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  • In the energy sector, Obama expects to untap tens of billions of dollars in private investment with modest amounts of seed money and the right regulatory incentive - in this case a requirement that 80 percent of electricity comes from environmentally clean sources by 2035.

    On public investment, Republicans again show they aren't serious Steven Pearlstein 2011

  • In the energy sector, Obama expects to untap tens of billions of dollars in private investment with modest amounts of seed money and the right regulatory incentive - in this case a requirement that 80 percent of electricity comes from environmentally clean sources by 2035.

    On public investment, Republicans again show they aren't serious Steven Pearlstein 2011

  • This allows the ability to be played only once, but locks down the permanents (which is the correct word, since the word “card” includes cards in non-battlefield zones, like hand or deck) forever (but only during untap steps, which means someone could possibly untap their permanents through other means i.e. twiddle).

    KN | Kitsune Noir » Pedro Fernandes Wins The Magic: The Designing Contest 2010

  • In fact when sophisticated investors require funds, there are many ways to untap the value of the asset without incurring tax.

    Capital Gains Taxes Offer Choice of Delayed Payment 2008

  • “All I want to know is, can you untap it tomorrow?”

    The Payback Club Becnel, Rexanne 2006

  • Time Stop doesn't give you another untap phase, Time Warp does.

    jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2004

  • Now, that means your opponent gets a free untap, no matter what.

    jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2004

  • "When you have talent, you have potential, and it is your job to untap that potential and give them a plan."

    www.startribune.com 2012

  • Geek Picture of the Day deals combat damage to a creature, it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. click to embiggen

    Forbes.com: News David M. Ewalt 2011

  • City Hall wants to "untap the massive potential to generate cleaner, less polluting energy from waste, otherwise destined for landfill", Johnson said, adding, "We are working to bring together more organisations in this way to harvest the capital's rubbish."

    Analysis 2010

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