But the process was fraught from the start, and up until the very end, the leaders had to contend with potential deal breakers and ferocious lobbying by pro- and anti-gun forces.
However, the real fear for Europe is not only that Greece may leave the EU, but that the markets may have to contend with potential contagion elsewhere in Europe.
While some residents are opposed to having a cell phone tower at the high school because of what they contend are potential health risks or discomfort with a commercial presence on school district property, others maintain that they feel frustration with the school board.
The two automakers contend this potential strategic alliance will make them more competitive and better serve customers globally.
To contend with potential nonparticipation and dropout among subjects and to facilitate the subgroup analyses proposed in the second hypothesis, we intended to recruit an average of 20 students from each of 20 classrooms, for a total of 400 children.
Mr. Preston presented what was, in effect, a closing argument in defense of the C.I.A., contending that many potential cases against intelligence operatives were legally flawed and noting that they had already been investigated, some more than once.
Disaster planning was much simpler when only contending with the potential for natural catastrophes.
We use a marked Poisson point process ( overset{sim }{Phi}=left{left({x}_i,{m}_iright)right} ) to indicate the potential transmitters contending to access the spectrum, where {x i } is a homogeneous PPP over the plane with density λ p, denoting the locations of the potential transmitters.
There are already indications that NBC is taking a conservative approach to the development's potential impact, contending that the majority of the residents and employees will be using public transit links, and that only Olive Avenue at the Warner Bros. Studio Gate 2 and 3 intersection will be significantly affected.
