Still, some officials said that a merger of services had the potential to blur issues of identity and image that can transcend cost savings, particularly in a county where neighboring municipalities take pride in their distinctive attributes.
The Dalai Lama has blurred the issues of succession and reincarnation.
Here, the clinical process was often presented as straight forward in terms of theoretical medical knowledge, but became blurred by issues of comorbidity and social context.
Another article in the same issue, "Are EDCs Blurring Issues of Gender?" (Hood 2005), echoes this misperception concerning phthalates and plastic food packaging.
In the October articles "Children's Centers Study Kids and Chemicals" [ Environ Health Perspect 113 A664 A668 (2005)] and "Are EDCs Blurring Issues of Gender?" [ Environ Health Perspect 113 A670 A677 (2005)], photographs and their captions erroneously imply that plastic drink bottles contain ortho-phthalates.
It had a point when it argued that America may be blurring the issues as part of its "return to Asia" strategy, which includes strengthening its ties with China's neighbours.
Even Mr. Jordan acknowledged today that the Republicans had had "some success in blurring these issues," although he added, "I don't think it will be enough".
The complex dynamic of religion, locality and hierarchy in Nigeria tends to blur the issues and reduce everything to a competition between Christianity and Islam, or north v south.
They blur the issues of the US war in Afghanistan and our policies in Pakistan ("black water") into domestic politics ("hang...zardari")...zardari
A mix up of fundamental freedom with human rights, freedom of expression, and democracy penetrates almost all writings blurring the issues.
In fact, in some ways the line between news and opinion has been even more blurred on fiscal issues than it was in the march to war.
