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And Japan’s government seems to be bowing to the pressure: it is currently the only G7 country that is adding to its domestic coal power-generation capacity, with roughly 45 new coal plants in the pipeline as of 2017.
They should announce that they will no longer insist on choosing the IMF managing director (which would be bowing to inevitability anyway) and back the best candidate for the World Bank presidency.
Bowing to pressure from President John F. Kennedy, the German Bundestag added a preamble calling on France and Germany to cooperate closely with the US and the UK.
And it required risk-taking on the part of the Fed, which was accused of bowing to political pressure but actually fulfilled its mandate by testing the limits of the expansion.
Again 'Lordvmercypons!' thought he, crossing himself, bowing, and watching the movements of the bowing deacon's flexible back.
There he is, bowing down to the ground.
Bowing slightly to Levin he began at once in his stereotyped tone to read the prayers.
'Ah, Alexis Alexandrovich !' cried the old man with a malevolent gleam in his eyes as Karenin passed him bowing coldly.
On the stage the singer, in a glitter of bare shoulders and diamonds, was bowing low and smiling as she picked up with the help of the tenor – who held her hand – bouquets that had been clumsily flung across the footlights; she went up to a gentleman; with hair shiny with pomatum and parted in the middle, who was stretching his long arms across the footlights to hand her something – and the whole audience in the stalls and in the boxes stirred, leaned forward, shouted and applauded.
Kartasov went out without bowing and the box remained empty.
Then she looked at him, but evidently only because it is impolite not to look at a man when he is bowing to you.
'Ah!Come here, you perfect children!' said Lvov to two little boys, who, after bowing to Levin, approached their father, evidently wishing to ask him something.
One of the Volunteers, a tall, hollow-chested, very young man, was bowing in a specially noticeable way, waving over his head a felt hat and a bouquet.
And in her everlasting resignation, in that hereditary discipline under which she was again bowing, a conviction had established itself, the certainty that injustice could not last longer, and that, if there were no good God left, another would spring up to avenge the wretched.
"Look at him! he is in the market; he is bowing to Madame Bovary, who's got on a green bonnet.
And, without heeding Madame Lefrancois, who was calling him back to tell him more about it, the druggist walked off rapidly with a smile on his lips, with straight knees, bowing copiously to right and left, and taking up much room with the large tails of his frock-coat that fluttered behind him in the wind.
The theatre was beginning to fill; opera-glasses were taken from their cases, and the subscribers, catching sight of one another, were bowing.
"Whose fault is that?" said Lheureux, bowing ironically.
'His ideas are so extravagant, so enthusiastic, so independent...''Look,' said Mademoiselle de La Mole, 'there is your independent man, bowing to the ground before M. Descoulis, and seizing his hand.
'Sainclair comes here to get into the Academy,' said Norbert; 'look how he is bowing to Baron L ----, Croisenois.''He would be less servile if he went on his knees,' put in M. de Luz.
How arrogant her way of bowing, of looking at people!
He told me particularly to bring you.''I know to whom I am indebted for such kindness,' replied Julien, bowing to the ground.
Julien waited for a moment, bowing slightly from the waist and with an arrogantly humble air.
Fouque saw a hope of saving his friend, and on leaving his presence, bowing to the ground, begged the Vicar-General to expend upon masses, to pray for the acquittal of the prisoner, a sum of ten louis.
He turned, and, bowing low, retired, with a delicacy that was duly appreciated by those he quitted, to his own apartment.
"And I, sir, am Captain Wharton, of his Majesty's 60th regiment of foot," returned Henry, bowing stiffly, and recovering his natural manner.
"No doubt, madam," continued the doctor, laconically, bowing low, and giving room to the ladies to pass.
"Captain Lawton, do you wish to die?""I have no particular ambition that way," said the trooper, rising, and bowing good night to the ladies, "and, therefore, have been providing materials necessary to preserve life."
"Madam," said the trooper, bowing very low, "both you and the tale are extremely interesting" - Katy smiled involuntarily - "but my humble knowledge is limited to the setting of a squadron in the field, and using it when there.
The ice once broken, however, a clear glass of wine was handed to Dunwoodie, who, bowing to his companions, drank the liquor in the midst of a profound silence.
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