"This peace process," Mr Kasuri said recently, "unless it gains momentum, can be unravelled, and we can be back to square one".
Industry experts said no investor would put up money to revive the airline unless it gained control.
Even though she was raised before we had credit cards, she would not buy anything on credit unless it gained in value (property), added to her ability to earn a living or could be paid in thirty days".
I'm not optimistic about the ability of the S.E.C. to provide the leadership the markets need unless it gains a very strong chairman quickly".
A senior Chinese academic has argued, bizarrely for a Communist, that full democracy would endanger that beleaguered minority, Hong Kong's tycoons.The NPC proposal will fall unless it gains a two-thirds majority in Hong Kong's Legislative Council (Legco).
A simpler and fairer land acquisition law - that many believe India badly needs to build infrastructure and industry - has become a lightning rod for discontent, and unless it gains bipartisan support, could be doomed to legislative limbo.
The Detroit-based UAW could see its role in setting wages and benefits for the industry severely diminish unless it gains members at those plants, King said.
