Passing
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Actually, I finally broke down and watched this film the other night after
passing
it by for years on the rental shelf.
A lot of Rocky buffs expect viewers to suspend all disbelief, with each
passing
installation.
Dark from the outset, with nary a glimmer of hope evident in its passing, this film is wanting to capture much more than it does.
When Politics Trumps EconomicsNEW HAVEN – With each
passing
day, it becomes increasingly evident that US President Donald Trump’s administration cares less about economics and more about the aggressive exercise of political power.
Does this new emphasis on happiness represent a shift or just a
passing
fad?
But the overall result has been policy paralysis, with even the most basic elements of economic governance (such as actively
passing
a budget in the United States) suffering as a result.
Moreover, by
passing
a constitutional amendment, Sirisena rescinded some of the presidential powers that Rajapaksa had added, as well as restoring the two-term limit.
Only policies with bipartisan support will have a chance of
passing
both chambers.
The proposal would benefit the roughly nine million students attending community college at least half-time, making steady progress, and maintaining
passing
grades.
But those who say that Syria is on the brink of civil war miss what has become more obvious with each
passing
day: Syria alreadyis in a state of civil war, one whose battle lines were drawn months ago.
The general assembly of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, now underway for the first time in 44 years, is the clearest sign yet that “Dear Leader” Kim, who is seriously ill, is
passing
the crown in the hermit kingdom founded by his father, Kim Il-sung.
Kim Kyong-hui’s intent to exercise power after her brother’s
passing
is supported by rumors that she helped arrange a traffic accident in June that killed Ri Je-gang, a senior party official and perceived guardian of Kim Jong-eun who reportedly attempted to oust Kim Kyong-hui and her close allies from power.
For several years, some couples at risk of
passing
a genetic disease on to their children have used in vitro fertilization, producing several embryos that can be tested for the faulty gene and implanting in the woman’s uterus only those without it.
Now couples are using this technique to avoid
passing
on genes that imply a significantly elevated risk of developing certain forms of cancer.
They expect that over 1,000 of the students
passing
through the UGHE’s doors in that first decade will arrive from the rest of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
That effort appears to have backfired, because the Republicans that he leads initially balked at
passing
the legislation.
He says that two-thirds of China’s almost 3,000 counties have tried artificial methods to induce more rainfall, sometimes resulting in lawsuits over rights to mine
passing
clouds for water.
Yet, despite this, Japan responded to the terrorist acts of September by
passing
a new law that allows the country to support American forces in the war against terrorists.
The opposition battle cry is "No" to Mubarak's re-election and "No" to
passing
the presidency to Gamal.
Others claim that the government colluded in the disruptions in the Rajya Sabha, because it knew that it could not win the vote; some, preposterously, suggest that the government did not want the bill to pass; still others claim that it would have created such a “weak” Lokpal that it was not worth
passing.
Today’s developments in Europe and the US suggest the vexing possibility that liberal democracy may have been a
passing
phase there as well.
As a result, Indians will follow the unfolding US elections, like everyone else, with more than
passing
interest.
It is highly unlikely that many British people gazing up at Nelson on his column or
passing
Oriel College, Oxford, will be inspired to advocate slavery or build an empire in Africa.
Obama’s treatment of global warming in his inaugural address is telling in this regard, because, other than a
passing
reference to preserving “our planet,” the issue of climate was dealt with as an internal matter.
The Dee Bridge, whose cast- and wrought-iron design followed common practice for the period, collapsed under a
passing
train, killing everyone aboard.
But the
passing
from the national stage of Richard Lugar has properly rung new alarm bells not only among concerned Americans, but also among policymakers far removed from the US and its partisan battles.
Similarly, at the state level, legislative supermajorities, arbitrary thresholds for
passing
budget and tax measures, and ballot initiatives financed by special interests can all impede bipartisan problem solving.
On the contrary, the shadow is lengthening with each
passing
day, owing to the absence of effective policies to get the flow of economy-wide nominal spending back on its previous track.
Indeed, chess programs now come very close to
passing
the late British mathematician Alan Turing’s ultimate test of artificial intelligence: can a human conversing with the machine tell it is not human?
By contrast, there were only
passing
mentions of consumer-led rebalancing.
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