Still, "this procedure has greatly contributed to control the age of gymnasts, " said a FIG spokesman.
Customers and investors didn't give a fig whether the Taurus was number one.
"It's used as a fig leaf, and we decided that for the time being, we're better off without it, " Mekel says.
But a 2003 agreement between the industry's lobby group and the taxman suggests this is little more than a fig leaf.
The committee allowed the boycotters a fig-leaf of sorts: the pressure of sanctions might have helped keep the Austrian coalition in line.
The impression he leaves, however, is that he will pull us out as soon as he finds a shred of a fig leaf.
But even for people who don't care a fig about football, it turns out there's a long tradition of enjoying Super Bowl Sunday.
They sound and move like zombies, and if their hands move at all, it is to assume the military at-ease position or a fig-leaf pose.
This is his cover story, a fig leaf for his smuggling plans, and an illustration of the kind of development that might genuinely help the indigenous peoples.
It was bad enough that the Fed held rates far too low, but at least a fig leaf of uncertainty kept the most brazen speculators in partial paralysis.
"A man who has not sunk a molar into a fig newton, " Dirksen would announce, his gray-golden ringlets vibrating with emotion, "has let much of life pass him by!"
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This feature, which Dr. Keynes opposed, was at the time largely a fig leaf, a token to past practices but played no significant role in the function of Bretton Woods.
But these studies have, for years, given politicians enough of a fig leaf to sneak what are effectively outright corporate subsidies through the courts without running afoul of the gift clause.
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The trouble with all these academic studies and their gloomy prognostications is that, on this week's evidence, few small investors show much sign of caring a fig for any of them.
When it was established in 1993, the tribunal was widely seen as a fig-leaf to hide the pusillanimity of the western powers, who did not want to intervene in the conflagration devouring the Balkans.
But what happens if the bulls are right and our GDP growth rate bounces back to a lively, noninflationary 4% ... yet the bears are right as well, and the market doesn't give a fig about growth because it cares only about meeting a statistical average?
It's currently being served with a roasted fig and plum mixture, topped with aged balsamic vinegar.
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The U.S., in turn, must provide Iran with what amounts to a diplomatic fig leaf.
So far, much debate has focused on how BP may be forced to cut its dividend as a political fig leaf.
There are the moments of solitude, of quietly trimming topiary, repotting a creeping fig, taking notes or referring to some books on herbs.
In any case, the arbitration is a mere fig-leaf.
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Down a path past fig trees and brush lie scattered fortress walls from the 4th century BC and the remains of 100 cave dwellings carved into the cliffs.
Better take the hit over a broken pledge ( and Plaid know their fair share about that sort of thing too) than plough more money into a pretty expensive fig leaf, seems to be their take.
At his bungalow in Marrakech, Cox interspersed a thicket of spiky bamboo with a big curvy-leafed fig tree.
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Place the fig paste on a sheet of aluminum foil and shape it into a rough 6-inch log, then wrap it tightly in the foil, rolling to shape it into a perfect cylinder.
The FIG Tree in Garstang features a Fairtrade heritage exhibition, cafe and gift shop.
The FIG says it will unveil a new code after the London Games, in particular to tilt the balance back toward artistry in competition.
Lisa Hosking, who runs two independents on the High Street, Wild Fig Deli and Aromatika, a beauty products firm, thinks independents make Totnes a destination.
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