This is the first official government sanction of women's sports in schools, but some Saudis say it is not as momentous a decision as it may seem.
"A momentous day, a day like no other in the republic's long history, " wrote R.
The news is a momentous change for a company, and an industry, that has traditionally kicked off the New Year with a barrage of new product announcements, many of them surprises.
Yet Mr Yeltsin had taken a momentous decision in a highly impulsive way, at a troubled time for Russia and a worrying time for a man of his health and temperament.
Unless 41 Senators object to taking such a momentous step during a lame-duck session, without serious debate and in the absence of powerful evidence of its inadvisability, Congress will surely destroy the all-volunteer military.
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But church leaders accused them of "reducing a sacred and momentous decision to a media event".
The BBC's Damien McGuinness in Tbilisi says it is a momentous day for Georgia - a day which strengthens the country's democratic credentials.
It was such a momentous occasion that Airbus trumpeted the news in a press release the following month.
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This in itself would be a momentous event, marking the first time in Egypt that a reasonably free presidential election had been held, producing a head of state legitimised by the popular will, albeit in a polarised society.
The resurrection in stocks since March of 2009 corresponded with a momentous junk-bond rally, too, prompting investors take a more skeptical view of high-yield corporate debt.
Even though the stage seems set for a momentous ruling by the court, the litigation actually offers the justices a golden opportunity to resolve these cases without setting a precedent either way, and to reaffirm the ideal of democratic, decentralized decision-making.
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Bridal translator: While this is a momentous day for you and your nearest and dearest, your wedding day to a majority of your guests is, just another wedding, one of several each of them will attend in their lifetimes.
But the onetime British trading post's ascent into the stratosphere of the world's ultra-wealthy cities in recent years reflects a momentous shift in the global economy, as wealth settles in Asia after more than a decade of booming emerging-market growth.
Mr Jenkins said it was a "momentous day in political history" for a party which had "gone from absolutely nowhere" in the area.
It can only be hoped that such a momentous decision if it is made will be addressed and acted upon in a truly democratic fashion.
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It can only be hoped that such a momentous decision -- if it is made -- will be addressed and acted upon in a truly democratic fashion.
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Whether the United States should consent to such a deployment is a momentous question.
Next year will be a momentous one for China as it regains control of Hong Kong.
"I believed this would be a momentous development, as big as Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, " he adds.
The "path of love" of Pope Francis will be a momentous journey for 1.2 billion Catholics.
The group's spokesperson on EU fisheries policy, Saskia Richartz, called it "a momentous shift away from overfishing".
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But legislating away the antipathy between cyclists and drivers will surely be a momentous challenge for MPs.
"This is a momentous occasion in the history of the library, " said Librarian of Congress James Billington.
He said 2007 had been a momentous year and local people expected politicians to "finish the job".
He feels it is a momentous occasion and is looking forward to the start of the new age.
Former world number one Hewitt faced a momentous task having never beaten Federer in their 15 previous matches.
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At this writing, the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, Virginia are poised to make a momentous decision.
An IPO would be something of a momentous comeback for Pandora, which has struggled with bankruptcy in the past.
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If the government does pull through, distribution of food grains through the administrative machinery also presents a momentous task.
The birth of a child is a momentous event anywhere in the world.
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