Even one of the most dramatic permanent buildings to result from the Games, the aquatics center by Zaha Hadid, is designed to be shrunk.
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The efficiency cost of a tax hike depends most on its permanent effect on people's incomes.
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Most had no permanent home and one gave his address as "the doorway of Books Etc on Piccadilly".
Most people prefer permanent life insurance when they reach a certain age, usually about 50, at which term insurance is no longer attractive.
On the other hand, it would codify the Bush-era lower income-tax rates for most Americans as permanent law, ending the recurring battles over how long they will endure.
But the most significant route to permanent settlement is the economic migration route.
After more than a decade where nearly the entire tax code was temporary, Congress may be about to make most of the law permanent.
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What's most at stake is permanent bragging rights.
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The Welsh Assembly Government's most senior civil servant, Permanent Secretary Dame Gillian Morgan, also gave evidence.
The most likely outcome: a permanent stratification of Internet access into full-service, low-budget and no-cost tiers, similar to premium and basic cable.
Most Member States have established Permanent Delegations to UNESCO which, headed by Ambassadors, undertake liaison between the Organization and their governments.
Donald saw some benefit in the decision by Congress to make most of the tax code permanent, largely ending its recent practice of temporarily extending big chunks of the law a year or two at a time.
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Due to a lack of permanent freshwater on most of the islands, it is likely the Ngaro lived in mainland Australia, venturing across the sea on canoes made from three diamond-shaped pieces of bark bound together with fibrous roots.
Some immigrants are holding off because Congress has begun to consider an immigration overhaul that could offer legal permanent status to most of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. The DACA program doesn't offer a green card or a path to citizenship, and participants must reapply every two years.
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While most foreign residents can apply for permanent residency after seven years, maids are not eligible.
However, Mr Mbeki has been at his most creative in trying to set up permanent institutions to serve Africa.
Most of the Palestinians live in 20 permanent communities, including the city of Jericho, though thousands live in temporary communities.
Perhaps the most frequently heard argument in favor of permanent normal trade relations with China is that without it, we will lose the China business to foreign competitors.
Famous artists like Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo do appear in museum shows, but the permanent modern art collections of most major institutions are comprised largely of work by male artists.
You might say that Mr. Obama is running a brilliant campaign to win over incoming freshmen, who will be most affected if the temporary freeze becomes permanent, but of course the real beneficiaries are colleges.
Structural solutions outlined include that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) was designated as a more permanent solution and it will most likely be turned into a bank as I suggested in a Eurozone Crisis Solutions.
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Poland and Hungary are now seeking access to a number of U.S. trade and financial privileges, including: permanent or multi-year most-favored-nation status, tariff benefits under the generalized system of preferences, eligibility for Overseas Private Investment Corporation programs and large-scale debt relief.
Customs officials raided the most prominent retailers, and assigned officers to permanent anti-piracy patrol.
Natural measles infection, while not harmful to most children, carries a slight risk of permanent disability - or even death.
It's also a permanent fixture in the list of most 'on-demand' BBC programmes in the country, via the online Listen Again facility.
The Biagi law, named after Marco Biagi, a labour-market adviser who was assassinated for his pains, exempted many new jobs from rules that required most work to be full-time and permanent.
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Indeed, I have been touched and gratified by the numerous expressions of encouragement and support I have received from many governments -- most particularly from the African Group, whose Permanent Representatives last week issued a public appeal for me to stay on.
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Establishing a permanent international criminal court to handle the most difficult and egregious cases also now looks more urgent than ever.
Unknown to most, the United States has an operating deep permanent geologic repository for nuclear waste, called the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP.
"Mild cases of hepatitis A don't require treatment, and most people who are infected recover completely with no permanent liver damage, " the Mayo Clinic website says.
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