He did so out of sheer nervousness, a kind of helpless hilarity, like that of an almost ruined gambler at the blackjack table, risking everything on the turn of a card.
What made intervention in Sierra Leone so urgent was the sheer savagery of the war there, and the sense of common humanity that can sometimes prompt other countries to act.
The popular fabric of the time was muslin and there were wild rumours that women would have wet the sheer fabric so that the outline of their figure could be seen beneath the dress, although in reality this would probably only have happened at very private gatherings.
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So if the vocation goes (and they can evaporate in the face of changing circumstance, family crisis, or sheer ennui) so should the politician.
Companies are still betting on the strength of sheer revenue, so many are ramping up their sales efforts.
"It's a sheer drop, so if it had fallen down I would imagine it would have been injured, but it wasn't, " he said.
And if you need any additional proof that a brand is as a brand does, get behind the wheel of a BMW and experience the sheer pleasure of doing so.
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It may be that the situation on Wall Street is so complex, and the stakes so high, that lawmakers themselves have little confidence in their abilities to map a successful recovery for the industry, so they are relying on the sheer magnitude of their spending and the ingenuity of those left standing on Wall Street to work their market magic and revive the economy.
What so obviously drives him is just the sheer satisfaction that he gets from always doing his best.
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To be charitable, look on and wonder at the sheer ambition of taking on so many hard, important questions.
"One of the reasons we're so excited about community data is the sheer volume of it, " says Rik Temmink, vice president for product management at TeleAtlas, the digital mapping subsidiary of sat-nav manufacturer TomTom.
That's true of any concert, but more so in the 'Ring' because of the sheer length of the operas.
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For many companies, the sheer complexity of managing a data center so that it meets all regulatory, industry and governance requirements, and is also protected against all other types of data loss, is overwhelming.
Going in, Kasparov had recognized that in a test of sheer calculating power he would lose, so he guided the computer into openings and unclear positions where intuition and strategy would decide games more than number crunching.
At the other end of the spectrum from both Mr Ashbery and Mr Muldoon is someone like Sharon Olds, who writes poetry of sheer, unreconstructed pathos that is not so much autobiographical as autobiological about herself from the neck down.
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So I think it's important to understand the sheer size and the magnitude of what we're dealing with.
"The sheer systemic nature of the problem, that affects so many health outcomes across the whole lifespan, surprised all of us, " said panel member Ana Diez Roux.
To attend a recent charity event, Liz Seccuro, a fit size 4, donned silicone breast pads and bottom-boosting underwear so that her figure wouldn't be lost under her sheer, beaded, backless minidress.
Its scale and sheer size as a natural feature is what makes it so awesome.
So my number-five reason why weapons systems get canceled is sheer managerial incompetence.
With so much going on it is hard to do justice to the sheer diversity of what is happening.
The jeeps travel on rudimentary dirt tracks (built to access Tahiti's network of hydroelectric stations) and skirt sheer drops overlooking vast river valleys while going up hills so steep you feel like gravity is no longer on your side.
But sheer chip performance has turned out to be a weak selling point so far.
But the historical post-war zeal combined with sheer hard work that have made the Franco-German couple endure so far can no longer be taken for granted.
By sheer coincidence, a programme to study it had just begun, so dozens of the world's telescopes - from visible to radio to gamma-ray - were watching.
Knowing the sheer number of requests that they get, it makes sense that their rejection rate is so high.
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Small wonder, given the personnel changes and shift in repertoire, that the orchestra has bit by bit been losing the sheer polish and uniquely burnished tone in the classical and romantic repertoire that von Karajan fostered so assiduously for over three decades.
The sheer size of the deal suggests it would be too large for a single financial investors, so any deal would likely involve multiple partners.
The sheer quantity of water gushing under bridges meant the otters could not swim against the rapid current, so they tried to cross the road instead and often got hit by cars.
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