition.

There's also a terrific user community ready to step up and help troubleshoot issues.

It will be a wonderful opportunity to step up and out of the chaos, into a period of relative peace and calm.

That's why the President and I need your help to tell your Republican congressmen and senators to step up.

Additionally, government services tend to step up in times of recession, so your chances of getting and keeping a government job are good.

At a White House meeting on fatherhood Friday, the president urged dads to step up and be more closely involved in their children's lives.

As one-day summits go, the UN climate change meeting in New York packed a punch, with China really beginning to step up its game.

That also could damp any pressure to step up appreciation of the yuan that might result from such inflows, he said.

Empowering women and girls is already a priority of the United States, but we need more countries to step up and take on this challenge.

Question: Not everyone on my team is ready or willing to step up to full-scale modeling and model-driven development with the UML.

The Vatican needs to step up to the plate and admit that it condoned and facilitated such crimes against humanity.

It is time for you to step up play your part along with us, which we look forward to as an exciting prospect.

On Wednesday, Tehran confirmed it had installed new equipment to step up uranium enrichment work.

In Laos, Langley saw an opportunity to step up to equal status with the big boys at the Pentagon and Foggy Bottom.

If you want to be a hit, you are going to step up your current knowledge so that you can take your dancing to a new level.

We're trying to step up production to meet the increased demand.

The guerrillas are believed to have killed two candidates and have pledged to step up attacks in the run-up to polling day.

It gives us another compelling reason to step up existing control measures with the greatest sense of urgency.

The consequences of not following that route could be pretty dire, and I think the interested vested parties are going to step up.

Assange can be bad tempered with colleagues, as Jobs famously is, but he needs to step up on the consequences of what he does.

to step up the building of the contingent of coaches, business coaches to improve the quality and capability.

This statement does urge the council to step up the enforcement of its current sanctions against King Zong Il's weapons program.

Given the American backdrop, the Fed's recent decision to step up the pace of interest-rate cuts is understandable.

Papandreou is obviously trying to get the EU to step up with more cash.

It's not what he's gonna do for the country. It's what we are going to have to step up and accept and change about ourselves. . .

"I will be the first one to step up and tell our board of directors if I can no longer continue to fulfil my duties as Apple's CEO. "

They called on oil-producing countries to step up production and said more investment was needed in exploration, production and refining.

David Ngog has vowed to step up to the plate if called upon to replace Fernando Torres over the coming weeks.

We decided to step up cooperation in mineral resources and clean energy and expand collaboration on maritime research and fishery.

I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple's CEO.

We also exchanged views on a series of important international and regional issues, and decided to step up communication and coordination.

I evaluate all this and start sending out impulses to step up production of gastric juices and saliva.

It's like 2007 all over again: The world is waiting with bated breath for someone to step up to Apple.

It emerged last week that the SEC had forced the NYSE to step up the pace and scale of a new probe.

So to grow mentally, we have to step up to the challenge and beat those guys.

On the eve of the examination, it is absolutely necessary to step up review, but must be appropriate work rest.

Starbucks, meanwhile, is not standing still waiting for the next challenger to step up.

That could be a positive sign that companies will have to step up hiring to meet growing demand.

It is unclear why exactly Papandreou decided to step up now and call for a referendum.

Its latest threat, to step up tenfold its potentially weapons-usable enrichment of uranium, may be a mostly empty one for now (see article).

Taiwan's health authorities are promising to step up efforts to crack down on illegal food additives.

Google could definitely do it, but someone needs to step up and compete with that Amazon's ease of use.

Mr. Obama used a news conference to step up pressure on lawmakers before another White House negotiating session.

There are a lot of parties in the movie. But life is not a party. When his father dies, Otis has to step up to protect the farm.

U. S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez is urging Chinese companies to step up their foreign direct investment in the United States.

We lost so much scoring from last [season's] team, we need someone to step up and we hope he's one of the guys that can do that.

It's software. Hardware makers will need to step up to use it in their devices.

However, at the application architecture level, you have to step up to another level.

It is time to step up to the plate and be ready to play the game.

Another harm of this kind of medicine is that you have to step up the quantity when you have taken them for a period.

The President recently said, "We should feel confident about our ability to compete, but we are going to have to step up our game. "

Well, it's good to know, when I need you guys, I can always count on you to step up and ruin everything.

China took advantage of the global financial crisis to step up its investments in infrastructure, most notably transport.

Chinese exporters are likely to step up calls for a depreciation of the currency.

We can only hope he appreciates that his wife, Narcissa, has the balls to step up and lead the family while he wimpers.

As Gerard Lyons of Standard Chartered put it: "If people and firms are not spending, the government needs to step up to the plate. "

Food safety is one of the things you can't rest on; government has done its responsibility and now industry has to step up.

They are issues where we as people have to step up and think beyond our own small bubble and, for once, see the big picture.

I call on the international community to step up efforts to tackle both of these diseases together.

We will set up a dedicated task force to step up the demolition of unauthorised rooftop structures in single staircase buildings .

When you want to step up to watching HDTV, you'll need to get a new high- def TV set.

We've already begun to step up enforcement against the worst workplace offenders.

Iran has an opportunity to step up and become a productive member of the international community.

Sechin: The two have been very well, indeed Zhangzhu Ren said, because teachers do not have this, so we have to step up the training.

In separate action, the House of Representatives debated a resolution urging Iran to step up cooperation with the U.

The president used his weekly radio and Internet address to step up criticism of Senate Republicans working to delay the vote.

Watch the time near December 10 for a parent to step up and help you if you need his or her assistance and financial support.

U. N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expressed his delight at the new promises by member states to step up their fight against the disease.

Each of them was expected to lead sessions encouraging all the female executives there to step up "into leadership" roles.

The shortage of skilled staff could restrict companies' ability to step up production as the economic recovery gathers pace.

Its suppliers were unable or unwilling to step up the pace because Boeing had mistreated them so often.

In fact, many Deloitte employees, especially those under 30, turned out to want to step up the pace of their careers.

The United States wants South Africa to step up its leadership role in Africa, particularly in the area of trade.

They agreed to step up consultations, communications, coordination and cooperation on the bilateral, regional and global issues.

Such aerial attacks have prompted the West to step up discussions about imposing a no-fly zone over the North African country.

The two sides agreed to step up bilateral exchanges and cooperation in various fields and constantly promote China-DPRK friendly relations.

If we're going to win the league again or do well in Europe we certainly need players to step up and help fill [the gap left by Ronaldo].

Officials are ordering local inspectors to step up checks on food imported from the United States.

S. pressure on its Arab allies to step up their financial commitments to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.

To step up the law enforcement action, the Government has introduced the fixed penalty system for common public cleanliness offences.

As consumers, we need to be careful and smart. For the governments, they need to step up law enforcement.

This week Taliban commanders threatened to step up the campaign with more bombs.

If men were happy to step up to the mark and look after us?

Mr. Wang said one way to make space exploration affordable was to step up discussions of international cooperation.

That number will increase as government requirements for more efficiency push local groups to step up outsourcing, IDC analysts argue.

Mills urged both sides to step up efforts in implementing various agreements and push bilateral pragmatic cooperation for outcome.

The England international, 26, is now walking without the aid of crutches and can begin to step up his rehabilitation.

police decided to step up security plans for the match.

He called on both sides to step up cooperation to offset potential risks despite signs of recovery of the global economy.

"The two presidents also discussed the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and the need to step up work on this lucrative project, " it said.

There will be plenty of "young wolves" who want to step up in time, says Mr Diekmann, who became a father for the fourth time in June.

Someone needs to step up, and if its Clinton, thats fine with me.

It also needed some help from Beijing, which called on local governments to step up financing for rail projects in their districts.

To step up exchanges and cooperation in such areas as culture, education, media, tourism, public personnel management, and police affairs.

This has eased the way for Japan's exporters, led by the business federation Keidanren, to step up their pro-trade agenda.

Exhibitor: Would you like to step up here for a demonstration? We've made improvements since we last did business with you.

EXAMPLE: Sales for our new product were far stronger than expected so we had to step up production to meet demand.

Mengniu, Yili and Bright Dairy have issued statements apologizing to customers and pledging to step up quality controls.

In his ninth season, that's who he is, the talented, versatile, tantalizing player everyone has waited nine years to step up.

Japan Meteorological Agency reminded to step up vigilance over the region.

The Obama administration is coming under pressure from Darfur advocacy groups to step up diplomatic pressure on Sudan.

Donors and developing country governments need to step up interventions to improve nutrition, so reducing the burden of infectious disease.

rather than just saying my country is doing well. We have to step up these health issues, knowing.

Many analysts expect the markets to strengthen after the seasonally slow summer and manufacturers begin to step up production.

All the nations involved in fishing activities in the western Bering Sea need to step-up actions to combat illegal activities there .

He now has two years left to step up the pace.

The Obama administration has sought to step up its engagement in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Central Asia and Latin America.

He urged both sides to step up policy and fund support for promoting two-way investment and encourage the expansion of trade scale.

But they have little disposable income and few opportunities to step up the ladder.

The two sides should seize opportunities to step up cooperation and handle challenges together.

In order to better use of international short-term capital, countries are beginning to step up monitoring.

The rush to secure coal assets comes as efforts to step up domestic production have become mired in environmental issues.

The third thing, to step up economic development, is to step up the four modernizations.

The trade ministers of China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to step up efforts towards forming a trilateral free trade agreement.

However, once you have that base of endurance, step up the intensity to step up the effectiveness of the workout.

The Centre for Health Protection of DH would continue to step up health advice to the public .

We attach importance to public calls for the Government to step up the resolution of district problems.

That said, we feel very confident about our playoff push. We've managed to step up and play well without Yao in the past.

Now we are looking for the new generation to step up and be counted at both ends of the pitch.

At present, production is carried out in order to step up, probably 60 percent complete, is expected to be shipped in advance.

So I hope you'll ask your Member of Congress to step up and echo that call this week by voting for the Buffett Rule.

And when you move the ball, and not rely on one or two guys, everybody has to step up and play to their maximum ability every night.

The United States and the European Union have agreed to step up pressure on Iran.

so my hope is for all of you here to step up and take over, because you are Hon Hai's new hope.

23The Chinese government stressed the importance to step up efforts to develop emerging industries of strategic importance.

One survey found that nearly 7 in 10 millionaires are willing to step up and pay a little more in order to help the economy.

To step up from "low wage, low value production" to "high tech, high value goods" and to do that as fast as possible.

The Red Cross says it is working closely with governments to step up an effective response to this emergency.

First, Congress needs to step up and guarantee that 98% of Americans and 97% of small business owners won't see their taxes go up next year.

They believe that it is important to step up strategic mutual trust, expand and deepen pragmatic cooperation.

We said at half-time we needed to step up and in the second half we played better, created more chances and finally scored the goal.

Is the Puppet Master feeling the need to step up the pace in putting Nancy out there?

A resolution calls Member States to step up their efforts on youth health to attain the health-related MDGs.

Either way, they are likely to step up their efforts to investigate corruption in Mr Correa's government.

We will call you to step up again once the bells are heard, and once you can see the thunder and hear the lightening.

The problem is that in recent years German consumers have always seemed to find some reason not to step up their spending significantly.

But industry stakeholders and lawmakers need to step up their lax standards to protect the public.

We all make mistakes, so we all have things we need to apologize for: words, actions, omissions , failing to step up, show support.

The region will need to step up the pace dramatically to reach the MDG target.

Businesses have policies to comply with the ADA, but need to step up recruitment, Ridge's organization believes.

It will explore ways to step up training to enhance professional quality in the financial services sector.

One by one, member countries are announcing plans to step up their commitment.

Yet virtually all plan to step up the pace of austerity.

Business leaders need to step up and propose solutions that benefit the entire country.

And no other consumer in the world is likely to step up and fill the void.

We've agreed that we're going to step up staff training . Jack, you'll see to that , will you ?

Goldman said it plans to step up stock buybacks and may raise its quarterly common stock dividend.

China's frenzy for gold prompted the central bank to step up sales this year of gold and silver Panda Coins.

The World Bank Group announced during its Annual Meetings in October it stands ready to step up assistance to developing countries.

Also, China Salt has launched an emergency response mechanism to step up production and start a 24-hour distribution program.

The Chinese government stressed the importance for the country to step up efforts to develop emerging industries of strategic importance.

By itself, that is not a reason for the Fed to step up bond purchases, an option it has kept open.

China hopes to step up cultural exchanges and cooperation with Arab countries.

The agency's proposed budget for the year beginning October 1 includes a $16 million annual increase to step up that effort.

Simon: As new orders keep pouring in, the workers are working three shifts to step up production.

These definitive moments are at hand, and we need to step up the pressure and blast through to the finish!

While tobacco control measures are sometimes controversial, they save lives and governments need to step up and do the right thing.

Our federal government also has to step up its efforts to advance the cause of healthy living.

This is a good opportunity to step up and demonstrate your event-planning acumen or fund-raising skills, says Ms. Klaus.

Banks are also continuing to step up their capitalisation levels.

China appears more willing to step up its long-term interest in Zimbabwe.

Next season, we need to prove that we can step up. I believe we are good enough to step up and win the league.

The villagers plan to step up their protest outside the legislature as the vote approaches.

They are now calling on the Food and Drug Administration to step up and do something.

Might do them good to step up and take care of themselves for a change.

Every time you keep quiet and refuse to step up to the plate, you have one less chance to prove yourself.

The US administration wants to step up co-operation with China on energy efficiency and the use of alternative fuels.

(The UN Secretary General) Ban Ki-moon has urged the world to step up its support for flood-ravaged Pakistan.

So it is time to step up the pressure once more, and mean it.

Hotels and destinations also need to step up marketing to make them known to Chinese travelers.

Jian-four (199 AD), Yuan Shao Yi in Beijing to step up the siege, and the situation is critical.

National health agencies, Schecter added, need to step up with better oversight.

The crude realities have prompted the Chinese government to step up its efforts in combating cancer. Prevention is their key focus.

We encourage you to step up your efforts to live in spirit in the now.

Sounds like China is taking the visionary approach to energy while the US continues to lag behind. It's time to step up and do what's right.

Thomas Vermaelen intends to step up to another level this season after a revelatory first year in English football.

The experts agree that the banks, as well as carriers, will need to step up and prove they can protect their customers.

They agreed to step up their vigilance and their vaccination programmes in order to meet polio eradication targets this year.

U. S. troops were also reportedly asked to step up their patrols in the province.

So American magazine editors, I plead to you: It's time to step up your game.

i need you to step up right now.

When is someone going to step up and ask why Africa can't take care of itself after all these generations of help?

In addition, the world's more to step up legislation to prohibit the use of incandescent, encourage the use of energy-saving light source.

Then presently the man came back and asked me please to step up to the library.

Mr. Kennedy's conclusion: 'This is a moment when Transatlantic leaders need to step up and lead. '

The Hospital Authority has pledged to step up efforts to prevent medical blunders in future.

To Expand Super Abrasive Plant for Overall Equipment to Step Up.

On Tuesday, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu exhorted rescuers to step up their efforts before the window for finding survivors closed.

I "ll get after them to work three shifts to step up production. "

One possibility is that Beijing has offered its support to Mr Kim's succession plan in return for commitments to step up economic reforms.

"If they're gonna sacrifice and do that, someone else has to step up, " Houston coach Rick Adelman said.

Public safety agencies are consequently looking to step up their game in order to better protect citizens against these trends.

We are trying to step up our training every day, especially for the international players.

Earlier this year, the government ordered state-owned banks to step up lending to service-sector companies.

As new orders keep coming in, they are working three shifts to step up production.

Serra used this recipe, scaled down for two, to step up her game.

Microsoft needs to step up efforts to keep its brand strong.

One way to step up from the old paper paradigm is to use modular design.

I hope you'll try to get them round to step up production.

The World Bank promises to step up lending to Central America too.

'I'm happy to step up to the plate if they want to go to court. '

We were not playing at our best level and everybody said at half-time, come on boys, we need to step up if we want to win this game.

Then, they required their children to step up their work hours and split remaining payments 50-50.

You simply need to step up and take your prize.

To step up investor education.

Meanwhile, the government has vowed to step up security around schools.

I hope you'll try to get them to step up production.

A good game, but as we both agreed - we need to step up our playing speed !

The government urged the banks to step up and fund the package.

The industry wants the government to step up promotion abroad.

And because of rumors of agricultural development bank to step up recovery loan, short-term cotton enterprises have some selling pressure.

But he still plans to step up Kerry's use of the river.

Mr. Betteredge, ask your daughter to step up.

That we know what we need to do in Afghanistan and now is the time to step up and do it in order to protect the American people.

The schools need to step up and be the most important component in any intervention.

What I like to do is develop a list of stocks I like very much, and when Wall Street holds an en masse sale, I like to step up to the plate.

Guys who ended up being the hero almost against their own will, because they just had to step up.

I really do believe Rafer needs to step up or he will be traded.

In recent weeks the (Chinese) government has urged the industry and trade to step up imports in order to raise domestic supplies.