India has also selected a new ambassador to Pakistan and plans to proceed with his appointment, officials said, if convinced that Pakistan is continuing to address a crucial condition for reducing the standoff between the nuclear-armed rivals: halting the infiltration of Islamic guerrillas into Indian Kashmir.
For example, a large standoff will reduce the required structural redundancy in buildings and thus reduce investment cost.
"There are intriguing, half-formed ideas afoot in Transcendence, but the script and Pfister's heavy, humourless direction tend to reduce everything to simplistic standoffs between good and evil – or, in this case, heartless technocrats and crunchy-granola resistance fighters," writes Variety's Scott Foundas.
This time, however, the authorities had decreed that protesters would not be allowed to turn Puerta del Sol into an encampment and that any gathering there would have to end by 10 p.m. Instead, in order to reduce the risk that a standoff could turn more violent, the police waited until 5 a.m. on Sunday to clear the square, arresting 18 people.
This time, however, the authorities had decreed that protesters would not be allowed to turn Puerta del Sol into an encampment and that any gathering there would have to end by 10 p.m. Instead, to reduce the risk that a standoff could turn more violent, the police waited until 5 a.m.
Rouhani's pledges could reduce tension between Iran and the west and ease the standoff over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.
[C2.] Accord Signaled on Oil Cutbacks Norway and Mexico signaled that an agreement was near to reduce oil output, leaving Russia as a question mark in the standoff between OPEC and other exporters.
Between pledges not to seek war and his urging of steps to reduce tensions, General Musharraf laid full blame with India for the standoff between the two, who have fought three past wars, and issued several chilling warnings.
The brutal standoff between Republicans and Democrats over the need to reduce the federal budget deficit -- estimated at $1.5 trillion -- or over 10% of the budget.
There are plenty of examples of mergers around the country since the 1980s that have increased tuition, failed to reduce the costs of running colleges and universities, and created tense standoffs between administrators and faculty members, students and alumni.
