Support for the measure had ebbed over the week, with late-emerging opposition from Republican Sens.
International institutions tend to cling tenaciously to life long after their value might have ebbed away.
From an initial passionate stage, it slowly ebbed until it became routine and then barely noticeable.
Historically, housing affordability has ebbed and flowed with the economy and buyers' ability to pay.
For now, power has ebbed away from Mr Menem, but he has no obvious successor.
As fear has ebbed this year, of course, investors have enjoyed a rare bull market in both stocks and gold.
Most of these flows have ebbed, and the correction of this overvaluation will follow with a vengeance.
When inflation subsides so do prices, and nowhere have they ebbed more than in the real estate market.
More recently, Ms. Twain's career has ebbed as she took several years away from recording new music or touring.
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The violence in what became KwaZulu-Natal ebbed away and Mr Buthelezi became home affairs minister in the national unity government.
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As incomes ebbed and spending surged, per the Tax Policy Center, 46.4% of family units will pay nothing in 2011.
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They quickly ebbed when reassertive Japanese conservatives suppressed the unions in the 1960s, and left-wing groups began to fight among themselves.
While that seems unlikely, the exchange illustrates how dramatically Mr Thaksin's political fortunes have ebbed since his landslide election victory in February.
"Two special goals put us in command and gave us the confidence to keep going, although the game ebbed out second half, " said Dryden.
And inflation worries sparked by the Federal Reserve's stimulus program have ebbed, disappointing some investors who bought gold as a hedge against broad-based price increases.
Barring any more big setbacks, Parkhurst says, Toyota can bounce back over the next two years as the backlash against the brand has already ebbed.
But Mr Sarkozy's measures proved to be temporary fixes: consumers' confidence ebbed last month, and their spending on manufactured goods fell in the third quarter.
Whatever the eggheads may be saying, there are some obvious reasons why Western governments' zeal to promote democracy, and the willingness of other countries to listen, have ebbed.
The astronaut's mysterious totemic power had ebbed a bit for Davis, but Lucy noticed that he still looked up at it appraisingly as they walked across the parking lot.
Patterson used to work up to 14 hours a day on the project, though he averages around six to eight hours a day now that his stamina has ebbed.
The Canary Islands passed similar legislation in 1991, but only after the popularity of bullfighting had ebbed to such an extent that the rings stood virtually empty at weekends.
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Today high-freq shops are responsible for some 50% of equity trades (down from 60% in 2009, as market volatility has ebbed) and a growing percentage of derivatives, such as futures and options.
Though the popularity of cycling has ebbed and flowed over the last century, Seattle's outdoor aficionados - who tend to be health conscious and environmentally-minded - have always held their bicycles dear.
Apple's shares have risen to more than 10 times the price they were back then, though it has dramatically ebbed following growing concerns about competition from Samsung Electronics Co.
As the blustery wind blew crisp packets and balloons back and forward across the pitch so the game itself ebbed and flowed with no sign of a breakthrough for either side.
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Despite three months of strong job creation between March and May, hiring ebbed in June and the proportion of Americans participating in the labour market remains pretty weak by historical standards.
The match ebbed and flowed with neither player able to grab the momentum for long, but it was the Spaniard who got over the line, much to the delight of a patriotic home crowd.
Having kept some of his powder dry, Dimon, in addition to scooping up those two huge acquisitions, quickly began hiring talent and seeking to grab market share from weaker banks as the crisis ebbed.
Mr. Cuomo's political fortunes have ebbed and flowed during the past decade, hitting a low point following his failed gubernatorial bid in 2002 and the very public end to his marriage to Kerry Kennedy.
Having come through the financial crisis relatively unscathed, the impetus for raising the standards of financial regulation and corporate governance seems to have ebbed away over the past two years, according to a study released Wednesday.
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