That showed how unpromising were Mr Bouchard's chances of ever becoming father of an independent Quebec.
Take it, call your mother, and tell her there is serious doubt about you ever becoming a lawyer.
The top jobs in the party may be spoken for, and his chances of ever becoming prime minister fading.
Unless these problems are resolved, they will prevent Russia from ever becoming anywhere near as wealthy as advanced Western countries.
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But with all that came the sad realization that, alas, I had to completely abandon my dream of ever becoming president.
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With other major economies such as India and Russia on the rise, it is hard to see China ever becoming a superpower.
People could then adjust their lifestyle and diet, try preventative drugs, or take other action to reduce their risk of ever becoming sick.
Mr. Hurd said he could reach a private settlement with Ms. Fisher that would lower the chance of Ms. Fisher's allegations ever becoming public.
We urge Congress to prevent these riders from ever becoming law.
The sharia bill, he points out, is a straight copy of one presented to the National Assembly, without ever becoming law, by Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister.
But the Republicans also claim to speak for ordinary Americans, many of whom are supporters of the Tea Party movement, and who aren't millionaires and have no prospect of ever becoming so.
Very much a work of art rather than of history, this beautifully written novel edges towards saying something profound about the relationships between art and life, men and women, the powerful and the disempowered, without ever becoming a simplistic parable.
Every organization has a choice: They can become a victim of cyber attack and pay the cost of recovery, they can rely on quick reactions to changes in the threat space to ensure that they survive the next attack, or they can predict the next escalation in attacks and invest early in the defenses required to avoid ever becoming a victim.
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Oberon said she was spoiling him, that she had ruined him and that he had no hope of ever becoming a functional changeling, and in a fit of enthusiastic discipline he scolded the boy and ordered him to pick up some toys he had left scattered in the hall, and threatened to feed him to a bear if he did not.
There is thus a clear possibility of Democrats becoming ever more emboldened by Mr Bush's problems and Republicans becoming ever more divided and demoralised.
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The basic background to this election is that Mr Blair has continued to hog the centre-right ground in British politics, as he has done ever since becoming Labour's leader in 1994.
But it is becoming ever harder for voters to make out just where the tracks go.
But the well-meant process of making pension funds secure has been becoming ever more expensive.
Whatever the benefit to the states, however, the subsidies are becoming ever more important to Hollywood.
Egged on largely by the United States, they are becoming ever more openly her partisans.
What is more, the argument runs, these supposedly womanly qualities are becoming ever more valuable in business.
Yet the fact that Tokyo and Beijing enjoy a special understanding is becoming ever harder to conceal.
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First, the politics blocking a resolution of the euro crisis is becoming ever more toxic (see article).
As a result, promiscuous rappers, prosperous dope peddlers and street gang leaders are becoming ever more influential role models.
So China's and Myanmar's rulers are becoming ever more dependent on each other.
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And America's economy is becoming ever less energy-intensive, and less dependent on imports.
More important, as Mrs Snowe lamented, the chamber is becoming ever more polarised.
Moreover, buying back shares by issuing more debt means that corporate America is becoming ever more exposed to risk.
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