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A key item on their agenda was to discuss the future of medicare in light of the federal government's long-term take-it-or-leave-it health financing deal.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ANDRÉ PICARD 2012
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The old 'one size fits all' take-it-or-leave-it model of public services is dead.
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Gage said he has his reservations about the deadlines, but BMW indicated it was a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.
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The FACT is that these predatory clauses are used by ALL of the major American importers in take-it-or-leave-it contracts of adhesion, AND the small Chinese exporters are in no position to counter the predation.
Hu Jintao's visit: the story the media missed | Dean Baker 2011
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The self-appointed Frankfurt Group—composed of the unelected heads of the ECB, European Commission, European Council and the International Monetary Fund plus the leaders of France, Germany and Luxembourg—was able to force the Greek and Italian parliaments to agree a take-it-or-leave-it list of radical fiscal and structural reforms under pain of national bankruptcy, thereby averting an immediate catastrophe.
So Far, So Good—Now the ECB Must Take Action Simon Nixon 2011
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That let landlords exercise a take-it-or-leave-it approach, with fewer coughing up discounts or free rent.
Edge Ends for Renters Dawn Wotapka 2010
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The old 'one size fits all' take-it-or-leave-it model of public services is dead.
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"The American people are likely to view any kind of expedited procedure, where most members are sidelined to a single take-it-or-leave-it vote, as a hidden process aimed at eviscerating vital programs and productive investment," opponents of a deficit commission wrote to leaders of the House and Senate and to President Obama.
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She also told the New York Times it was a rushed vote on a “a take-it-or-leave-it package.”
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Their employers offer a take-it-or-leave-it, one insurer option (with that insurer no doubt shaving costs to the bone when claims fall due).
Are Workers Getting Good Jobs?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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