Perhaps the problem here is that Mr Cannadine looks for too sharp a break.
David Jones is a man with a sharp mind and a sharp tongue to go with it.
Yet even Obama's Libya policy is not as sharp a departure from Bush's foreign policy as his Israel policy is.
It is possible to draw too sharp a boundary between prophetic and merely symbolic images, between mad vision and coded cartoon.
Wall Street is itchy to believe this scenario: a sharp decline and then a sharp recovery.
When the Fed begins to unwind the huge portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage backed securities, there will likely be a sharp discontinuous increase in interest rates resulting in a sharp fall in bond prices especially high yield bonds.
They found that a sharp increase in the estate tax in the 1930s coincided with a sharp decrease in the size of reported estates.
And I think the point is that it was constituted in response to the sharp rises -- a sharp rise in the price of gasoline a year ago, roughly.
However a breakout above this region could prompt a sharp unwinding of heavy investor pessimism, resulting in a potentially sharp upside move from the equity.
That laissez-faire attitude drew a sharp contrast with a bill introduced the month before by Sens.
Shares are off by 12% this week, a sharp correction after a buoyant January.
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The decline was the first since 2003, a sharp fall from a month ago and a wide miss on expectations.
Often, epidemics begin with a low, steady rate of cases, followed by a sharp acceleration to a much higher peak.
Then, having observed Katia, he slid forward like a snake because he did not want to step on a sharp rock or a pine cone.
Fred Weir was still handsome then, his dark hair swept back from a sharp peak in a high-templed forehead, a tall, athletic fellow with a charming grin.
My mother instructed me to have a sharp elbow or a safety pin always at the ready, advice that is still handed down to Indian girls today.
Typically consisting of a long, narrow, sharpened edge attached to a handle, chisels are distinguished from knives and axes in that they're driven by a sharp blow from a hammer or mallet.
Though few analysts expect a sharp rise in employment (November's jobs figures are due to be released on December 6th), the fear that a sharp rise in unemployment would undermine consumption has abated.
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The World Bank looked at a sample drawn from 52m migrants in 20 rich countries in 2000 and found that 36% of them had a college education, a sharp rise on a decade earlier.
Scans conducted after layers of bandages were removed revealed a deep cut in Ramesses III's throat, probably made by a sharp knife during a royal coup, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal.
His profile rose with it, and he came to be seen, in some eyes, as more Woody Allen than Gordon Gekko--a genial, funny, regular guy whose self-deprecating style masked a sharp intensity and a knack for nasty infighting when necessary.
While some government satellites can take a sharp picture of a guerrilla's tent or capture a cell-phone call, they won't know if the tent has moved 400 meters in the past several hours or where the cell phone call originated.
But Rumsfeld quickly moved to give the job to Air Force Secretary Jim Roche, a trusted friend who shares Rumsfeld's vision for the military and is known for a sharp intellect and a penchant for "shaking things up, " in the words of one official.
CNN: Franks turned down the Army's top job earlier this month.
Obama, the first-term senator from Illinois who won last week's Iowa caucuses, led the New York senator and former first lady 39 percent to 29 percent in a poll conducted Saturday and Sunday -- a sharp change from a poll out Saturday that showed the Democratic front-runners tied at 33 percent.
But where other so-called socially conscious MCs get bogged down in brainy, all too righteous rhymes about social ills and politics, Rhymefest has a sharp whit, a sense of fun, and loads of other subjects to rap about - including his strong libido and how other lesser MCs have made him quote, whacktose intolerant.
McGowan found the net with a low strike early in the second half, while McQuade added a similar finish before Graeme Sharp grabbed a late consolation.
The forms of self harm recorded by hospitals included drugs overdoses, attempted hanging and deliberate injury with a sharp object such as a knife.
Mr. Altuzarra has earned praise for his strict tailoring, a sharp sexy silhouette and a knack for juxtaposing masculine and feminine elements and multiple cultural references.
That brought a sharp change of tack a year ago, after the expulsion from Georgia of several Russians accused of spying had raised the temperature again.
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