But they do argue it can only reduce the present extent of vote-buying, which, by most accounts, reached a zenith in the election last year.
Use a photographic plate to record an image from a zenith-pointing telescope, and you will end up with a streaky image, as a result of the earth's rotation.
Similarly, long-term sky surveys and supernova searches can be done with a zenith-pointing telescope: over the course of a year, the telescope can observe an entire band of the sky.
Bottom line: thanks to a memoir published at the zenith of public interest in her, the former Alsaka governor had a windfall year.
He keeps a memento behind his desk: A 20-year-old Zenith TV, knobs missing, pierced by a bullet from an angry miner.
The NBA in the time of Jordan was at its zenith as a cultural force and a ratings behemoth, capable of drawing in what television people call "casual viewers, " who didn't know a pick and roll from a pimento roll, but who nonetheless turned on Jordan and the Chicago Bulls when they were winning championships.
The bulk of new advertising spending over the next three years is expected to be in emerging markets, particularly China and Brazil, according to Zenith Optimedia, a research firm.
"UK Active Value made a proposal regarding Cordiant and Cordiant's shareholding in Zenith Optimedia Group, which Publicis declined, " Publicis said in a statement.
It said it remained interested in its options regarding Cordiant's media buying arm Zenith Optimedia in which it has a 75% stake.
"Since we released our last forecasts in December the global ad market has taken a substantial turn for the worse, " said Zenith Optimedia, whose own customers include British Airways, Hewlett Packard and Nestle.
In fact, the Web is the only medium Zenith expects to grow this year, with a 9.2% gain anticipated for all of 2009.
Then, of course, comes the NFL player draft, the zenith of off-season events a series of telephone calls and bear hugs reimagined as prime-time entertainment.
As a child, I saw the city at perhaps its economic zenith.
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Even with a decade of dominance behind him, Albert Pujols has yet to reach the zenith of his career.
WHEN, a few years ago, word came that British bird lovers anxious about the decline of the house sparrow had appointed a sparrow tsar, it seemed that the tsar vogue must have reached its zenith.
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And while it carries a certain special-occasion cachet internationally, sushi is by no means the Japanese zenith of gastronomy.
It wasn't until 1983's "She Works Hard for the Money, " which became a ubiquitous video as well as a big radio hit, that Summer's fame approached its late '70s zenith.
Even though Larkin had achieved a respectable level of success as a defensive shortstop, his offensive exploits is what clearly separated him from everyone else during the zenith of his career.
Interest in college basketball is at its annual March zenith in the United States right now, so it seems appropriate to reflect for a few moments on a coach who models passion, accountability and collaboration, Butler University's Brad Stevens.
The most recent edition of the Oxford Concise Dictionary of First Names included a clutch of neo-names such as Bijou, Gobnat, Beige, Raven, Karma and Zenith.
The largest, the 6-meter Large Zenith Telescope (LZT) operated by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, stands on a hilltop in a research forest some 40 miles east of the city.
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Without censorship, advertising spending in South Africa has grown by 15.4% a year since 1996, making it the world's fifth-fastest-growing market, according to Zenith Media Worldwide.
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