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Negotiations are currently underway at the World Trade Organization WTO to establish new rules on fisheries subsidies that would eliminate unfair and destructive policies, while ensuring a level playing-field and abundant resources for all fishermen.
Hilary Kramer: The Economics of Fishing Subsidies -- Destroying a Vital Global Enterprise Hilary Kramer 2011
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The “consensus” emerging from a relatively-level informational playing-field (where both sides can publicize their views, organize etc.), and the “consensus” created by a bunch of strategically-placed “think tanks” are two very different things.
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Second, Wein, Marv Wolfman, and George Pérez had a clear playing-field when they came up with The New Teen Titans in 1980.
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French tennis legend Yannick Noah recently suggested that doping is so hard to trace that we should just give in and allow it, so as to create a level playing-field.
Elisabeth Braw: "You Can Cure Cancer, But You Can't Cure Doping and Illegal Betting" Elisabeth Braw 2012
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But the LJF nonetheless always does raise the profile of jazz – and when the last notes fade away, maybe the nation's cultural playing-field does level out just a little more, year on year.
London jazz festival: the grand nationals John Fordham 2010
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Second, Wein, Marv Wolfman, and George Pérez had a clear playing-field when they came up with The New Teen Titans in 1980.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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The Net has NEVER been a “level playing-field”, and no government-enforced mandatory packet-agnosticism micromanagement bullshit is going to change that fact.
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Therefore the playing-field will be tilted against other game developers advertising on Facebook since they will partly finance Zynga.
Internet Wars: Version 2.0 Bijan Khezri 2011
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"For businesses, it's something that they should support as well, in terms of creating a level playing-field," she said.
Britain backs 'publish what you pay' rule for oil and mining firms in Africa 2011
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French tennis legend Yannick Noah recently suggested that doping is so hard to trace that we should just give in and allow it, so as to create a level playing-field.
Elisabeth Braw: "You Can Cure Cancer, But You Can't Cure Doping and Illegal Betting" Elisabeth Braw 2012
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