• That's nothing new and I'd say my capacity to function in this job if the doctors ever conclude I can't, obviously, I'd be the first to step forward and say so.

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  • The doctors have assured me there's no reason why either the procedure or the device that's being implanted should in any way inhibit my capacity to function as the vice president.

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  • In contrast, the executive branch has articulated a strong and highly specific reason for withholding the documents at issue: Forced disclosure to Congress of internal deliberations concerning how best to interact with Congress would undermine the executive's capacity to function as a co-equal branch.

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  • It is not up to the Senate to remove the president from office for private conduct that does not involve abuse of presidential power and does not seriously disrupt the president's capacity to function as chief justice of -- as chief executive of the United States.

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  • However, given the changes in the indigenous people's way of life and traditional education, due to economic development, urbanisation and the transformation of livelihood practices, it is now imperative to promote and particularly target women with community education programmes in order to enhance their capacity to effectively function in the emerging socioeconomic environment.

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  • When that happened, individual cells could turn their reproductive capacity on or off according to the function they served in Volvox's body.

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  • Meanwhile, without any clear guidance from the government, Britain's electricity providers have had little incentive to start adding the sort of capacity that would help the system as a whole function more robustly let alone diversify the sources.

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  • The digital "eyebrow" display at the top of the instrument panel provides high visibility for the Eco indicator and speedometer, while the lower liquid crystal meter display houses the new percentage style state-of-charge meter, power meter, battery temperature gauge, multi-function display, remaining energy gauge, capacity level gauge and distance to empty display.

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  • The executive will therefore function, albeit in a far than official capacity.

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  • He said those who were unable to function independently "may very well retain the capacity to make deeply personal decisions about how they conduct their lives".

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  • But the spread between the price of the raw material and the price of the finished good is a function of the supply of ethylene-making capacity and the demand for ethylene.

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  • He does it because it is his responsibility as steward of the executive branch to retain the capacity of this administration, and every administration going forward, to function appropriately and independently from the congressional branch of government.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • It is a function of social class and occupation as to why a man's capacity to stand and deliver, as it were, is reduced as youthful Romeos are dragged by Time's relentless claws of age into the abyss of the yawning grave.

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