11.   And women are being addressed as decision makers, early promises that their parasols would remain pristine giving way to other concerns.

12.   As a rule, parents should think of themselves as moderators, not decision makers, in solving problems between siblings.

13.   Atlanta will reach cultural and architectural greatness, she says, only if its leaders aim higher and include more diverse decision makers.

14.   Be sure to deal with a decision maker, typically a branch manager.

15.   Bloom, who studied political science at City College and earned a law degree from Harvard, is described as an incisive decision maker who pushes his students.

16.   A good approach in most situations is to offer to serve as an adviser or consultant without becoming the final decision maker.

17.   A note, of course, is good business etiquette, and it keeps your name in front of the decision makers.

18.   Brookings is shifting away from its focus on publishing thoughtful books to offering a mix that includes short policy papers of more immediate use to decision makers.

19.   But Gore often turns to them more as resources to press forward with his own decisions rather than as principal decision makers.

20.   But the FT definitely has stolen the march when it comes to linking decision makers around the world into a single daily readership.