The 2007 Historic Memory Law gave the process an official, state-led character.

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"Core fundamentals are rapidly deteriorating, liquidity has been choked, and recovery rates are in the process of dropping to historic proportions, " Whitney wrote in a note to clients.

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That historic change was achieved through the democratic process and resulted in a dilution of the voting power of the male-only electorate.

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And we would hope that a bipartisan consensus and majority would be created out of that process to do something big and historic.

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They uncovered flaws in the budget-setting process, with spending plans based on historic and unreliable information.

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She had a romantic notion of Los Angeles's Mexican past and was in the process of restoring the city's historic centre, Olvera Street.

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On Monday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called the agreement to set up a judicial commission "historic", saying it guaranteed "the right to due process of law, a fundamental principle of international criminal law".

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Cambridge University's historic King's College is to introduce new controls to help process its thousands of visitors.

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The process will enable the documentation of the country's local traditions, skills and historic sites, some of which are fast deteriorating and disappearing.

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