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  • Invariably, they would have recommended sitting down with employees, explaining the short-and long-term economic challenges and working with them to improve productivity and product quality in a way that benefits both shareholders and employees.

    Making sense of Wisconsin's union showdown 2011

  • This will make the yield curve—a reflection of the gap between short-and long-dated rates—start flattening out, a typical sign of economic weakness.

    Push to Longer Term Cynthia Lin 2011

  • Those companies that will be successful in helping the Pentagon meet its short-and long-term challenges are the ones that are rethinking how they do business.

    David Melcher: Delivering Innovative Technology Solutions to the Warfighter, Even in Lean Times David Melcher 2010

  • The speech on Tuesday morning before the Association for a Better New York, a major civics group, will outline a smattering of both short-and long-term initiatives—including a tax credit to stimulate biotech investment—that her aides say will help fuel the city's economy and decrease unemployment.

    Quinn Makes Jobs Proposal a Centerpiece Michael Howard Saul 2011

  • It also said it would cut 16 aircraft from its fleet: 14 on short-and medium haul flights and two on its long-haul flights.

    SAS announces massive overhaul after Q4 loss 2009

  • Not to the exclusion of following your own heart, but when considering all your options, there is almost always a happy medium that takes into account both your short-and long-term desires to be happy.

    Manifesting Change Mike Dooley 2010

  • What do you believe will be the major short-and long-term implications of the common standards and common assessments in the Race to the Top grants on the DC education system?

    Disappointed in DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Colbert King; 2010

  • It charts my moods across time, like a corporate profit-and-loss poster, so my doctor and I can see the short-and long-term trends.

    MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010

  • He described the Japanese Proposal B, and told them that rather than try to improve on it he had come up with short-and long-term proposals of his own.

    Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

  • Work with your doctor or a dietitian to establish short-and long-term goals that are achievable, not just another source of stress for things you havent done yet.

    The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009

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