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Back-of-the-envelope calculation.
A back of the envelope calculation is a figure that was arrived at quickly or by using estimation--as if someone had grabbed the first scrap of paper they found and made a quick guess.
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It has the unquantifiable, but very substantial, backing of the state, too.
The project is run by Viva Rio Socioambiental, with the backing of the state environmental institute.
Without the backing of the state for some of their business, the best course may eventually be for some of them to merge.
Whereas TNK-BP's former private shareholders had to rely on the capital markets, Mr Sechin has the backing of the state and its obedient banks.
The industry is tightly regulated, with deposit interest rates controlled by the authorities and all bank savings enjoying the implicit backing of the state.
Mrs. Clinton, who has the backing of the state and city teachers' unions, also said yesterday that she supported bonuses for outstanding teachers.
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The Korean Connection, based in Paris, is a hallyu fan club with 4,000 members, established with the backing of the state-run Korean Cultural Centre, which arranges K-pop club nights, dance classes, and trips to Korea, and spreads the word about K-pop through social networking sites.
Turnbull said the tax plan could only proceed with the backing of the states.
The spread of the new governance has prompted them to distance their visions from that of the neoliberal rolling back of the state.
Critics accuse the coalition government of using the deficit as an excuse to carry out an ideological paring-back of the state.
The idea that the Coalition's rolling back of the state will hand greater influence to their most famous and vocal critic will add insult to injury".
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