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Other less-ambitious exhibitions about videogames, such as one last year at Paris's Arts et Métiers museum, omit cultural references.
The Art of the Videogame Gabriele Parussini 2011
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"We're looking at medium-class missions" that will be smaller and less-ambitious than the original ones, Mr. Bolden said, while stressing that NASA remains committed to continued international cooperation for exploring Mars.
NASA Seeks Cuts to Unmanned Missions Andy Pasztor 2012
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The result is a less-ambitious bill that also stands a greater chance of clearing the House of Representatives and becoming law.
Senate Passes Patent System Overhaul Siobhan Hughes 2011
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The WTO's 153 members agreed to a less-ambitious Doha Round of global trade talks, making a deal feasible by the end of the year.
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Activists had used Internet fund-raising for charity and less-ambitious political projects, such as publication of anti-Putin literature.
Internet Activism Increases in Russia Alexander Kolyandr 2012
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So House Democrats are proposing less-ambitious proposals: a "Make It in America" plan, which closes tax benefits for businesses shipping jobs overseas and provides new hiring credits to local small businesses, and a proposal that would impose penalties on China for currency manipulation, the sort of measure that has often fallen flat in the free-trading Senate.
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So House Democrats are proposing less-ambitious proposals: a "Make It in America" plan, which closes tax benefits for businesses shipping jobs overseas and provides new hiring credits to local small businesses, and a proposal that would impose penalties on China for currency manipulation, the sort of measure that has often fallen flat in the free-trading Senate.
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Zale Corp. 's board rejected a private-equity firm's plan to buy a stake in the struggling jewelry retailer that involved a sale of assets, but is seriously considering another less-ambitious financing proposal from Sun Capital Partners Inc.
Zale Weighs Proposal From New Suitor Ann Zimmerman 2010
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Zale Corp. 's board rejected a private equity firm's plan to buy a stake in the struggling jewelry retailer that involved a sale of assets, but is seriously considering another less-ambitious financing proposal from Sun Capital Partners Inc.
Zale Weighs Proposal From New Suitor Ann Zimmerman 2010
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So House Democrats are proposing less-ambitious proposals: a "Make It in America" plan, which closes tax benefits for businesses shipping jobs overseas and provides new hiring credits to local small businesses, and a proposal that would impose penalties on China for currency manipulation, the sort of measure that has often fallen flat in the free-trading Senate.
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