• Between the two extremes in women's status, we have a much less dramatic -- but still crucial -- struggle.

    CNN: Women's power: A story with sharp divide

  • My reasons are not so much civic as dramatic -- that is, selfish.

    CNN: Lance Morrow: Why Ralph and Pat should be in the debates

  • Robertson couldn't resist Kidnappers, he says, because the land is so dramatic--6, 000 hilly acres culminating in 600-foot cliffs above the Pacific Ocean.

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  • Perhaps the confrontation will not be that dramatic--the free-trade community often employs dramatic images in its warnings--but the decision will be consequential nonetheless.

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  • At the very least, if the Old Guard calculates that such bold steps would produce draconian cuts in foreign assistance, debt relief, technology flows, etc, less dramatic -- but no less portentous -- steps are to be expected.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • We wouldn't quite call it an unexpected turn of events, but it certainly qualifies as dramatic -- Motorola has pulled almost every Android device in its roster from its German site, leaving only the RAZR HD and RAZR i behind.

    ENGADGET: Moto pulls phones and tablets from German site pending software update

  • In Jackson's simplified, sweetened, and CGI-besotted telling, "The Lovely Bones" is a sad-but-hopeful, dramatic-but-gentle fairy tale intentionally made less upsetting for teens. (There's no indication that Susie gets raped, as she does in the novel, and her murder occurs off screen.) "Atonement's" terrific Ronan, with her astonishing glacier-blue eyes, watches from a scenic afterlife as her father (Mark Wahlberg), mother (Rachel Weisz), younger siblings, and selected friends simultaneously heal from their loss and search for her killer.

    CNN: Review: 'The Lovely Bones'

  • Considering the scary-dramatic post-football life of O.

    FORBES: O.J. Simpson's Miami Home in Foreclosure

  • The Moscow talks coincided with the deployment of a Soyuz craft to ferry a new crew to the ISS. The existing crew - two Americans and a Russian - had a dramatic re-entry that took their craft more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) beyond its intended landing site.

    BBC: Mars rover (Nasa)

  • After winning all their group games and helping to eliminate title-holders Brazil in the first round, newcomers Portugal came from 3-0 down to beat North Korea 5-3 in a dramatic quarter-final, thanks to four goals from Eusebio.

    BBC: Eusebio: The Black Pearl

  • The point he has made in his energy speech and his statements about our need to address our long-term energy future is that there are no short-term fixes to this problem, and it is -- that are sustainable or dramatic because -- and this is what he addressed and talked about before, that we had a spike in 2008.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Located within an austere former meatpacking store, the restaurant has a rough-hewn chic interior and a dramatic cylinder-shaped aquarium in the centre that doubles as a raw bar, with stools around its diameter.

    BBC: Copenhagen��s gritty gastronomic quarter

  • Morne Steyn's injury-time penalty earned the Springboks a dramatic 28-25 victory and sealed a 2-0 series win.

    BBC: McGeechan saddened by Lions loss

  • There was a case to be made for Djokovic going into the final, not least because he had defeated five-time champion Roger Federer in a dramatic semi-final and had a 7-3 record against Nadal on hard courts, but the world number one is a different animal in major finals.

    BBC: Rafael Nadal wins US Open to seal career Grand Slam

  • Last week on CNBC, John Silvia, chief economist for Wells Fargo Securities, asked me how, as a disciple of asset allocation, I help my clients focus on the long-term goal in the face of such dramatic short-term volatility.

    FORBES: Are You Suffering From Headline Fatigue?

  • The MX-1 also provides a Macro mode to capture dramatic close-up images of subjects from as little as one centimeter away.

    ENGADGET: Pentax launches brass-bodied MX-1 point-and-shoot: 12MP with 4X zoom (update: now with hands-on photos)

  • The couple had a child, Phoenix-Chi, soon after but tabloid reports of dramatic bust-ups and rows were followed by a split and then a divorce.

    BBC: The pop princess and the pauper

  • London Irish prop Rogers and former Waikato Chiefs openside Sinkinson are among four changes from the side beaten 29-23 by Ireland nine days ago - with Wales coach Graham Henry opting for a dramatic re-shuffle up front.

    BBC: Henry opts for re-shuffle

  • Mr. COTTER: They're movie comic books and, no, they're not (with stoic tone) serious type of--dramatic type of Oscar-worthy films.

    NPR: The Masked Men of Mexican Movies

  • Scrum-half Lee Dickson added a third before Jon Clarke scored a dramatic last-minute try for the bonus point.

    BBC: Northampton 34-0 Perpignan

  • The third-seeded Moroccan, who was beaten by Andy Roddick in a dramatic quarter-final in Melbourne, lost his first-round match 7-5 6-3.

    BBC: El Aynaoui falls in Milan

  • Tebow, 25, was given little playing time and opportunity to replicate the success he enjoyed during the 2011 season, when he led the Broncos to the playoffs after a 1-4 start and threw for 316 yards and an overtime touchdown in a dramatic wild-card victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

    WSJ: Tebow Era Is Already Over

  • In his only season in New York, Tebow was given little playing time and opportunity to replicate his success in 2011, when he led the Broncos to the playoffs after their 1-4 start and threw for 316 yards and an overtime touchdown in a dramatic wild-card victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

    WSJ: New York Jets Release Tim Tebow

  • The achievement had looked in doubt with Williams 4-1 down in the final set, but the American fought back to clinch a dramatic 7-5 victory.

    CNN: Serena back on top of the world

  • England could draw Scotland in a two-leg play-off to decide who progresses to next summer's finals after the Scots secured a dramatic 2-1 victory over Austria Under-21s at Aberdeen.

    BBC: England Under-21s must improve, says boss Stuart Pearce

  • Before that some other mighty changes had occured, down through history and always with dramatic socio-economic effects.

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  • However, it is doubtful that this partisan schism will have a dramatic near-term impact on U.S. policy.

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  • The dramatic par-four 18th, with its famous green beneath the clubhouse, is uphill but only 344 yards.

    WSJ: 2012 U.S. Open: An Olympian Effort Just to Survive

  • The 1960 Pirates and 1993 Blue Jays with their dramatic walk-off homers by Bill Mazerowski and Joe Carter.

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  • Amateur video footage and eye witness testimony suggested rocket attacks had hit weapons dumps, triggering dramatic orange-flamed blasts.

    BBC: Damascus military facilities 'hit by Israel rockets'

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