Language is a kind of informal plebiscite: when we adopt a new word or alter the usage of an old one, we're casting a voice vote for a particular point of view.
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In other words, there is a greater likelihood we will adopt a solution without resort to protectionist measures if this matter is resolved soon.
We should adopt a long-term perspective, seek common ground while resolving differences, and work together to achieve sustained, sound, and steady development of our relations.
Now that we have a real chance to work with others, we should not adopt a simple oppositionist mentality.
"We have to adopt a wait-and-see attitude, and if we accept that people have fewer dollars in their pockets, however these dollars will buy more rand because of the crisis, " he says.
We should also adopt a 15% optional flat tax, and abolish the death tax.
We should then adopt a Balanced Budget Amendment to keep the balance permanent.
The perjury per se, that be a phrase that we lawyers can adopt, the perjury per se is almost a given pursuant to the commentary that we've heard from people in and out of this chamber.
This week, the African Union is hosting a summit at which we hope African Heads of State will adopt a common African position on child marriage.
Behind the scenes we should encourage Iraq to adopt a currency board to fight potentially destructive inflation.
And if we do try again to adopt a national long-term care insurance system, should it be mandatory or voluntary?
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Maybe we need to learn to adopt a dose of old-fashioned conservatism, which means conserving what is good and what must last, and accepting and dealing with stern realities rather than denying and running from them.
Finally, we claimed that if U.S. companies were to adopt this new model, we would enjoy a powerful advantage over our international competitors and set this country on the path of a sustained economic boom.
At the IAEA we helped to lead efforts to adopt a resolution at the June 2011 Board of Governors meeting finding Syria in noncompliance with its international nuclear obligations and referring the issue to the Security Council.
We all reach a point of alienation with technology when we refuse to adopt and adapt further.
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But if we want to play a good game of tennis on a particular day, it does require that we adopt the conventions of tennis and try to defeat our opponent on that particular day.
And if I may, it elucidates why we cannot sensibly adopt the policies that helped create a situation where median household wealth dropped 40 percent in a little over a year.
"We are urging the government and beach managers to adopt a mandatory national scheme to provide permanent public information about storm pollution on every bathing beach, " said Mr Bell.
In 2013 and beyond, we predict more nonprofit organizations and fundraising professionals will adopt a mobile mindset and engage in mobile-enabled fundraising to tap into a new, growing donor pool.
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We strongly believe that the U.S should adopt a territorial tax system which exempts foreign subsidiary earnings from incremental U.S. tax, thereby encouraging repatriation of foreign earnings to the U.S. without a double taxation penalty.
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Michael Bergen and Michael Aki, a gay American couple who got married in 2004 and work as graphic designers in Massachusetts, decided to try surrogacy in India after they waited unsucessfully for three years to adopt a child in the U.S. To hire a surrogate, "we looked at Panama and the Ukraine, " recalls 39-year-old Mr. Bergen.
Are we just stubborn creatures of habit who are slow to adopt a better solution?
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"What we're called upon today to do is to adopt a loan agreement that will allow our country to breathe and to give us the chance to overcome whichever problems we're facing amid this crisis, " he told reporters.
Ms. MURRAY: When my husband I went out to dinner, I had the thought that we were supposed to adopt from Russia, and kind of having a conversation with myself, saying, no, you know, it's expensive, I--you know, we want a baby and what have you.
We can adopt firm and logical decisions, thereby improving the prospects of a better life for current and future generations.
First, as a condition of receiving access to Title I funds, we will ask all states to put in place a plan to adopt and certify standards that are college and career-ready in reading and math.
We can all agree that the time has come for this nation to adopt a more sensible, humane and cost-effective drug policy.
"We were promised a strong Olympic legacy but the Government has chosen not to adopt the target of one million more people participating in sport by 2013, " Hodge said.
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"While we hope that other companies do not follow suit, history has shown us they adopt a pack mentality on pricing, " said Audrey Gallacher, of watchdog Consumer Focus.
The point is, the workahol-a-beast can perhaps be tamed if we ask for help and adopt the uber-efficiency strategies that I hope to God are spelled out in The 4-Hour Workweek.
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