"They have chosen two groundbreaking women, two very prominent women, who are clearly equal in stature to the other members who are, of course, all male, " Burk said.
But sports fans have plenty to keep themselves busy right now with the baseball playoffs, college conference realignment and all things NFL. Football (both college and pro) has grown in stature to such a degree in the U.S. that the NBA gets scant attention in the fall anyway from most sports fans.
In May an address to both British houses of Parliament in Westminster added to his stature as a statesman.
Your military is small in number, but large in stature, helping to bring stability to Sierra Leone to East Timor.
Through it all, Spitzer became a media darling, allowing him to expand beyond his base in New York to national stature.
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"You can see the physical effects in her stature, due to loss of muscle and stuff on one side of her body, " he said.
There would be a great deal more banks smaller in stature, but thanks to limits set by market forces, none would grow too large.
The justice secretary explained the bill would enshrine the right to legal advice before questioning in stature, increase the time for detention without charge from six hours to 12 hours and up to 24 hrs in the most serious circumstances with appropriate safeguards.
How can we ever hope to preserve or regain our stature in this world, if we cannot find the will to protect our people and take care of our basic needs?
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Kevin Thomson continues to grow in stature at Rangers and he does the simple things well.
Well, initial crops would need to be small in stature and grow well in controlled environments with artificial light.
One of Lazio's weaknesses appeared to be his youthful appearance and questions about whether he had the experience or stature to be effective in the Senate.
It remains to be seen whether United, or indeed any other many English club, comes under Qatari ownership in the near future but, with a World Cup and possible Olympic Games both on the horizon, the tiny gulf state is only going to grow in sporting stature and importance over the next decade.
As Major League Soccer grows in strength and stature, franchise owners want to build and promote their own fan base.
Ed was quick to praise his brother for the gracious way in which he had accepted defeat, but it became obvious that to have David, for so long the senior of the two in political stature as well as age, sharing the spotlight was just not going to work.
He grew in political stature during the leadership election, but to most of the Scottish public, he is still pretty much unknown.
LeBron has made waves his entire career, and his move from Cleveland to Miami made those waves tidal in stature.
The Frick exhibition, which builds on its 2004 show of Parmigianino drawings that attracted much critical and public interest, may lead to a reconsideration of his stature in America.
Given the new king's lesser experience and stature, he will find it hard to rule in such a hands-on manner.
Kids are less likely to fear wild animals, Willoughby says, and because of their small stature, they are more likely to be bitten in the face or neck, which means the virus can travel to the brain much more quickly.
Short in stature but great in presence, Masekela has that spark that continues to engage us.
In time, the nickname came to represent more than just his stature as a hitter.
People with short stature have been identified in non-cancer populations as less likely to be married, Kadan-Lottick said.
Also, as the European Tour gains in stature, expect the purse differential between the PGA and European Tours to diminish over the next few years.
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In 1990, for example, the first such group decided it needed a variety of corn with high yields but low stature, since locally available varieties tended to fall over in mountain winds.
O'Brien is one of the last, his gigantic stature a metaphor in his native land, but in London, to which he and his companions travel, no more than a fact, fit only for a freakshow.
While, in relation to most she has magnificent skin, hair, and stature, the one wrinkle she may think she has or the slight difference in body tone or shape which is the natural consequence of aging, causes her to come in second to a barely in-her-twenties young woman with perfect skin, perfect body and muscle tone, and is known to be 22.
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Over the past eight years Grove has immersed himself in the minutiae of the disease and has used his money and his stature to agitate for more and faster research on the neurology of Parkinson's.
Even though he didn't know my name, the first time he glanced in my direction he felt comfortable enough with my stature as a human being to literally snap his fingers and suggest that I make his wife a sandwich.
During the same interval, Judd's stature and influence in the art world grew as well, as he came to be recognized as one of the foremost figures of Minimalist art.
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