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  • The analysis effectively opens the door to a broad-ranging public debate over how Metro balances the competing demands of daily customer service and rebuilding the deteriorating rail system, which turns 35 this month.

    Metro to analyze schedule for rail system upgrades 2011

  • The analysis effectively opens the door to a broad-ranging public debate over how Metro balances the competing demands of daily customer service and rebuilding the deteriorating rail system, which turns 35 this month.

    Metro to analyze schedule for rail system upgrades 2011

  • Mrs. Clinton said she was "encouraged" that India and Pakistan are trying to restart broad-ranging peace talks, which broke off after the 2008 attack.

    Clinton Presses Pakistan on Terrorism Amol Sharma 2011

  • He is disappointed that the US has not had a broad-ranging Chilcot-style investigation into the decision to invade Iraq.

    Fair Game: Free agents 2011

  • The subpoenas are "very thorough" and "broad-ranging," said one person familiar the matter, who declined to be more specific.

    Firms With Pillar Ties Get Subpoena Ruth Simon 2011

  • LONDON— Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, the mostly government-owned U.K. bank, Thursday unveiled a broad-ranging restructure to prune back large parts of its investment banking operation, which will see the unit shed a further 3,500 jobs over a three-year period.

    RBS to Cut 3,500 More Jobs Jessica Hodgson 2012

  • We're stumped about why Michelle O's chic and broad-ranging style is a matter of debate.

    Rosalyn Hoffman: We're All Barbie Now? Rosalyn Hoffman 2010

  • Reactive learning' is a cheap and effective way of training employees at smaller charities: Our research has showed a real need for low cost, broad-ranging, bite-size and accessible training that smaller organisations can access as and when they need it - what we call 'just in time' learning and what others have called 'reactive learning'.

    Best bits: how to meet your charity's training needs despite the budget cuts 2011

  • Associated Press Royal Bank of Scotland unveiled a broad-ranging restructure in an attempt to scale back its investment-banking unit, which will see the bank shed a further 3,500 jobs over a three-year period.

    RBS to Cut 3,500 More Jobs Jessica Hodgson 2012

  • That won't make much difference to the sussed and focused Spalding, a gifted 27-year-old cross-idiom creator who has already made a lot of difference to other leaders' ventures notably saxophonist Joe Lovano's Us Five ensemble and a mark of her own through her broad-ranging Chamber Music Society.

    This week's new live music 2011

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