In addition, in our current system ratings tend to get "stale"--or become irrelevant--as market dynamics shift.
But in the short run her unpompous, down-to-earth, jargon-free directness should bring a gust of fresh air to the stale, grey-suited, male-dominated, wheeler-dealing atmosphere of German politics.
He did wag his finger in the direction of last year's Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney ("we know who's to blame - we don't have to say") and accused his party of being "stale and moss-covered".
Most corporate websites are just as stale and one-dimensional as the corporate brochures they replaced over two decades ago.
Rather than increasing their value and esteem, once past the age of 50 older Americans are depicted as stale and out-of-sync.
Current HVAC systems get rid of stale, germ-ridden indoor air by cooling or heating fresh outdoor air and blowing it through ventilation ducts, a process that gobbles electricity.
Its attempt at the Harlem Shake seemed stale and flat-footed.
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In attempt to keep them waiting, Stacy took day-old stale pita bread, baked it in the oven, spiced it up and broke it into small bite sizes, which she then served to her waiting patrons.
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Fast-growing companies like Starbucks always hit a wall as their once exciting formulas seem to go stale or others vie to out-imitate their approach.
Traditionally, Kiddush consisted of some "stale sponge cake and Tam-Tam crackers, " with a smattering of herring, says Rabbi Schneier.
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What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them -- that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.
Conventional wisdom in this country posits that voters are no longer fired up over tax cuts, that this Republican staple is politically stale, a yawning, non-vote-getting proposition.
Conventional wisdom in the U.S. posits that voters are no longer fired up over tax cuts, that this Republican staple is politically stale, a yawning, non-vote-getting proposition.
Some locals are lamenting the loss of its rough-as-guts decor and ambiance, while others are relieved that its bar-room brawls, sticky floors and ever-present aroma of stale beer are things of the past.
The utter predictability of it all is becoming comical, so comical in fact that the American Petroleum Institute (API) responded to this budget proposal filled with stale, debunked and retreaded energy-related proposals by retreading the same statement it had issued in response to the proposed budget submitted by President Obama last year.
On Jan. 1, 1994 Levy logged on to AOL and Prodigy for bowl-game updates and found stale pregame blurbs and few stats.
Their product line had gotten stale, they owned too many non-core brands, they had too much debt, and they had obligations to the United Auto Workers they could never hope to honor.
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Fund firms need to get rid of stale prices that create the incentive for short-term trading.
Russia has weak, beer-like kvass, made from stale rye bread (look for it peddled in soda bottles in Russian enclaves like Brooklyn's Brighton Beach).
There was a paddock with sun on it, he said, and they sat there munching their stale sandwiches and drinking a tin of Pepsi-Cola each.
The stale raisins that Mother bought cheap in the dented-package aisle were like dead flies.
The party is broken-backed too, its surviving parliamentarians stale, and its activists old, divided and mostly expecting at least two terms in opposition.
While the third-generation iPad was accused of having stale sales results (iPad 4 sales may be even lower), the iPad Mini is flying off store shelves.
Gone is the dark and dismal interior, the indifferent service, and - a terrible shame this - the legendary doughnut bowl, whose stale contents could once be bought and pelted at fellow patrons for exactly 1, 942 Czech crowns (just over 100 dollars), a homage to an incident in the classic 1942 novel Saturnin, a sort of Czech Jeeves and Wooster.
As for the Russians, their 1-0 quarter-final win over the Czechs was another stale and tepid affair, like the 1998 final in Nagano.
Now, these are very difficult times for our country -- times that demand we put aside the stale debates and the tired arguments, times that demand of us something more.
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According to the Italian smartwatch creator, it's made a few changes to the device, primarily to allow for greater application compatibility -- hopefully this means something other than a stale Donut.
She said she had been given only one meal a day, usually of stale rice, and was made to use an old ice-cream container as a toilet.
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