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The new Random House policy of offering writers an even split is the first effort to set a precedent.

A delay of the referendum was brokered by the United Nations, but Kurds have been frustrated by the lack of any effort to set a new deadline.

But Paul may not be victorious in the outcome, after several senators who support drafting a new AUMF spoke against Paul's effort to set a high-stakes deadline.

Today, Defense Department officials sought to portray General Fogleman's actions as an aggressive effort to set a new standard for accountability.

"One of the most troubling aspects of these negotiations is the effort to set a standard through 2025, which is more than a decade and several generations of technology into the future.

To be fair, Fat Joe himself is not especially fat these days, having shed more than a hundred pounds in an effort to set a better example for his three children.

In an effort to set an example, ICW's office in Jakarta has been labelled a "No Corruption Zone".

In an effort to set an example to Midwestern states, Gov. George Pataki of New York ordered major cuts in pollution from utilities inside his state's boundaries.

I made this decision in an effort to set an example for my daughter and to one day return to Cheyenne River and make a positive impact within my community in the civil/construction engineering field.

Her office has repeatedly blocked the environment ministry's efforts to set a deadline for an end to coal power.

The Democrats' early efforts to set a timetable for troop withdrawal failed, and Congress has so far opted not to withdraw funding from the Iraq effort.