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But since the Olympic vote, the sport's backers in China seem to have raised their sights a bit.

Some of the most dramatic declines will be in the money coming from commercial backers, particularly in the form of corporate hospitality.

Sun, though it amassed thousands of patents, was one of the biggest backers of freely sharing programming technologies.

Backers of a similar amendment that would forbid gay marriage in Florida appear to be ahead in the polls as well.

It is a fine theory that would seem worth putting to the electoral test. But Mr Abhisit and his backers do not seem convinced.

To that end envoys have jetted to Khartoum from all corners of the globe, including China, one of his chief backers.

It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.

Mr. Mubarak's military backers, beneficiaries of that aid, worried that he was no longer a reliable source of revenue.

The carmaker's owner is trying to finalise a financing deal with Chinese backers, but has struggled to pay workers in the interim.

But some of Mr Yanukovich's financial backers did not like this idea.

When I was a fresh-faced young lad trying to make it in the movie business, I had to max out the credit card, find wealthy backers. . .

He did not want to put them to a vote, he said, just to disappoint their backers.

It is understood that MMC asked its financial backers for more aid in a bid to offset the growing cost of the company's numerous recalls.

Although some of the original backers of the bill may have had good intentions, most legislators saw it as an opportunity for corruption.

To the disappointment of his conservative backers, however, Mr Macri has always been politically cautious.

And Mr Netanyahu's American backers may, he fears, have to batten down in the face of some stormy years ahead under Mr Obama.

MMC said that the increased share purchases had been agreed upon during the course of ongoing talks with its financial backers.

Some on the business side wanted to take the company public, but HuffPo's financial backers were eager for a clean exit.

Something a bit more tangible than a dream is needed to incent the backers watching the bottom line.

And now Mr. Walker and his backers are trying to get rid of public-sector unions, too.

Backers of the new trade agreement retort that the CBI depends on the whim of the American government and can be rescinded at any time.

The company's backers say that founder Dennis Crowley is the thought leader of the location based social networking world.

Dalai Lama and his backers to claim that the riot was a "spontaneous peaceful protest" that the Dalai Lama had nothing to do with.

He charged that Syria and Iran, the main backers of Hizbollah, "are not to be considered absent from what's happening in the country" .

Provincial leaders and their British and American backers have had to fly in to try and deal with the crisis.

A year ago it symbolised Russia's victory over Georgia and its American backers.

Mr Yanukovych's backers say the constitution bans him from interfering with an independent judiciary.

It took Facebook's venture backers to convince him to stop coding and focus his full attention on running the business.

Backers say the message equating the cost of the Iraq war to U. S. social needs is aimed at pushing Congress to end the war.

The miner's backers hope an IPO can take place in the first half of next year, one of the people said.

For management and its backers, however, an MBO exudes confidence and is a great way of rallying the troops.

Just when the company was coming into profit the principal backers withdrew their support and left the firm in the lurch.

Backers of such a union see advantage in a ticket that has the potential of drawing 100 percent of Democratic support.

Do not rely on the post or present would-be backers with voluminous amounts of paper.

While debt providers certainly will assess a company on its own merits, the company's backers will play a big role in that assessment.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison came out as one of Hurd's biggest backers after his breakup with H-P.

If the final version of Volcker prevents banks from investing as much capital in hedge funds, start-ups may have fewer potential backers.

The hotel is a controversial experiment in so-called ecotourism. Its Backers hope to Bring in money to help fund efforts to save the panda.

That four of the original members are from Asean shows the U. S. 's growing commitment to the region, backers say.

J humphrey designs! backers are welcome--whoa. Get your groping hands off of me, creep.

The Typhoon's backers say that their plane should win if Japan wants the most versatile fighter in the sky.

You may also need to sell lenders or other financial backers on the prospects of your company.

Beijing has emerged as one of the more enthusiastic backers of distressed European sovereign debt in recent months.

The United States will tighten economic sanctions on the leaders of the regime and their financial backers.

Ms Lagarde may also have to confront her backers in Europe if the IMF is to achieve longer-term goals.

even if they did, it remains unclear whether Mr Kibaki and his backers would sit alongside Mr Odinga in an interim government.

The South Korean electronics giant is one of the biggest backers of OLED displays.

Even its most enthusiastic backers realize that the SDR will have to enter the ring slowly, gradually displacing the dollar.

Even with that, the film's backers will likely take a loss on the movie, which cost about $20 million.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian junior iron ore explorers, once just a darling of day traders, are finding new backers -- in China.

The backers of the One Laptop Per Child project are looking at the possibility of selling the machine to the public.

Thanks to the boom's second driving force, finance, these companies have no shortage of eager backers.

Silver backers counter that even with its recent drop, the lesser precious metal has retained a nearly 80% gain over the past year.

The first is a serious flaw which, regulators allege, allowed backers of a management-led buyout of PCCW to sway a shareholder vote.

He thanked his supporters, financial backers, lawyers, the media and the British justice system.

So far, however, his bill has not received any Republican backers.

Backers of President Mohammed Morsi have urged all Egyptians to work together after the adoption of a controversial new constitution.

The company's foreign backers also threw their weight behind the deal.

He could deliver returns only by taking money from new investors to give to his early backers.

The victors in this intricate game are Magna International, its Russian backers, and the German government.

The settlers and their political backers are already preparing celebrations to mark a great splurge of new building.

Aim's backers also have to contend with the issue of the performance of its stocks.

That has not suited the rebels and their backers in the West, who insist that Gaddafi relinquish power and go into exile unconditionally.

Among the strongest backers of the plan are ranchers who own property on the border.

Backers of an SDR allocation are likely to face some tired, out-of-date arguments.

Many, including some of its original backers, have complained about the slowness of its procedures.

By now, it must be clear that having backers with deep pockets should be a source of calm, not panic.

Bush and other backers of a guest worker program say it is needed to fill jobs that Americans do not want .

Despite the great hopes of organic cotton's backers, several challenges could prevent it from going truly mainstream.

Backers say the system is bringing economic benefit by reducing travel times between cities.

But as the thwarted candidates' backers become more radical, these views on nuclear issues are starting to sound rather quaint.

Sweden is one of the strongest backers of anti-dumping reform in the EU.

The enthusiastic nations have been the biggest backers of the UN approach because they are best able to make strict, binding agreements.

If the dictator's backers refuse to suppress mass uprisings or if they defect to a rival, then he is in real trouble.

The freeze has been applied patchily, but settlers and their backers are hailing its end as a moment of triumph.

In the wider aim of turning such knowledge into hard cash, however, it was nowhere near as successful as its financial backers had hoped.

In other parts of the country, especially in the Kikuyu heartlands, Mr Kibaki's backers have treated Luos with similar harshness.

Expulsion of the four leaders means in effect that Chairman Hua and his backers will allow them no compromise.

Fierce clashes erupted on Monday between thousands of soldiers and thousands of Mr. Zelaya's backers.

The potential for using green slime to solve the energy crisis has been met with a new wave of enthusiasm from financial backers.

Their backers also say that teachers' freedom of speech is imperiled when we penalize their out-of-school remarks.

To change the system, Mr Jonathan would have to break with his backers.

he will find it just as hard as his predecessors to kill off programmes with powerful congressional backers.

Pulling the other way have been Hamas's backers, Syria (where Hamas's supreme leader, Khaled Meshal, resides) and Iran.

Just because it was never clear who Ms Wang's backers were does not mean they do not exist.

But backers of nuclear power say it would be foolhardy to try.

If Mexico protests too much, it risks galvanising the law's backers, which could lead other states to copy Arizona's policies.

The two major candidates vying to succeed him, to some degree, were overshadowed by their respective high profile backers.

Backers of the regime view the sanctions as further evidence of foreign conspiracy against the country.

Existing venture capital backers, Spark Capital and Institutional Venture Partners, have also participated in the new round.

Existing venture capital backers, Spark Capital and Institutional Venture Partners, have also participated in the new round.

On Capitol Hill, Huawei's backers have charged that much of the criticism of Huawei is protectionism.

Tudou and Youku are not television stations; Hulu's backers, like Newscorp and ABC, can simply broadcast their television content online.

That must be shared with their financial backers, especially in Lebanon, Somalia and the United Arab Emirates.

Other candidates can seek votes only by circulating "proxies" of their own, at the candidates' (or their backers') expense.

Without such funding, their work would likely be constrained by the interests of more conventional backers.

And cynical political operators are exploiting that anxiety to further the economic interests of their backers.

LTE backers boast of the technology's ability to deliver faster coverage to more people at a lower cost.

And new technology will bolster the advertising capabilities of traditional media like television, backers say.

Stirring up his eastern heartland could annoy Mr Yanukovich's business backers, who have been cutting jobs and wages.

The by-election has also opened up its backers to criticisms that public money is being wasted for the sake of political theater.

Even if you do not have financial ability to start a business, if the idea is good enough you can find some financial backers.

Bipartisan backers of the bill are hoping for a vote in the House of Representatives next week.

Even diehard backers of the regime, who wave flags and posters exalting Mr Assad at street rallies, now talk of reform.

Ho led a nearly continuous war against the French and, later, the American backers of SouthVietnam until his death.

But beyond this, the government suspects Hizballah will try to further the interests of its Iranian and Syrian backers.

Hodrix was able to lure Serji-X's weary backers to his camp, leaving Arrogantus to fend for himself.

I grant the genius of your plan, but you still will not find backers.

The proposed show has celebrity backers and advisors , including a well-known television host and famous movie producer.

Backers of the proposition to ban same-sex marriage in the state cast their campaign in apocalyptic terms.

Worried Japanese backers of the alliance say the longer the issue goes unresolved, the more dangerous it becomes.

Despite these market differences, silver backers are eager to keep the two metals tied closely together, hoping to bask in gold's aura.

This will cause huge difficulties for him, especially if Nigeria's disillusioned Western backers give the country a wider berth.

Backers of this ambitious scheme hope it will spur competition across the school district.

Ideas become fashionable and get pushed to their logical conclusion and beyond, as their backers succumb to "irrational exuberance" .

A social business promises to repay its backers' money after, say, five years, but with a 0% return.

Backers of a stringent North Korea policy are also not pleased.

After a long and expensive campaign, his backers want to turn his victory into profit and are thus reluctant to share power.

Hamas and its Syrian and Iranian backers may howl treason and plot a return to suicide-bombs.

The mobilization of government backers began almost immediately after Mr. Mubarak's speech late Tuesday.

Backers of the F-16 sale have pointed to that analysis as further proof that Obama should approve a deal.

Mr Roh's backers set up a shrine to him across from Seoul's city hall, a traditional gathering place for protesters.

The International Linear Collider (ILC), as the machine is dubbed, would cost a mere $8. 2 billion, according to its backers.

Near the mall is a nightclub, now closed by police because its backers were shady.

The haredi rabbis and their political parties have waxed powerful as vital backers of ruling coalitions.

Disgraced athletes, of course, stand to lose a lot more than their medals: corporate backers drop them instantly.

'You meet your investors at parties! ' That's what saved the dream after the financial crisis sent the club's U. S. backers running.

Edgar is saying, well, they may work hard but that would not have gotten them their position today if they didn't have backers.

The biggest worry for the south and its backers abroad is turnout.

No, Russia created a trap for the Georgians and their western backers into which both duly fell.

When their political backers pushed a controversial anti-pornography law through parliament in 2008, Mr Yudhoyono's party joined them.

The fund's backers, it seems, need to be as flexible as its new lending criteria.

Backers included major food makers, health, consumer and education groups.

About signing a prenuptial agreement before marriage, the backers and opponents are half to half.

Financing is more widely available: TutorVista's backers include the Indian arm of Sequoia Capital, a stalwart of Silicon Valley.

Growing on one of the earth's highest-yielding trees, it could even help alleviate world hunger, backers believe.

For now, the most important reconciliation may not be between Mr Karzai and the Taliban, but between Mr Karzai and his Western backers.

backers, it seems, need to be as flexible as its new lending criteria.

financial backers of a ballet company.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power was so sure of the election outcome that it paid out Obama-backers in October.

These kind backers rarely quibble over the network's content.

My financial backers are everyone who subscribes, buys or enters our shows, or advertises.

NATO is performing surgical action, looking for any and all remaining Gaddafi backers.

So far, the fund has raised CNY4 billion ($615. 8 million) from its initial backers.

The party was given secret financial support by some foreign backers.

Backers of education initiative launch campaign to mobilize funds.

Many of Ms. Suu Kyi's backers oppose registration, which could be tantamount to relinquishing their claim to power.

But the help they're getting from a small group of wealthy backers should give investors pause.

About a third of his 149 backers were friends and family.

They are put off by their less attractive pay packages, lower return-on-investment targets and close links to their government backers.

This would be more convincing if Ukraine's parties were not simply vehicles for their leaders and their financial backers.

In the mean time, however, the open-source idea has scored successes and found backers elsewhere.

One or two almost sank their backers and some will never make a decent return on capital.

The backers of free courseware acknowledge the benefit of self-enrichment.

The truth is, even backers of stimulus can't be sure it will work.

The disclosure of the letter resulted in the main backers of the program bowing out and the eventual demise of the center.

Coda has some big-name backers in the U. S. and China.

Financial backers of a balletcompany.

and the housing market, a trifle short of lenders just now, would have lost its main backers.

The American bill's backers never expected an easy victory.

Many western think-tanks, of course, are also little more than mouthpieces for their financial backers.

In truth, Mr Ma had powerful backers early on, including Goldman Sachs and Softbank.

This can't last, but backers of China's stimulus believe there won't be any serious economic downside when the bubble bursts.

During the right-left civil war of 1946-49, each side reserved particular loathing for its foe's foreign backers, American or Soviet.

Beneath the water roll each side has an adjusting screw and positioning the backers.

Yet even some of Mr Papandreou's backers think he lacks boldness.

That, Mr Mugabe's backers presumably hope, should give them time to beat the opposition into submission.

The loss of Warner is also a blow to Microsoft, whose software is used in the HD format and which has been one of its main backers.

Infoflows, its founders say, talked to potential customers and venture capital backers.

But even the most popular social network, Facebook, has not yet become a goldmine for its backers.

B year ago it symbolised Russia's victory over Georgia and its Bmerican backers.

Social media backers take that ignominious episode in stride.

But despite the gloomy picture the summit's backers remain optimistic.

Backers have argued the soil hasa granite base that makes it more stable than other areas, according to local news reports.

Largesse from outside backers dried up after the rebels achieved their goal.

Its backers stress the ethical side of sharia-compliant finance.

Despite the UAE's move, the monetary union's remaining backers seem keen to press on.

Such endowment funds are strong backers of venture capital.

Ultimately, high-speed rail's backers weren't as staunch as its detractors.

Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find.

If a seller's reputation was good, individual backers or bankers could decide to take the risk of clearing a trade.

But the backers of the plan acknowledge the global economic crisis will make needed investment difficult to attract.

Backers of the bill need 60 votes to ensure that opponents cannot block its passage.

Backers compare them to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal push to bring electricity to the hinterland.

We have sure and powerful backers God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

But Hezbollah's main backers , Iran and Syria, are not invited.

But her nominal backers will not give her an easy ride.

Amid mounting criticism, Haystack's backers withdrew it on September 10th.

Europe's ambitious plans for offshore wind projects have some important new backers: pension funds and other institutional investors.

I guess their backers take the view they will raise debt if the markets re-open, but in the meantime they want to press on.

Edgar says, "Where would that hard work have gotten them if they didn't have backers with deep pockets. "

For its financial backers, it is also increasingly generating wealth.

Picking wealthy individual backers can also backfire.

It's a smart idea with some smart backers including Barry Diller.

But the schemes' backers argue there are two significant differences.

The hopeful angle in this horror is that cracks are widening both in Mr Mugabe's regime and among his backers elsewhere in Africa.

But before the tower was completed, Morgan and the other backers pulled out.

Mr Suharto's former backers in the West regretted praising him so effusively.

As his people desert him, so do Mr Mubarak's foreign backers.

backers, Iran and Syria, are not invited.

Backers of the minimum wage hope that it will be followed with other rules, such as caps on working hours.

Polio backers say they are buoyed by reports of just 71 polio cases worldwide this year, vs. 328 in the year-earlier period.

This has given the group an edge, its backers say.

But backers see a multibillion-dollar windfall in tough times, and they will likely try again.

If you are profitable or have good financial backers, you can go to a bank and borrow against those servers.

Tesla's backers included the financier J. P. Morgan, who invested $150, 000.

Thaksin's backers want new elections, which they think they are well-placed to win.

8 backers say they plan to appeal the decision to the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

These backers could then have a "shield or protection" for their more nefarious activities.

Who are your financial backers?

The challenges that one of Hollywood's best-known directors has faced in assembling a group of backers doesn't bode well for other studios.

Now it is the turn of Thaksin's backers, who are besieging the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva which took power 4 months ago.

The Viacom owned property hits the perfect user base for social gatherings and has the backers on hand that can make a difference.

If I'm going to start a new company, I want to start a record company so I can become a famous singing star, I would ask for some backers.

Do you have any other backers?

The call, also circulated by e-mail, carried the names of 121 backers, including several who said they lived in Hong Kong or Macau.

Clinton backers to protest outside rules meeting Supporters to demand DNC counts Florida and Michigan delegates

Here's the text of the e-mail the Obama team sent out to backers:

it took two years to get the backers interested in this show

We're looking for financial backers, everyone is gonna be here tonight--

The projects' backers claim extraordinary results: a 700% increase in the use of antimalarial bed nets;

We know that the emperor is not a self-styled, to rely on the landlord class through the official backers, [9];

Traditionally this is a Democratic issue: labor unions are big backers of the House bill;

of course . and how many backers do you require