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Take the National Hockey League, ice hockey's premier body, which has for years been trying to expand its audience and commercial reach.

Mr. Netanyahu has not declared his support for a two-state solution. He has also said he supports allowing Jewish settlements to expand.

It will also be adding additional funds to expand treatment facilities around the country, he said.

Long-term good reputation and operating style of sound, so that the size of the company and continued to expand, growing steadily.

You accepted in 1602 at the Queen's command, asking you to expand the Kingdom of the field for her death and sold.

he also fought ruthlessly to expand the power of the executive branch, which he thought had been dangerously restricted since Watergate.

Her stretchy solar cells are pleated like an accordion and are able to expand up to 30 percent extra in two directions.

Mittal, who has made no secret of his desire to expand into China, expanded on the subject in a later press briefing.

The early start, in a few colleagues efforts, the company continued to expand, gradually, people are also anxious.

that there was no coordinated plan to expand them; and that, if an emergency should arise, there were no facilities for their augmentation.

At present, the use of shrink film packaging and shrink-label to expand the market, open market is no longer just a small company's patent.

But by adopting the strategy he did, Liu was able to expand to an extent that even he had not thought likely.

Frequent Ibama raids had made ranchers "reluctant" to illegally clear land on which to expand their herds, said the rancher.

He tried to expand the firm quickly, but his stuff did not have enough experience. Production got out of hand and he went bankrupt.

The features of the system are, graphic user interface, easy to manage, easy to operate and convenience to expand database of questions.

"To go global is the only way for Chinese companies to expand, " he said.

Remember, you're not trying to stretch the anal opening, but allow it to expand slowly, to accommodate more girth.

Companies could also use the money from a flotation to expand abroad more rapidly, or to poach talented lawyers from rivals.

As I said earlier, our accelerating growth trajectory, it really shows our confidence to expand across products and geographies.

I wrote a novel about a woman confronted the limits of her love for her child, and learning to expand those limits.

Retail activity in most Districts was reported to be weak or softening, although tourism generally continued to expand.

All the big corporates are trying to expand their global operations, be a global player.

There was no attempt to expand the sanctions to exports and imports of non-military goods.

On the wholesale side, the bank is similarly trying to expand renminbi options for its client base of small to medium-sized enterprises.

Now, the nonprofit Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines is trying to expand production and lower the cost.

The big western oil companies are trying to expand through acquisitions and investment, but the opportunities do so are becoming scarcer.

Ariel's already strong presence in Europe may provide a springboard for the company to expand to other markets as well.

The company has come under fire from some U. S. lawmakers as it tries to find new ways to expand into the U. S. market.

He tried to expand the firm quickly , but his staff did not have enough experience. Production got out of hand and he went bankrupt.

After years of practice and exploration, in the decoration project has accumulated rich experience, continued to expand.

You had to be allowed to expand your consciousness, at a rate where it could be gradually assimilated without becoming too overbearing.

The company has also continued to expand its range of non-carbonated drinks where it competes with both local and international brands.

You may find this lecture I gave at my workplace (University College London) earlier this year helpful to expand on some of these ideas.

After such treatment the fabric is often found to expand on washing.

We, students of class 11, are just like this pigeon, ready to expand our wings and fly to the vast blue sky!

But Microsoft could at least claim a victory in one of its efforts to expand its Internet business.

What Yao tried to say was that similar to China as it has sought to expand in Africa, Google has had to adapt to local rules in China.

That's why the U. S. Department of Energy is investing at least $35 million in a bid to expand its use.

Since the Web site is likely to expand and change over time, we need to expend some effort up front to make the site easy to maintain.

Please take a seat. As you know, Action is looking to expand into western Canada and the United States.

If it is possible with the help of two reports by the media to expand influence is the dream of all enterprises.

That would make it harder for you to take out a loan or borrow money to expand a business.

It comes as many US exchanges are trying to expand the mix of their businesses towards a combination of equities, options and futures.

Mr. Chan said the company aims to expand service in cities where it already operates, before moving deeper into China's smaller cities.

Soon discovered that moving a fixed screen is not easy to expand the space, the block also appears to be too rigid solid.

But rather than repenting, the company may just be trying to expand without drawing the ire of the Chinese government.

"In the coming months we'll see a lot of companies hunkering down and choosing not to expand, " she said.

The company wants to expand the number of cooperative agreements it has with universities and government research institutes.

But, as the 1960s rolled around, they began to expand the size of their domestic product lines once more.

Since the 1920s, the presidential power had begun to expand and the congressional power had become weaker relatively.

It was only when you felt comfortable behind the wheel that you were able to expand your focus to encompass the total driving environment.

China is ready to expand bilateral cooperation in all fields and lift bilateral relations to a higher level.

We are pleased to be your trustworthy partner and look forward to co-operating with you to expand our mutual business.

Now Mr Zong is ready to move on: "It is time to expand both upstream and downstream, " he said, though he gave few details.

When the moon formed it had a hot core, much like that of the Earth, which caused it first to expand and then contract as it cooled down.

As the empire continued to expand, though, the Khans realized the need for a permanent administrative center.

Thank you for your letter that provides services and would like to expand trade with you to discuss the possibility.

Roberts said that three children are enough for her and she has no plan to expand the household because she worries about the environment.

Any plan to expand the G8 to include China was doomed, he said, as there was "no chance of agreement on enlarging" the group.

Laszlo Bock, who runs Google's human resources, said he has pushed to expand the company's talent planning process.

Just think how much money Walmart has made the Chinese to expand their military.

China has been running conservative fiscal policies in recent years, which gives it a lot of room to expand spending in a downturn.

The company is looking to expand internationally, although it has no plans to move into the United States.

For a long time, the Bank had provided firm support for the Corporation to expand its operation in the international contracting market.

Mr. Marx said he had visited 82 of the system's 89 branch libraries and was enthusiastic about plans to expand their services.

It certainly sets the stage for you to expand on this example and take it in all sorts of new and interesting directions.

I agree, but then he went on to say that government's "role is not to disparage wealth, but to expand its reach" .

Ashton said the EU would take China's development as an important opportunity to work with China to expand trade, investment and employment.

Later that year her husband, also a writer, encouraged her to expand her story into a full-length novel.

Since the acquisition, Nomura has continued to expand its international operations aggressively, recruiting teams of bankers from rivals.

Her mother says Mollie - who organises and selects all of the stock for each of the branches - is now determined to expand her empire.

However, in his spare time Jeff still continues his activities as a hacker because he considers it a way to expand his knowledge.

Mr. Chen said the funding will be used for marketing and possibly for acquisitions of other companies to expand its user base.

But the broader picture, that China seems ready to expand, appears to have influenced global markets.

Netanyahu said he did not intend to expand the settlements or build new ones, but would allow "normal lives" to continue.

But Jim Jeffrey leaves no doubt the White House is concerned that Russia wants to expand the conflict even further.

The gland tends to expand in an area that doesn't expand with it, causing pressure on the urethra, which can lead to urinary problems.

Dear friends, in conclusion, I would like to say that we in Russia are ready to expand relations with China on all fronts.

The group is aiming to expand into other provinces of China, a move which could make it a rival for CCTV, China's main state broadcaster.

Lu Guanqiu, founder and chairman of Wanxiang, said the talks with Ford were part of a plan to expand the company's global presence.

Also in 1978, increased activity on the surface of the Sun heated up Earth's atmosphere, causing it to expand.

The digester is a tarp covered, double lined lagoon the size of five football fields. A week from now methane will cause the tarp to expand.

I wish your company can give me a chance to expand my potential, and I would like to put my effort into your company.

Those, who insist that the state power should be enforced to expand territory by army, favor this category of men.

In recent years, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Group continued to expand production and become famous at home and abroad steel large enterprises.

To expand the sales of its product, the company has taken up various measures to open up new markets and to improve its services.

As a rule, companies have been allowed to expand abroad as long as their investments meet some criteria set out by the central government.

It plans to use the proceeds to expand residential construction as a surge in bank lending drives a pick-up in the housing market.

Our company just doesn't have enough money to expand into North America right now; your plan is going to break the bank.

cyst also is trying to expand its business to hotels and scenic spots , which would strengthen its competitiveness.

In 1993, Howard Johnson began to expand its operation internationally, hence the name, Howard Johnson International.

As the air was heated, it began to expand. Some of the air escaped causing the egg to.

Analysts say trade disputes between the United States and China are reasons to expand, rather than pull out of local partnerships.

You are moving into a higher frequency that enables you to expand your consciousness and see reality on many levels and dimensions.

Today, Yu Ying is open to pre-kindergarten through third-grade students, but it has plans to expand up to the eighth grade.

I got a telephone call, 5 years ago. Company said, we're ready to expand internationally, we need some help.

Nissan spokeswoman and a Suzuki spokesman declined to comment on whether the two companies were in talks to expand their OEM arrangements.

The desire to expand my roots and to bear fruit in my life developed into a tool that I've used off and on for more than 20 years.

Digital media has also opened up new opportunities for growth, and the league is trying to expand into international markets.

However, automakers confirm that the issue is cropping up in their negotiations to expand existing plants or build new ones.

So join in the football club is an excellent place to start if you're trying to expand your circle.

The management change comes as Google's attempt to expand its share of the heavily-censored Chinese market appears to have run aground .

After all, as China is now demonstrating, it is possible to expand all three types of capital at speed.

The company has ambitious programs to expand into China, refurbish existing restaurants and add items to its menus.

"In today's free market, I don't think you can stop projects by Chinese companies to expand overseas, " he said.

So friends-of-friends is an excellent place to start if you're trying to expand your circle.

What we're trying to do here is to expand beyond just copyright, to make it more thorough from a legal perspective.

Along with the gradual weakness of Zhou royal family, every state is trying to expand domestic hegemony influence.

Don't keep trying to expand your network whilst neglecting or forgetting about those already in it.

Many companies use the advantage of a strong brand image and brand power strategically to expand their businesses.

The oil and gas unit is part of the GE Energy Infrastructure segment, a business Immelt has said he wants to expand.

He stressed that Brunei stands ready to expand and strengthen friendly cooperation with China in all fields.

Its push to expand, however, comes as its regional peers are also trying to become bigger financial centres.

This programme has continued to expand with an additional nine farms accredited.

The money is to be used to expand small irrigation projects to the other half of India's twenty-eight states.

Provided global trade continues to expand, industrial firms should be able to push up exports and spur growth, even as the state retrenches.

Try to allocate your hard disk to different logical volumes, which can make it easy to expand virtual memory in different logical volumes.

The supply of that commodity will also drop, or will at least cease to expand.

During the 1920s Prudential began to expand overseas and agencies were set up all over the world to sell Prudential policies.

The move is part of a multi-pronged effort to expand in Europe and comes two years after Nasdaq's failed attempt to buy the LSE.

Intellectual property issues have been a key stumbling block in Chinese carmakers' quest to expand in the west.

Office Automation The Department continued to expand its computer network to support office automation and end-user computing.

When Cal Tech researchers added silver to the microalloy mix, they were able to expand the thickness of the glass rods to six millimeters.

In the context of these compound, the reproduction of contemporary aesthetic really able to expand and advance.

The company now no bank loans, also shows that companies do not consider the use of financial leverage to make profits to expand.

Mr Zegna and his cousin Paolo, the company's chairman, have been building on their fathers' decision to expand beyond weaving cloth.

Your social life will be very active this year. Make as many friends as you can to expand your social circle.

The German retailer admitted yesterday that it had been too slow to expand in China.

It was just a matter of time: With fine wine selling fast in Asia, glassware maker Riedel is planning to expand aggressively in China.

It did not result in corporations borrowing to expand or improve their business because there is no demand from the consumer.

X, the buffer cache is dynamic and is allowed to expand to take up to 50% of main memory.

Through the test, the desired effect was gotten. The system has high measurement accuracy and stability, and a larger space to expand.

He said it aimed to expand production of copper and cobalt, two industrial metals with rising demand being driven by Chinese consumption.

Steady State Theory: Basically, the steady state theory predicted that new matter was created, making the universe seem to expand.

The coalition government has also cancelled plans it inherited to expand Heathrow airport in London, braving the ire of big business.

Xiang Yang continued to expand his poetic life diligently, to construct the essence of poetic mode, and gave expression to adore ground.

Companies do not limit their ambitions to the domestic market, they are dedicated to expand international market as well.

And the flexible and heterogeneous nature of SOA would be ideal for grids to expand their platform base.

Its biggest challenge abroad is to expand beyond hypermarkets into smaller convenience stores, as it has done to great effect at home.

Mr Lewis has long wanted to expand in mortgages, the only "cornerstone" retail-banking business in which his bank is not a force.

Consequently, even as the blogosphere continues to expand, only a few blogs are likely to emerge as focal points.

Pebble bed reactors are small , which suits remote and rural areas and makes them easy to expand .

He take creates the century and uses its creation as the source material to be able to expand wantonly.

Mr Alahuhta predicted there would be more such deals in future as China's urban population continued to expand.

He thinks Unilever should be able to expand sales at a rate of 1 or 2 percentage points ahead of the product markets in which it operates.

Despite gaining traction in its effort to expand, the nuclear power industry is unlikely to move smoothly into a new era of prominence.

From there it is possible to expand elements and inspect their properties, as shown in Figure 7.

eg. The president used today's speech to expand on remarks he made last month.

God is in the midst, and each drop strives to expand, to reflect Him on the largest scale possible.

It is one of several ventures Google is making into the wireless market as it tries to expand its Internet advertising empire to cellphones.

The company plans to expand to Toronto and Montreal next, followed then by as much of Canada as possible.

And he wants to expand and improve programs that connect individuals over the age of 55 to quality volunteer opportunities.

Mr. White: Well, to make a long story short, my partner wants to keep the company small, but I'd like to expand it.

In his new role, Mr. Schmidt will lead the effort to expand the company's business in existing as well as new markets.

In the hands of this on the basis of expertise, did not forget to expand their knowledge of extra-curricular knowledge in broad range.

Although football is already an empire on which the sun never sets, Fifa wants to expand it further.

Before she came to Japan , she managed a restaurant back in Vietnam, hoping someday to expand the business across the border .

Its sales this year have been doubling compared with 2008, allowing the company to expand its network of stores across the country.

You should now be able to expand the name of your project in the Functional Test Projects view.

The company also has plans to expand the MCV into a fancier hybrid sports car.

Sovereign borrowers are also trying to expand their base of investors.

The default size of the widget should be small, but it should be able to expand if the task requires it.

Encouraged by the stimulus policy, they decided to expand the business to get through the global economic crisis.

This type of architecture is very flexible, making it easy to expand the kitten's repertoire by adding new cartridges .

Christmas turkey, cranberry sauce, plum pudding, mince pie-it was all there, all jammed into that little pill and only waiting to expand.

First, adopt factory self-restraint soluble glass to save cost of production to expand the scale of giving birth to a child further.

As college students, the vision to open, knowledge will try to expand some, attention should be paid to all-round development.

She now has between seven and ten cleaners working for her and would like to expand, but banks are not lending, she says.

To expand China's domestic demand is one of the most effective methods in the face of the current international finance crisis.

We showed that modern full automatic mash filters is an ideal equipment when a brewhouse is going to expand.

Interest rates and bond yields are low by historical standards. It ought to be a great chance for companies to expand.

Some domestic automakers seem to be looking to NEVs to expand a small model portfolio.

Around the globe we're beginning to expand KFC breakfast, and at Taco Bell we're launching breakfast in 800 restaurants on the West Coast.

However, it is only through translation that a writer is able to expand his or her readership around the world.

They were all treated with straight wire appliance and helical spring to expand clearance.

The board of the company has decided to expand its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.

The researchers streamlined management procedures in an effort to expand the number of patients treated within the target time.

While working to expand our economy, we continued to carry out reforms.

For cancer patients and their physicians, the cancer world seems to expand to the whole of experience.

As Amazon seeks over the next few years to expand its tablet line, these collisions over content are likely to become routine.

Rico can fetch at least 200 objects by name and seems able to expand his word knowledge bank.

GIS applications have been a constant depth and expansion and especially continue to expand in the field of land management.

She decided to expand and raise her home, made of bamboo and tin, above the usual flood level.

To expand political participation of citizens in an orderly manner, the formation of a stable and harmonious political situation.

In Europe, it continued to expand, but at a slower rate than earlier.

To expand our export business to your country, we hope to establish direct business relations with you.

Experts see the new Pakistani focus on China as evidence that Beijing is trying to expand its military power.

The motives may well be much simpler: fund managers trying to expand their turf.

It took the end of the gold standard, which freed central banks to expand the money supply and reflate their economies, to spark recovery.

Know that I, Earth Mother, love you, and will fill you now so that the old wounds may be released and the heart may begin to expand.

Its increasing difficulty finding competent employees in India has forced the company to expand its search to the Philippines and Nicaragua.

They often set the system to a specific environment to expand the story, and it opened up the outside world as a channel.

Chao said Sina wasn't ruling out investing in online video companies, as the company aims to expand its ad revenue from video content.

As in the Oligocene before it, grasslands continued to expand and forests to dwindle in extent.

Construction starts and real-estate investment continued to expand rapidly in April.

Rebuilding the entire LV was the only way to expand a striped LV beyond the hard limits imposed by the disk capacities.

As other major portals like Lycos and Excite died off or were consumed by bigger fish, Yahoo continued to expand.

In business, now's the time to expand your market territory, or to purchase your warehouse, sign an office lease, etc.

Aiming to expand business, Levi Strauss & Co. rolled out a new brand Wednesday to win over a broader range of China's consumers.

China's top Internet companies are profitable and growing fast but are only beginning to expand abroad.

The company faces tough competition to expand its advertising revenue in a mature online portal industry.

If you don't know, TextExpander Touch is an app that allows you to program short snippets of text as ways to expand to anything you want.

I'm very happy to see argroecology discussed on China Dialogue, as we really to need to expand the scope of it's implementation.

As the company continues to expand, some analysts expect it to face more pressure to consistently execute good customer service.

You can click the arrow to expand it back out, or you can fly the mouse over the word "Palette" to pop it back into sight.

Ten Tips offer advice here to help you to expand the business to sell a large solution package.

He just need to be able to expand his range, then we would not have to worry about it again.

While the EU and the US both plan to expand the land planted for wheat next year, the effect of this will not be felt for a number of years.

On Thursday, the Japanese government said it had no plans to expand the zone.

We wanted to expand into Asia but we were a bit frightened. We were soon sorry for being so chicken.

Yet while the market has continued to expand at a dramatic rate, demand for smaller cars is not growing so rapidly.

After 16 illustrious years as one of America's most esteemed luxury automotive brands, Infiniti decided to expand the brand globally.

The company also plans to expand its capacities in a second phase, also creating more jobs.

The present fund-raising project aims at the construction of two more standardized plants so as to expand the company's production capacity.

A common technique is to expand the query language to allow the metadata conditions to be specified as part of the query string.

This exothermic reaction of a fuel with an oxidizer creates gases of high temperature and pressure, which are permitted to expand.

If you've got it as a factorial, you've got to expand the factorials.

As well as planning to expand into shipbuilding, POSCO is looking out for opportunities to acquire steelmakers in Asia.

The scalable nature of SANs also makes it possible to expand your Exchange organization by adding servers.

For those at the top of the pay scale, the revolution in communications has allowed them to expand sales from a local to a global audience.

The plan is for the fund to sometimes invest alongside firms introduced to it by the Beijing government that are looking to expand abroad.

The money is to be used to expand small irrigation projects to the other half of India's 28 states.

You might have to expand any sub folders to located the specific form field.

If you can't make a lateral leap, look for ways to expand your current position in the direction of your interests.

By increasing the number of mega pastures it controls, the company intends to expand raw milk production.

Now they are ready to expand those skills and practice more complex essay styles.

President Rogge said the IOC would continue to expand its efforts in the social media sphere.

However, the business is likely to be of interest to other Japanese trust banks eager to expand their client bases.

Future studies beyond education and income, the two convenient paradigms of SES, are necessary to expand our knowledge on this issue.

But Kilcullen said there was a vicious cycle that began with government corruption, creating the space for the Taliban to expand.

In DreamWorks, Reliance has found a Hollywood partner that can help to expand its international presence.

The only thing that will stop inflation is ceasing to expand the money supply.

The ecological damage is still scope to expand the extent of the increase. Township industrial pollutant emissions was rapid growth trend.

You receive a nicely formatted XML result that you can browse easily by clicking the and - to expand and collapse parts of the hierarchy.

Russia has had aims to expand its nuclear power for reasons quite opposite that of Japan.

Image analysis code was abstracted into a library (libmirage), need to support the new image format, but also easy to expand.

Exxon may be gambling that Iraq's government cannot afford to kick around a firm so crucial to its long-term plans to expand oil production.

A new CEO may have continued to push forward to prove his or her ability to expand into new markets.

Protesters said Monday the movement would continue to expand and said they were preparing to hunker down for cold weather.

The German cabinet backed July's controversial agreement in the euro zone to expand the scope of the European Financial Stability Facility.

The compartments can be flexible and altered in size as she continues to expand her collection.

But it was Boulton who insisted that the new engine be able to generate circular motion, in order to expand the market for it.

So I found that it was better not to expand on my answers or say anything that may come across as controversial or wrong.

As a result, just trying to expand the structure directly leads to infinite recursion loops.

But U. S. housing prices peaked in 2006 and declined after that, even as China's trade surplus continued to expand dramatically.

How to expand the EFSF again is at the heart of the troubles vexing European leaders.

As part of the treaty, the United States pledged not to expand its naval facilities in the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, or the Aleutians.

It has begun to close the gap: it was one of very few large banks to expand lending last year.

That money is hoarded and is not used to expand credit and the money supply, and so does not lead to inflationary pressures.

Dr. Parmesan and her colleagues have continued to expand their database since then.