At the time, Rashomon, the tale of a violent act refracted through the conflicting testimony of four witnesses, was a significant act of diplomacy.
This wasn't a radical act of political will, nor a single mistake (a slip of an engraver's hand, perhaps), but a sustained act of misjudgment.
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All these things together require that we get a health care act reform passed in the Senate, a better one than we have today, and that we also get a clean air act passed.
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So is this merely a desperate act by a financial giant after having missed the ETF boat?
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There is something sick about reducing a solemn act to a few characters.
As a result, he had always considered that a gay couple living together had become as much a political act as a romantic one.
The donation of the archive to the Library of Congress may have been in part a symbolic act, a recognition of the cultural significance of Twitter.
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Elements in such a charge include demonstrating the death was caused by a criminal act, and that the act demonstrated a depraved mind without regard for human life.
The currency of circus imagery is established by a handful of other works inspired by the Cirque Fernando, including a Degas lithograph with pastel additions of a dog act and a delightful equestrian drawing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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The Full Monty, based on the British film, A Class Act, a celebration of the life of songwriter Ed Kleban, and Jane Eyre, based on the Charlotte Bronte novel, are the other three nominations in the best musical category.
This was Michael, from the North Baltimore Aquatics Club, known out of town as Michael Phelps, perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete of all time, freshly retired after a brilliant final run in London, and content to enjoy a second act as a Ravens super fan.
Last year Congressman Peter DeFazio proposed a similar act, suggesting a tax imposition of 0.03 percent on financial transactions.
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Envision your transition into retirement less as an encore and more as act two of a three act play.
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Years before the name became synonymous with racial segregation laws, Jim Crow was a showbiz act a performance first made famous in New York City by a young white actor named Thomas D.
He felt as if he had committed a reprehensible act, executed a reprehensible gesture, but then, as he was walking back to Arromanches, everything he had done in Paris, every gesture and action, seemed reprehensible, futile, senseless, and even ridiculous.
"Suspension is a neutral act and is not a disciplinary action against the head teacher, " said a Powys council spokesman.
"People understand that instead of it being kind of a ceremonial act to go to a caucus, it now matters, " Freudenthal said.
We acted boldly and swiftly to pass a Recovery Act that has made a difference for families right here in Wisconsin, and Jim, your governor, described the difference that it's made.
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In the end, Tribune was purchased by a wealthy billionaire, Sam Zell, at what turned out to be considerable personal cost though this was less a deliberate act of philanthropy than a catastrophic commercial mistake.
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He said it was very odd that the act of giving someone a kidney is considered "wonderful, a noble act" - yet as soon as an exchange of money is involved it becomes "so outrageous as to be intolerable".
Lord McCluskey said: "I find it deeply offensive that we have an act of parliament, a devolution act, which says the apex court in Belfast decides these questions and the apex court in London decides these questions but we can't trust the Scottish judges to do it".
"Through the Tunnel" is an accomplished fable about a young boy's initiation in Mediterranean waters, while "The Day Stalin Died" follows the pathos and comedy of a London writer and "To Room Nineteen" examines the effect of a single act of infidelity on a supposedly sturdy British marriage.
David was a tough act to follow: A Harvard grad and international yachtsman, David has captivated the press with his marital and maritime adventures (including an ugly divorce from a Swedish countess in 2009 and a near-death experience in the 2011 Fastnet regatta, when his 100-foot racing boat capsized).
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Remember, eating is not just an agricultural act, it is also a psychological act.
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The motive for such a horrific act is likely to remain a mystery to us all.
It is not a criminal act to buy or rent a home here.
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Lloyd George replaced the Third Home Rule Bill, now in law as a suspended Act of Parliament, with a fourth Bill.
Short of a genuine act of God, or a conversion at least as convincing as St Paul's, they will be out.
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