And once again, its opposite (taking up less space) can be a sign of respect.
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Like the yin-yang symbol, each half of the circle embraces some of its opposite.
If this is true, it certainly is not evidence of political sophistication, but rather its opposite.
On the other, the broad St Lawrence River is a steely grey-blue, its opposite bank a distant misty outline.
Again, the banality is so extreme that it turns into its opposite, and becomes distinctive, curious in its radical transparency.
Should he instead join in, its opposite number on the right will register that he is in the wrong key.
Nor does he seem to understand that a long-lasting peace -- with stable governments, stable borders and minimal internal conflict -- is more of a historical anomaly than its opposite.
But the problem is that as soon as fun becomes part of a corporate strategy it ceases to be fun and becomes its opposite at best an empty shell and at worst a tiresome imposition.
The new legal burdens of non-executives, particularly on audit committees, may mean that the atmosphere in American boardrooms swings too far, from excessive adulation of the chief executive to its opposite, curbing the risk-taking that is essential to corporate success.
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Under EEJ-Net, a UK consumer who, for example, had a claim against a trader in another EU member state would be able to approach the UK clearing house, which would obtain information from its opposite number in the other country about any suitable out of court scheme operating there.
How strange that the very word "faith" has come to mean its exact opposite.
That could turn the vicious circle of no security and no prosperity into its virtuous opposite.
Eventually, though, they're all reduced to a snoozeful thrum by a process that works like noise-canceling headphones -- every speech, stance or position has its nullifying opposite.
She not only refused to let herself be relegated to the role of Hollywood's perennially one-dimensional wife-- she managed to turn in a performance complex enough to hold its own opposite Russell Crowe .
Cleverly, Mr Schama seems to pair each of these active forces with its equal and opposite reaction.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.76% from 3.73% late Wednesday.
At a huge block of opulent company flats opposite its headquarters, the car-park floors are scrubbed clean every day, and the gardens repeatedly landscaped.
Dan Fodio's son, Muhammed Bello, established the empire's capital in Sokoto and it has remained the centre of Nigerian Islam ever since, with its huge mosque opposite the sultan's palace.
In reality, quantitative easing will produce the exact opposite of its intended result.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite to its price, climbed to 4.60%, from 4.53%, late Thursday.
" 'Downton, ' I think, has achieved its success for the opposite reason, which is that all the characters are taken seriously, " he says.
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Unfortunately, SQ 755 has had the opposite of its intended effect.
That fictional scenario is the best way to gauge its real-world opposite, a scheme whose very name--Bluetooth--appropriately calls to mind the more depressing aspects of dentistry.
While the Scots, Irish and Welsh revelled in their separateness, England's cultural identity was based on the opposite - its importance in the wider United Kingdom and the world.
Like the stock market, trading in U.S. Treasuries was placid, as the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note, which moves opposite to its price, rose slightly to close at 2.19%, from 2.18% Tuesday.
Twice a year, in the spring and fall, I remind you of the strong historical tendency for the stock market to make most of its gains between November and May each year, and experience most of its losses in the opposite period.
Its failure now supports the opposite stance: that China is getting pickier about what projects it supports and how that support plays out.
Vodafone takes the opposite view: its international coverage gives it economies of scale in research and development and greater clout with equipment vendors.
Yesterday I met with executives at a Santa Monica Internet company that has taken the opposite approach to its workplace policy ROWE (Results Only Work Environment).
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