Outside Congress, the Republicans' presidential wannabes are taking up their starting positions for 2012.
But for that very reason he is still prevented by Mr Mugabe from taking up his appointment.
Alexander threatens to stand in your way if you insist on taking up the same profession as his.
We also are taking up trade issues related to green growth, ensuring that the TPP countries remain in the vanguard on these issues.
More of the protesters, who have generally been determinedly non-violent, are talking of taking up arms, many of which are already being smuggled across porous borders.
Wise and witty, he has made great achievements on his position, gaining a high reputation in the local hospitality market in just half a year after his taking up the post.
For most of the last several days, the Yankees had spoken openly about needing one solid starting effort to shake the doldrums of an early-season skid that eventually saw them slip61/2 games behind the Red Sox, taking up residence in last place in the American League East.
"That's taking up valuable time from dispatchers who could be taking true emergency calls," he said.
That means not leaving your towels everywhere or taking up a whole bench with your stuff.
If you are on medication, check with your doctor first before taking up any Suggestions relating to your food diet.
Some people get so fed up of their frantic lifestyles that they give it all up and end up at a silent retreat taking up the path of spirituality.
Souvenirs, brochures, tickets all to help you remember a trip likely end up in drawers or boxes a month later taking up valuable space is a closet or cupboard.
Hobhouse worked as a leader writer on the Manchester Guardian in the late 19th century, before taking up a newly created chair in sociology at the University of London in 1907.
This skirt needs taking up.
The exhibition area is a high and square space taking up the total 4 meters.
When we have a lot of unexamined thoughts (and limiting beliefs), they end up swimming in our consciousness, taking up mental space and physical energy.
It was obvious to Symes within two days of taking up his appointment that a very firm hand would be needed.
Operation: The performer holds up in palms behind the belly both sides, then taking up with one hand the whole abdominal muscle, then pushing with another whole palm from “Jian Tu” down to below part of navel repeatedly for three six times .
Work from our laboratory has shown that macrophages undergo apoptosis after taking up viable Histoplasma yeasts.
Matches involving Ghana were over-subscribed, with large corporate ticket allocations taking up many of the seats.
"This package will create an enabling environment to help current tobacco users quit, protect people from second-hand smoke and prevent young people from taking up the habit," he said.
Business is taking up.
Gary Varvel's cartoon is unusual in taking up an issue of such limited concern to most people.
The frogs taking up residence in the new "love shack" are the lemur leaf frog (Hylomantis lemur) from Panama and Costa Rica and Madagascar's golden mantella frog (Mantella aurantiaca).
This is because each adenine tail lies flat on the substrate, taking up space.
Huatai motor which has been taking up with independent innovation and also has many achievements in diesel engine is capable to independently research and develop of new models.
And that means that the BIOS isn't just taking up half the time from power-on to the last kernel driver loaded; it's probably taking up a lot more.
The concept of 'ultimate challenges' between differing categories of race car - or racing machinery in general - is nothing new, but that hasn't stopped David Coulthard from taking up the offer to race both a superbike and a race 'plane around Silverstone.
The Minister for Information and the Arts, BG George Yeo, mentioned in his speech at the relaunch of the Lianhe Zaobao recently that in many South-east Asian countries, people are taking up Chinese as the second language.
Extremists are gradually taking up the upper wind.
After a slightly shaky opening, the Portuguese index quickly reached plus 0-point-3 percent, taking up a positive rising trend.
But as pr profits from advertising's difficulties, it is taking up a host of new stratagems — and seeking to move up the corporate pecking order.