Even the act of choosing when to watch means you are no longer at the movies.
We've also lost the act of sitting at the turntable, listening to records after school.
Unfortunately, the act of consumer shopping has been undermined for decades in the health care field.
The act of smoking, and the smoke auterizing his throat, appeared to distract him.
The lesson of his research is that the act of reading observes a gradient of awareness.
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The system, in other words, replicates the act of browsing without delivering its essential benefit.
You might say the act of dropping off of rolls of film has dropped off precipitously.
Biologists have long dreamed of catching a new species in the act of forming.
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Mr. LEVIE: So it's not so much the act of spending money that bothers me.
It was an epiphany, and it was set in motion by the act of prayer.
The definition of creativity encompasses the act of forming new ideas, transcending traditional rules or patterns.
"We want them to be a part of the act of healing, " he said.
Police said they caught Bruno in the act of allegedly cyberstalking and harassing her competitor.
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The act of omission in our current culture is more difficult than the act of commission.
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"The act of renouncing is a very rare occurrence, " said Dario Morelli, a canon law Ph.
The Act of Settlement bans Catholics, or those married to Catholics, from ascending the British throne.
The act of giving thanks and breaking bread together renews, restores, and refreshes our precious bonds.
That hardly looked like the act of someone planning to run for office as a Democrat.
Under the Act of Settlement males take precedence but this could change as part of a widespread review.
Heck, even Jean Claude Trichet may be getting into the act of betting on blue skies ahead.
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The act of brokering can be formal and compensated with paid commissions or informal and somewhat ephemeral.
His criminal act comes from -- and the act of those who helped him, and his followers.
We should be taxing the act of spending, not the socially beneficial ones of work and savings.
In U.S. slang, "skimming" is the act of failing to declare certain income to avoid tax payment.
In 1801, the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland became effective, creating the United Kingdom.
The act of giving can be an empowering experience and can really help people in times of need.
Usually the act of spinning off a division to shareholders boosts both the parent and spinco stock prices.
But I also say these prayers knowing that the act of prayer itself is a source of strength.
Franz Welser-Moest collapsed into his podium at the end of the first act of the four-and-a-half-hour long Parsifal.
The act of foot-washing is part of the Christian tradition that mirrors Jesus' washing of his disciples' feet.
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