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After doctors removed the initial tumour from the side of his head, he could do little but wait.

said: "The strong domestic economic demand, the import increase and a slow world's economic recovery do little help to our export. "

Economists say that high corporate tax rates will do little but drive business and investment out of the United States.

The official did not say how the identity was confirmed, which will do little to end speculation about the incident.

But even the most horrible tales seem to do little to dent the hopes of Yolande, 21, who works as a maid and hairdresser.

If it goes through, the GM plan would do little harm to American autoworkers; virtually all of the lost jobs in this case would be Canadian.

That parallel prompts some observers to also conclude that this month 's market chaos will do little tangible economic damage .

These raw numbers, precise as they are, do little to help make sense of the facts.

But the banks' overlapping client coverage means that this will do little to increase demand for the shares.

If a stronger yuan did not cause Americans to save more, it would do little by itself to reduce the trade deficit.

One leaf can do little for another when the wind blows, the rain pours, or the hail began to fall.

Last week, Christopher Pissarides said he, too, thought the Fed's plan would do little to boost employment.

Even the best requirement tools do little to help us verify the quality or completeness of the requirements.

Populist initiatives like this go down well but ultimately do little to address young Iranians' more pressing concerns.

Diffusion and contraction is a common means of trapping control, sometimes only do little change to the correct business card printing.

ERIKA: He'll do little things, like send a picture or an e-mail to our family and friends when he's proud of me.

The great majority either fail to obey Shirky's Law, or else are knockoffs that do little not already done by an existing site.

You do little things to others that may not be obvious to you or to them.

Until then, unless he is bold, the southern Mr Jonathan may be allowed to do little more than keep the seat warm.

The prime minister would like me to believe that he saw Iceland's financial crisis taking shape but could do little about it.

But some officials think an effort to "twist" down the longer end of the interest rate curve might do little good.

Such an arrangement would do little to relieve the suffering of the North Korean people or defuse the tension over its nuclear ambitions.

Perhaps the result of plague against which ancient medicine could do little made the Romans concerned by their declining population.

Poor companies do little planning, mostly doing, do not check their status and then react to everything. . .

But that would do little good if increases in desired savings led to chronic recession or commitments to unsustainable current spending.

His civil resistance movement can do little to help the poor and marginalised whom he claimed to want to represent.

Yet once Soviet forces had left, they could do little more than defend Kabul and a few other cities.

Once again central bankers can do little if falling official interest rates do not filter through to borrowers.

But in modern times, we're hardly aware of such natural skills, and most of us do little to understand or develop them.

She was a bad cook and could do little more than chops and steaks .

next month appeared to do little to temper Putin's public remarks.

But this will do little to reform a regime run by an inherited presidency and the security services.

If America and Iran are really intent on talking each other into a fight, the rest of the world can do little to prevent it.

But critics call GNEP a costly gamble on unproven science that will harm the cause of nuclear energy and do little to combat proliferation.

It occurs to me that a visit to the Taj Mahal, a monument to love and death, will do little to lift my mood.

The Taliban or al - Qaeda can do little about America's space power except hide themselves from its intelligence - gathering satellites.

It may do little good, especially coming from a government that does not inspire confidence.

First, Mr. Obama should scrap his proposal for $150 billion in business tax cuts, which would do little to help the economy.

Whatever short-term benefit these distorted defences may bring, they do little to engender the long-term confidence that is so badly needed.

His idiosyncratic vocal talents do little for the latter track though, trampling over the multi-layered melody that was building.

When he reached the woman's bedside, it soon became clear to him that he could do little.

city also believes that in the capital account liberalization, the real estate finance can only say much, do little.

The proposals that Mr Bush's administration has put forward would do little more than tweak the system.

Given that Beijing has the only eyes inside the North, Washington and Seoul could do little in response.

The Truth: It works the muscles under your love handles, but will do little to reduce the fat that covers them.

why do many people talk about customer service and yet do little to improve its quality?

Many in the market warned that it will do little to salve the deeper wounds in the American economy and financial markets.

We should do little things, and actively involved in green travel, green concept of exhibition, green consumption, green living.

But not only would this provoke a protectionist backlash from America's new government, it would also do little to help producers.

Through the investigation of their own work to do little and university relevant professional.

Initiative It's not about finding little ways to do your job better, or volunteering to do little extras like planning the annual picnic.

With the market pressure on Portugal mounting, however, economists say the ECB intervention will do little more than delay a bailout.

Now, on top of a few soothing statements, I can do little.

An advertisement's correct position can do little good to the product if it hasn't been seen by anyone.

They do little direct selling to individual or corporate technology buyers, preferring to work through retailers and other intermediaries.

The worst outcome, critics say, would be arduous rules that do little to improve food safety.

While reentry programs can aid reintegration into the community, they do little to reduce our reliance on incarceration.

Certainly, those deviations do little harm to the overall literary glory of the proverbs themselves.

Vietnamese universities do little original research, and are rarely cited by scientific scholars, says a recent UN-financed study.

Many introductory computer language books create "hello world" programs which do little more than compile and print a string.

The consultants may like it, but for the rest of us such financial fine-tuning will do little good.

On trade, regional integration initiatives, whether now in progress or proposed, would do little to fix integration problems.

They say the plan contains wasteful spending that will do little to create jobs and will leave mountains of debt for future generations.

Our interrupt routine needs to do little if we assume the card can simply queue one frame to be read after it captures it.

Everyday , i try to do little thing in a big what so that when big things happen i can handle them in a little way .

Unfortunately, no matter how strong her will, she could do little against the onset of cancer. Lin Suyue died earlier this month.

Mr. Fatemi predicted that the hanging would do little to slow improving ties between the two countries.

Mere nuclear bombs would do little to halt life in general, and might, in fact, increase the nonhuman versions.

Players could finish a game and do little else, resulting in a low Gamerscore but high completion rates.

Politicians usually shake their heads over the institute's findings, but do little else.

In its current guise, the great market shake-up may in fact do little to spark new capacity.

Even if Tobin taxes could be made to work, they would do little good.

One woman complained that the lights were very, very poor this year and will do little to cheer up those with little or nothing.

Tax codes that penalise productive urban regions, and encourage quiet lives in less productive areas, do little for growth.

The talented ones got stars, too. Some could jump over tall boxes or sing pretty songs. Others, though, could do little. They got dots.

The Copenhagen climate summit will do little to spur further investment in environmental technologies.

The pious well-to-do usually do little or no work during this period, and some businesses close for all or part of the day.

And for all their clarity, Mr Collins's arguments about why he believes in God do little to explain why he is a Christian.

He says the new laws will only hurt those who have to drive and will do little to protect the public.

But even a renminbi revaluation will do little to stem the inflows into the region, which are causing that pressure.

I would like to remind those who say a lot do little, your position will never keep for you.

Work quietly at your own goals and forget about situations that you can do little about.

Mandatory reporting on internal control would do little to improve a company's financial reporting in general.

To be certain, brilliant design can do little to mask a lack of content.

It will do little good to alleviate poverty if you can no longer harvest your crops or find drinkable water.

Najera and Camby do little things, but the rest of the team doesn't, therefore they aren't getting anywhere.

That will do little to ensure that his killers -and their associates-are swiftly caught and punished.

However, with their *shoestring budgets, these nongovernmental organizations can do little more than collect reports.

Our company manufactures the products of sustained demand, so we do little about extending new product.

The lending target, even when officially published, will likely do little to affect such forecasts.

That may well have a depressing effect on consumer sentiment, something which the Fed's rate cut last month may do little to help.

In all, however, the administration's plans would do little to disrupt the existing cosy arrangements for farmers.

The hard numbers alone thus suggest that a Greek default would do little lasting harm to the rest of Europe's financial system.

However, the new formulation appears to do little to curb psychiatric and other adverse effects of topiramate.

It is sometimes thought that Europeans can do little to rein in a petrodollar -fuelled Russia, beyond issuing the occasional mild rebuke.

Pouwelse calls this a "clear economic problem, " but it's one his team can do little about at the moment.

It is suits for low percolation reservoir and has advantages of equipment is simple, testing cycle is short which do little da. . .

They argue that doing so would do little to boost the economy, preferring instead more moves to ease tight credit.

Such disputes will do little to improve China's capacity to enforce product safety or environmental laws.

Yet, argues Mr Legrain, they too bring economic benefits and do "little or no harm" to the wages or employment prospects of native workers.

bring down my mackintosh and travelling - cloak , and some stout shoes , though we shall do little walking.

They're usually chronic, always debilitating, and doctors can do little except ease their symptoms.

But adding a lot more routers to the internet would complicate matters hugely and do little to solve the latency problem.

Some experts argue that that will do little to reduce Americans' bulging waistlines.

But it could do little to stem the wave of support that welled up among Silicon Valley's rank-and-file.

And, at the moment, the majority of biofuels actually have very bad impact and they do little to combat climate change.

The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, said higher rates would do little to stem the rising price of oil.

Can laptops that do little more than access the Web compete with traditional computers?

Congress leaves for its summer break in August (thereafter it will do little but pass appropriations bills).

Internal control report would do little to improve a company's financial reporting in general.

But, according to McKinsey's models, these plans would do little to increase consumption as a percentage of GDP.

But while his words can do little to stem the flow, they can do much to convince America that it needs new energy policies.

But Marcona's workers suggest that unlocking that potential could do little to ease tension here.

They do little damage to the plant itself, but they make fruit and vegetable unmarketable.

The proposed tax increase, aimed at Spaniards earning over Euro 120, 000, will do little to help that.

Nowadays, many students bury themselves among books and do little housework.

Common industry terms like "standard room" and "continental breakfast" do little to convey value and to entice guests.

For 18 months, she could do little except hope that the treatment would send the virus into retreat.

Many private equity executives grumble about their poor public image, but most do little to fix it.

I could do little to console her for the loss of her son.

Essentially, they should do little more than just capture parameters as often the newly instantiated class won't even be used.

We do little things because they seem like a "good addition" , without consciously thinking whether they're really necessary.

Credit-constrained governments can do little, or nothing, to prevent that from happening.

A stronger currency would do little to mitigate this as China is largely self-sufficient in food.

Hayek believed that governments can do little to ease the pain of economic restructuring.

Tokyo could still choose to do little. But it shouldn't expect America to fill any defense gap.

These small impacts do little damage. It's the bigger asteroids that cause problems.

Until penicillin was developed, man could do little with the disease.

These programs may do little more than remind a diabetic to get his regular blood test or ask an asthmatic if she is taking her medicine.

Yes, casinos can do little about it, other than kicking you out if they catch you winning too much.

Although transit passengers help BA and BAA, they do little for Britain's economy.

Help your parents do housework You can learn to do little things. For exampie, you can wach your dirty socks.

eg. Business still involves back-handers, red tape and local sponsors who do little more than lend their name.

But it will do little to protect the economy from a prolonged credit squeeze.

Without detection however, the Terrans can do little about the lone roach burrowed in the mineral line.

Cap and trade would do little to change the economics of petroleum use but a lot to increase consumers' electric bills.

But, as medical science has realized over the past few decades, the most prevalent cold viruses in fact do little direct harm to our cells.

What's more, the challenging courses may do little goods to students' major.

This will do little for government plans to form joint ventures with international miners.

Moreover, higher interest rates would do little to curb food prices.

The cold, hard proof may do little to change perceptions; and if India was willing to come to the table before, it may still be now.

The free version of Office will do little to hurt Microsoft's overall business.

Jim has very little freedom and movement now, for he can do little except lie in his bed and wait for his death to come.

That suggests the recent uptick may do little harm to housing or economy.

Such arguments will do little, however, to persuade China's critics in the US.

His speech will do little to crush speculation that his stint in the Kremlin will be brief.

'The Flowers of War' will likely do little to alter that reputation.

It's a bad deal for taxpayers, it'll do little to create jobs.

But such initiatives can do little beyond allowing people to vent their anger about corruption.

Even our minister of enviroment protection can do little.

Men do little from reason, much from passion, most from habit.

Third, harsh laws often do little to protect the innocent.

Without political accountability and elections, ordinary people can do little to change what amounts to property theft.

To get the support for GTK code, you need to do little more than import the libraries into your project.

Howard: What do little kids know about parents?

Sceptics fret that PAYGO will do little to address the deficit because it has four big loopholes.

Except He could do little except write.

Cars with methanol fuel cells would do little to change the regular routine of consumers at the filling station.

Therewas one variable, however, they could do little to control: the trustworthinessof their Afghan police partners.

Higher rates would do little to dampen food prices.

Though symbolic gestures alone do little, when taken together with concrete actions, they can deliver results.

UK men fret about hair, weight, looks but do little.

Mindful of the huge support the Dalai Lama enjoys in India, its government says it can do little to restrict him.

Don't despise you can do little good, because, love has spread, it will change the world.

Yet the conclave is likely to do little to change perceptions about the precariousness of world oil markets.

He used to do little jobs for them. And they would let him see plays for free.

However, Mr. Leventhal says he can do little when a major customer decides to pay late.

Moreover, a revaluation would do little to change China's competitive position.

Signing decrees, Mr Medvedev acknowledges, will in itself do little to change that.

Wrist-slapping sanctions would do little to change the actions of desperate rulers.

Do little children worry?

The latest WikiLeaks document dump will do little to change that prevailing view.

Inexperienced and often unrealistic expectations Xingaoqiao, events can not do, little things do not want to do.

But companies and lawyers say that while the courts often uphold their cases, the penalties do little to change the situation.

There are many such persons as say much but do little.

Why do little birds in the nest agree with each other?

In some places, people do little with the smoke.

The conventional wisdom is that the west can do little to punish Russia.

Earth can do little harm to those who have mastered it.

Water can do little harm to those who have mastered it.

However, tax increase will affect the people who live in the country more than city drivers and do little to reduce inner city traffic.

Because I do not like sports, so I do little exercise.

But quick fixes will do little: as long as banks have bloated profits, they will find a way to distribute them.

I don't like people whotalk much but do little.

I been through the ringer, but they can do little to the middle finger.

China's government says it can do little about bad eggs among its expatriates. In fact it can do plenty.

Plodding regulators can do little to change that fact.

Do we have a local God who can do little things like parking spaces, but not big things like 500 mile-per-hour waves?

sinecure: a job or position in which someone is paid to do little or no work.

Without votes, however, they can do little to sway the outcome.

Clearly, if we set the bar low and do little work, that's a pace that we can maintain indefinitely.

Cities such as Jackson, Shreveport, Dallas and Forth Worth stand out along Interstate 20 and, at left, so do Little Rock and Oklahoma City.

The poll of more than 1, 000 revealed that more than half think that the events do little to improve morale.

What did you do, little girl?

So we should learn to do little things.

Do you hate those people ? ? ? but do little ?

There are many things we can do, little things to make our world better!

It is a trend the park services aware but can do little about.

Many Egyptian jokes poke fun at political and economic conditions that most feel they can do little to change.

He tended to sleep a lot and do little else.

I have a brown hair, so many classmates kindly shouted, "I do, " little lion.

i hope i can be happy every day . but now i don't do little thing .

Moreover, family planning appears to do little directly to control the size of families: some studies have shown no impact at all;

NATO Soldiers in Helmand province see the expanse of purple and pink blossoms flashing by, but they do little to stop drug production;

but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness;

He believes that, first, done on a modest scale, QE3 would do little to stimulate demand;

Young people do little housework

When it please not God, the saint can do little

I am busy . but I still do little painting

I've been through the ringer, but they can do little to the middle finger

two are a target, know that they do little things to accumulate what the end result;