Elena Kagan characterised the language in ERISA as "very odd".
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Lord Falconer characterised the existing law as "incoherent and hypocritical".
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American culture has characterised them as hopelessly ignorant and backward.
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Opioid addiction is a chronic disorder characterised by repeated relapses.
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National ownership in the past was characterised by chronic underinvestment.
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This season has been characterised by sharp reactions to earnings.
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At the time, Thiam characterised it as an "isolated incident".
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It is characterised by mid-Victorian moral norms and medical realities.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a philosopher, characterised ordinary Poles as noble savages.
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I've never characterised a political race as framing a moral choice.
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Type 2 diabetes is a long-term condition characterised by insulin resistance.
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The neo-liberal era was characterised by a narrowing of political debate.
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National ownership in the past was characterised by chronic underinvestment and inefficiency.
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Doing so would be characterised by some as a second bail-out.
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These sectors are characterised by significant concentration and high barriers to entry.
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Unfortunately, basins are characterised by the absence of mass rather than its presence.
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It was characterised by what Mr Smith called the "3 Rs": repetition, repetition, repetition.
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The IOD phenomenon is characterised by higher sea-surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean.
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Society could seemingly be both characterised by technological abundance and paralysed by cost disease.
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Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, once characterised quilombo residents as fat and lazy.
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The analysis shows the disparity of views and sentiments which have characterised this election.
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Another in 2270 characterised the agency required to process such actions as "notoriously dilatory".
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Blowhards such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck characterised his spending proposals as "reparations".
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Legal experts have characterised the move as rare for someone already released on bail.
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"Her own views can be characterised as continuity (with former ECB chief Mario Draghi)".
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"The period has been characterised by low activity, except within financial markets," Borgen said.
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Weak Standalone Profile: LSID's financial profile is characterised by high leverage due to large capex.
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They also argue this campaign has been characterised by "a loop of misinformation and scaremongering".
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Based on Ms Oster's theory, that time period should have been characterised by poor weather.
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But for the most part, the wit and humanity that so characterised "Stranger Things" remains.
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This aggravated Mark Rutte, the liberal Dutch prime minister, who characterised the stance as unreasonable.
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Soon after, doctors diagnosed Miwa with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, characterised by delays in socialisation skills.
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On his watch, the NHS has been characterised above all by an obsession with managerialism.
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Systems characterised by positive feedback tend to be prone to instability and boom-bust cycles.
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BIG's financial profile is characterised by large capex, negative funds from operation and high leverage.
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Her campaign has been characterised by a rare brand of what she calls "relentless positivity".
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The group also said that "the transition phase, that characterised 2017" would extend into 2018.
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Erdogan has characterised the sell-off as an attack on the economy by outside forces.
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But behind this utopian promise is a more familiar reality, characterised instead by enduring inequalities.
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ASRI and Jababeka are similarly characterised by a large, low-cost land bank and project concentration.
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The exodus has surged under Mr Maduro's rule, characterised by political repression and grotesque economic mismanagement.
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He said 2019 was also characterised by high refinancing activity, expected to be lower this year.
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" In relation to its Australian strategy, Brawling characterised Amazon's motto as "your margin is our opportunity.
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"Without naming names, some people in this debate have had their positions characterised unfairly," Gove said.
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For her part, Feilding characterised the groundbreaking study as a "coming-of-age" of Hoffman's discovery.
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Do you ever get tired of your or your music being characterised as serious and introspective?
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This week, the Cook Report characterised only three as a "toss-up": Arizona, Colorado and Maine.
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S. tariff deal after the U.S. Trade Representative characterised their two days of talks as "productive".
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"The Polish economy is characterised by strong fundamentals and substantial macroeconomic stability," the central bank said.
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This year has been characterised by a strong rally in both, followed by a retreat in prices.
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Most great pianists have a personal style, but Mr Hough's playing, though magisterial, is not easily characterised.
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If you do not have children then you are characterised as out of touch with 'mainstream lives'.
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"The first half of the year was characterised by a tough economic environment and increased competition," Maseko said.
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Much of the rest of Maradona's club career was characterised by inconsistency and controversy fuelled by his lifestyle.
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Yet his years in office were characterised by modest economic growth, interspersed with periods of stagnation and recession.
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The industry is also characterised by high and frequent tax revisions, which put increasing pressure on industry players.
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Far from the chaos of her early years, her existence is now characterised by a buttoned-up normalcy.
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Mr Buhari's first term has been characterised by economic crisis and a brutal insurgency in the north-east.
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I drew the curtains and immediately fell into a peculiar state of 'drunkenness', characterised by an exaggerated imagination.
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A V-shaped recovery is characterised by a sharp economic decline followed by a quick and sustained recovery.
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It is characterised by limited geographic diversification; however, it has a leading position in the UK dentistry market.
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The second group is characterised by identities rooted in a place, and its members value family, authority and nationality.
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In November Macedonia's annual progress report by the European Commission characterised Mr Gruevski's mode of governance as "state capture".
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The gig economy is characterised by irregular work schedules, and here again, the evidence shows the harmful health effects.
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Is Mr Trump's proclamation really, as Mr Katyal characterised it, "a power no president in 100 years has exercised"?
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In taxonomising the responses music elicits, Mr Gasser identifies the peak high as "frisson", characterised by "thrills and chills".
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But it is nothing like the near uninhabitability that characterised large parts of the planet during past mass extinctions.
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An earlier version of this story incorrectly characterised the international military forces referred to by the UN Assistance Mission.
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The idea of having primaries fits into the political system of the United States, which is characterised by bipartisanship.
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Would Real Madrid – a team often characterised as being populated by vain and ludicrously talented mercenaries – be so feted?
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New Zealand shares gained marginally to close at another record high on a day characterised by further political uncertainty.
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Weak Standalone Profile: HanRui's financial profile is characterised by large capital expenditure, negative free cash flow and high leverage.
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The film delves into the ballroom subculture of '80s New York, characterised by black, Latino, gay and transgender communities.
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Modern AI can do more than mirror the organisational dogma that characterised its birth, it can also reflect our humanity.
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But this game is also characterised by a local rivalry and sense of occasion that makes it difficult to predict.
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Huntington is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterised by uncoordinated and uncontrollable movements, cognitive deterioration and behavioural and/or psychological problems.
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William Collins; £30 Some of his critics portray him as a monster; enthusiasts have characterised him as a demi-god.
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A "SLICE of Iowa misplaced on the Central American isthmus", is how an American political scientist once characterised Costa Rica.
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Nissan said in a statement that Saikawa characterised the talks with Renault Deputy CEO Thierry Bollore as "positive" and "productive".
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Erdogan characterised the sell-off as an attack by Turkey's enemies, an argument that resonates with many of his supporters.
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If anything, the last couple have days have been characterised by peace, love and culturally harmonious dance offs amongst supporters.
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On the broader outlook for the global smartphone market, Bagherli said it was mature and characterised by lengthening upgrade cycles.
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Putting potential health benefits aside, those who swab-seeded their babies all characterised the impact on them as a positive.
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But they are characterised by what former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King calls "radical uncertainty": they are beyond measurement.
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Zika, which has no known cure, has been linked to the birth defect microcephaly, characterised by an abnormally small head.
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Drexciya exists as a sonic third space characterised by embedded myths, the construction of culture and the invention of tradition.
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These speeches were sometimes characterised as rants, but they were more like sermons, and they truly felt divine at times.
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Unsurprisingly there is no mention of the currency controls, import controls, protectionism and unsustainable subsidies that characterised Ms Fernández's second term.
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Without one, Italy is doomed to government by the sort of unstable, ideologically variegated coalitions that characterised the post-war era.
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This type of data is contained in databases and spreadsheets and is characterised by a combination of fields in a record.
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Nearly a year into his presidency, Donald Trump's Middle East policy could best be characterised as one of neglect and confusion.
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In stark contrast to the pessimism of 2017, the summer of 1997 was characterised by genuine hope around England's national side.
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World leaders are seeing a destabilized planet characterised by terrorism, waves of migrants fleeing ISIL, and mixed messages from traditional superpowers.
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Osteoporosis, a disease characterised by low bone mass and degradation of bone tissue, is another significant risk factor for hip fractures.
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Banking systems that have been characterised by under-reporting of impaired assets also look vulnerable to the potential rise in provisioning.
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Taiwanese financial groups have been facing a protracted, challenging domestic operating environment characterised by weak economic growth and low interest rates.
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That causes microcephaly, a condition characterised by an abnormally small head, a result of the skull collapsing around the shrunken brain.
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COAMI's credit profile is characterised by concentration on the Chinese real-estate sector and potential execution risk due to rapid expansion.
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It surveys specific points on the lungs for symptoms of pneumonia, characterised by a swelling of the lungs caused by infection.
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That's a risk that is multiplied when you have a climate characterised by extremely heavy rainfall and long periods of drought.
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Third World countries are characterised by a big agrarian sector and a huge proportion of the population living in rural areas.
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The House of Commons, it says, is characterised by "a culture, cascading from the top down, of deference, subservience, acquiescence and silence".
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"The operating environment in our European core markets is, with the exception of France, still characterised by high project activity," Schumacher said.
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The oil industry has been characterised by deep and prolonged boom-bust cycles since the first modern well was drilled in 1859.
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Dong Yin's credit profile is characterised by concentration on the Chinese real-estate sector and potential execution risk due to rapid expansion.
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Weeks later, spurred on by a Fox News segment, Mr Trump characterised a congressional district in Baltimore as rat-infested and dangerous.
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Her government has been characterised by U-turns and her letter this week was more emollient than some of her earlier statements.
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The post-crisis period has also been characterised by rapid growth in the service sector, which is more labour-intensive than industry.
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But schooling systems in East Asia, hailed for their "results", are characterised by tight local authority control, just the opposite of "autonomy".
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Khan's recent career has been characterised by the sort of optimistic, borderline delusional overstretching in search of the biggest names in boxing.
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CSIRO Staff Association Secretary Sam Popovski characterised Hunt's proposal a "bandaid" solution and called for the CSIRO to end its redundancy program.
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The mood in Bratislava Castle, venue for the talks, was mostly free of the rancour that has often characterised recent EU summits.
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The fairy circles are characterised by a hexagonal organisation of soil gaps between grass vegetation and seen in the landscape from above.
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One source I'd talked to characterised Khan's departure as something that was due to happen after Khan spent four years at Snap.
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Sisu, meanwhile, are almost always characterised as a secretive, taciturn, non-communicative body, whose agenda and endgame have never been entirely clear.
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"Australia is currently in its severe weather season, which is characterised by severe thunderstorms, fires, floods, and tropical cyclone activity," said Eadie.
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"The board recognised an extension into the 2018 financial year of the transition phase that characterised 2017," it said in a statement.
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"The external environment is challenging, characterised by slow growth, competition and volatile financial markets," chief executive Stephen Hester said in a statement.
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Evergrande has characterised the Vanke purchase as an investment and has not elaborated - even to Vanke, whose officials said they were perplexed.
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The shipping industry has suffered from a prolonged global economic crisis, Zim said, characterised by slower growth of demand and worsening overcapacity.
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"The quarter was characterised by slowdown in agricultural activities following delay in the onset of long rains," KNBS said in a statement.
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Postwar Europe has been long characterised by cosmopolitanism and solidarity – recently too easily replaced by monetary policies, budget controls, and fiscal compacts.
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COOPER: When Condoleezza Rice was characterised as a nanny in cartoon strips-- INGRAHAM: She was called a house slave to be very specific.
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Expansions are characterised by strong positive feedback mechanisms, which ensure once they get going they develop considerable internal momentum (growth fuels more growth).
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The operating environment is characterised by a narrow economy, including a reliance on government capital expenditure and indirectly, oil revenues for growth opportunities.
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This would be characterised by increasing market share in loans and deposits nationally and a more integral role in supporting regional economic development.
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Also, PMI's profile is shifting from a business characterised by predictable cash flow generation to one with an increasing investment and development component.
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In fact, after investigating the claims, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia characterised the matter as a "fictitious conspiracy theory".
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Sharks are often characterised as one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet, which is pretty unfair, considering humans are a thing.
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Responding to the committee's comments, Saikawa told reporters on Thursday that Nissan would seriously consider the committee's recommendations, which he characterised as "tough".
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Thomas von Zglinicki of Newcastle University says ageing cells are characterised by mitochondrial damage and have difficulty recycling damaged or broken cell machinery.
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Erdogan has characterised the sell-off in the lira as an attack on the economy, likening it to the abortive coup in July.
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La Nina is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean region and is also linked with floods and drought.
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"Their entire existence for the foreseeable future is characterised by more-or-less constant churning from one insecure tenancy to another," he said.
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MP: The most important thing is that the discussions have to be on an equal footing, they have to be characterised by respect.
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Saturday marked the final day of the Lunar New Year celebrations, usually characterised by family gatherings, fireworks, riddle-guessing and the lighting of lanterns.
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EVEN for a life characterised by drastic reversals of fortune, it has been a dizzying week for Pakistan's thrice-ousted prime minister, Nawaz Sharif.
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Although he agrees that the market is cooling, there are few signs of the over-building that characterised the 2000s—if anything, the opposite.
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"The Deep Field" was a lovely, immersive record, with the air of subtle rapture that has since characterised so much of Ms Wasser's work.
|
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Unlike the previous cycle of Republican debates, which was characterised by personal attacks, the Democrats kept their disagreements civil and confined to policy matters.
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A different sort of mood is abroad today, characterised by mutual mistrust, caution and fear that the next emergency is just around the corner.
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In the late 1980s and the 4003s the civil wars and military dictatorships that characterised the 1970s and 1980s were giving way to democracies.
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The region's economy is characterised by a developed industrial base dominated by the coal and metal industries, which can result in volatile tax revenue.
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The container shipping industry has suffered from a prolonged global economic crisis, the company said, characterised by slower growth of demand and worsening overcapacity.
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The mosquito-borne virus is linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect characterised by an unusually small head size and potentially severe developmental problems.
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But stock indices across the world have calmly hit multi-year highs in 2017, with little of the volatility that has characterised previous rallies.
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Right now, there is no need for the sort of panic buying episodes that have characterised both lithium last year and cobalt this year.
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That much should also be evident from the repeated "arrivals events" that have characterised LME copper stock movements over the last couple of years.
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The winds transporting the main or "south-west" monsoon come from an area south of the equator which is characterised by high atmospheric pressure.
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Modest Credit Profile: CCDG's financial profile in the last three years was characterised by negative free cash flow, stable subsidy income, and high leverage.
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A second bodyguard survived to testify against Mr Kajinek, and a psychological report presented at the trial characterised him as an "irredeemable murderous beast".
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Iran said the ship would sail shortly, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif characterised the U.S. bid to prevent it from leaving as "piracy".
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The IOD is characterised by higher sea-surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean and southwesterly winds that bring rain to the Indian sub-continent.
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Commodity markets alternate between "mild" and "wild" states, characterised by lower and higher levels of volatility respectively ("The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets", Mandelbrot, 2004).
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Meanwhile, his campaign was regularly characterised by a total lack of respect for democratic principles, judicial independence, a free press and even basic human rights.
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Weak Standalone Financial Profile: XCID's financial profile in the past few years has been characterised by large capex, negative free cash flow and high leverage.
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The bank is characterised by good loan portfolio quality, sound capital position and a business model focused on the riskier segments of Guatemalan retail banking.
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In addition, its relationship with Pakistan seems stuck, never able to get beyond the ugly tit-for-tat that has characterised the past 70 years.
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The downgrade reflects Fitch's view of a weakening business risk profile for GSK, characterised by comparatively high sales at risk for its innovative pharmaceutical operations.
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Unlike the self-made Mr Shestun, who personified the wild capitalism of the 219s, Mr Vorobyov stands for the crony capitalism that characterised the 213s.
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Although the sources said the request by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) was characterised as a temporary one, no specific time frame was given.
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Until recently, such schemes have been characterised by munificence—last year universities spent £750m ($950m) to widen access and support disadvantaged students—if not success.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has hitherto been characterised by confidence, especially about the potential for technological innovation to solve the world's knottiest problems.
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Males are characterised by a golden crest and bright red body, and including the tail, they can reach about a metre (3.2 ft) in length.
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He promised "strong enforcement of our trade rules", which is how he characterised his administration's slapping hefty tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels.
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Increasingly, people wonder whether Mrs May is as committed to the projects or the co-operation with the Chinese that characterised the Cameron-Osborne era.
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Whether you call it the Digital Age, the Information Age, or the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the last two decades have been characterised by unprecedented changes.
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The rice market has been characterised by distortion since former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra implemented a rice-buying system after winning elections in 2011.
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Here in the UK, our festivals are characterised by a palpable sense of shittiness coupled with the overriding ability to get on with it anyway.
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Although many of these films will not see a wide release, they are a welcome salve in an era seemingly characterised by reboots and sequels.
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OnionScan, written in the programming language Go, searches for a slew of potentially sensitive pieces of information related to Tor hidden services, characterised by their .
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Her work characterised by neat shapes and vibrant colors has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Apartamento Magazine.
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The IMO said the move followed an assessment on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, which said the virus can be characterised as a pandemic.
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These risks will linger unless there is a shift to a more stable operating environment, characterised by slower credit growth and higher loss-absorption buffers.
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Previous witnesses to the impeachment probe being conducted by the House Intelligence Committee had characterised the disruption in American policy towards Ukraine in similar terms.
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The app initially tests whether the user can correctly identify a Tiger mosquito, which is characterised by a white stripe along its thorax or back.
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The work that predates Mr Hockney's love-affair with America tends towards fantasy and is characterised by a knowing naivety inspired by Picasso, Dubuffet and Bacon.
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The president has characterised its immigrants to his country as rapists, and promised to force its government to pay for a wall on their shared border.
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Many are profoundly unhappy that the exchange has tolerated a strategy that has resulted in anomalous technical tightness in a market characterised by massive inventory overhang.
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The dominant narrative, which before 20103 was characterised by fears about future scarcity and oil supplies running out, has been transformed into one about future abundance.
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British political life is characterised by long political cycles: the Tories were in power for four terms after 1979 and Labour for three terms after 1997.
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Presidential elections in the 3363s had been characterised by the Democrats and Republicans taking opposing views on economic policy but they differed little on social issues.
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Latin America's labour markets are characterised by high job turnover, low pay and meagre investment in skills both by firms and workers, according to the IDB.
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As armies have contracted they have become simply too small to form the large fronts that characterised so much inter-state warfare in the 20th century.
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Trak Wendisch's large-format picture "Seiltänzer" (pictured), which opens the show, is a fantastic metaphor for the "balancing act" that characterised artists' lives in the GDR.
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The president promised "strong enforcement of our trade rules", which is how he characterised the imposition of hefty tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels.
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This is a shift from the historical 2014-2016 period, when a majority but smaller number of companies were in positive zones characterised by falling leverage.
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Instead, he characterised it as "a mid-cycle adjustment to policy", citing signs of a global slowdown, U.S. trade tensions and a desire to boost inflation.
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Last year's speculative bubble was characterised by spikes in trading volumes but with little change in open interest, a combination indicative of a day-trading crowd.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS IDRs AND VRs The ratings reflect the banks' domestic operating environment, which is characterised by moderate economic stability and a developing regulatory framework.
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The VR also considers pressure on MCB's asset quality, characterised by its high NPL ratio (of 2530% at end-December 21075) compared with similarly rated peers.
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The judge characterised the charge as abusive, adding that it "curtailed the rights that the passenger has recognised by law", and declared it invalid in Spain.
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Nattino's statement on Tuesday referred back to one issued in 2015 in which he said his work had "always been characterised by maximum transparency and correctness".
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"When marches deviate from the intended cause and becomes characterised by violence, looting and civil-disobedience – it is less likely to produce democratic progress," she said.
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CSL's asset quality is likely to remain stable and characterised by low loan impairment and write-off levels, which reflect its underwriting and well-collateralised position.
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AS AN artist, Roland Topor is hard to pin down: his work is best characterised by the specificity of his humour and the variety of his creations.
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Marking the occasion of his election, the irreverant imagery that characterised so many previous covers is replaced by a sober tone, reflected in the issue's accompanying pieces.
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Strung together by samples from the wrestling shows and late-night televangelists that characterised Mat's upbringing, the album was made with outdated equipment and only one microphone.
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Christian Savings' asset quality is also likely to remain stable; characterised by low loan impairment and write-off levels that reflect its underwriting and well-collateralised position.
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New Orleans, which has for years held the bulk of LME zinc stocks, has been characterised by massive rotations of metal between on-and-off market storage.
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Rather than looking like David Bowie in a mundane Glaswegian version of Labyrinth, White is now characterised by his perfect tan, sharp suits and bright yellow ties.
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Weak operating conditions, characterised by slower economic growth and consumer spending, and protracted weakness in commodity prices, have resulted in significant pressure on the banks' asset quality.
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"By taking a closer look at their milk, we've characterised a new protein that has unique antibacterial properties with the potential to save lives," her statement said.
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CDB's 'low-risk' business profile assessment is characterised by good governance, the low risk strategy of the bank and a low exposure to the non-sovereign sector.
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Since she won the top job in the turmoil that followed the 2016 referendum, May's premiership has been characterised by obduracy in the face of frequent crises.
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"Additional capital will boost competitiveness and protect existing and future investments in a market characterised by higher oil prices and fluctuating currencies," it said in a statement.
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The LNG industry's recent development has been characterised by periods of massive investment and capacity expansions followed by lulls amid fears of low prices caused by oversupply.
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Overall, the LNG market is shifting from being staid and focused on the long term to one characterised by rising volatility, shorter-term deals and increasing innovation.
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The rating remains underpinned by AZ's leading position in the global pharmaceutical sector, supported by a business risk profile characterised by scale, diversification, and focus on innovation.
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"Pound trading is characterised by turmoil and risk aversion resulting in wide ranges and largely directionless markets proving to be generally unprofitable for systematic strategies," Scott said.
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The sheer number of moving parts means that the "damage function" used in many papers, which links changes in global temperature to economic costs, is not well characterised.
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In fact, he goes on, there are certain fatty acids that, if they could be better characterised and understood, might possibly be incorporated into foods to address inflammation.
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Hard-work apparently doesn't pay off, as they're broadly characterised as "a lot o' duffers" (credit to Hagrid for providing that insightful analysis of clique culture in schools).
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The Kenyan banking sector is highly fragmented, with large domestic banks characterised by healthy funding and balance-sheet liquidity and small banks, into which we have little insight.
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They are characterised by an all-or-nothing, no-holds-barred aggression between two parties, the ruling Awami League and its main rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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Now finance ministers from the northern states, characterised by their fiscally hawkish and free-market views, are hoping to set the course for reforms to the European Union.
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In a televised interview broadcast last week, he praised the government's recent spending cuts while defending what critics have characterised as lavish expenditures during the oil boom years.
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For Weber, the true political leader—one for whom politics is a vocation—is characterised by three qualities: passion, a feeling of responsibility and a sense of proportion.
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Since she won the top job in the turbulence that followed the 2016 Brexit referendum, May's premiership has been characterised by obduracy in the face of frequent crises.
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Top fallers were precious metal miners Fresnillo and Randgold, which had been among the main beneficiaries of the "risk-off" sentiment that has characterised most of the week.
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Thirty four states request identification at polling places, and the rules in nine are characterised as "strict" by the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan advocacy group.
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Berlin associates positive freedom with "coercing others for their own sake", whereas "negative freedom" is characterised by the absence of constraints: individual autonomy to "act unobstructed by others".
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Ken Cheung, senior Asian forex strategist at Mizuho Bank Ltd in Hong Kong, also said the rise was surprising, and characterised the five basis point magnitude as "mild".
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Royd Eris, the ship's captain, has to contend with the difficult relationship he's shared with his mother — something actor David Ajala characterised as the Eris' own "internal horror".
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The American far right is characterised by, as Angela Nagle puts it, "a slippery use of irony"; its "hip elitism" allows prejudice to be disguised as harmless entertainment.
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"To Mr Poletto the most vivid appreciation for having contributed to the start of a new chapter in the company's history, characterised by great dynamism," the statement added.
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"We experienced a tough operating environment in 2015, with the devaluation of the tenge, oil price weakness and a Kazakh telecoms market characterised by intensive competition," Ots said.
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In a world characterised by steadily decreasing attention spans and rampantly increasing information onslaughts, the temptation to simplify and summarise just to keep on top of newsflow is immense.
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In reality, annualised real wage growth is closer to 1% and is characterised by rapid increases in the early years, followed by a flattening as a worker gets older.
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The same sort of flexibility (call it ruthless pragmatism if you like) characterised 19th-century Britain and France when they battled to support the Muslim Turks against Christian Russia.
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The aloof and imperious style that characterised Ms Park's presidency also cut it short; Choi Jong-kun of Yonsei University says she "looked down on the entire legal process".
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The relationships between production, consumption, stocks and prices are characterised by circular causal or feedback processes ("Cybernetics, or command and control in the animal and the human", Wiener, 22011).
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SIMON WESTFOLDVictoria, Australia I was surprised that your review of a book on puns characterised ovine puns as "egg-specially eggs-cruciating" ("The quip and the dread", August 12th).
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Overall, the bearish bias that has characterised the oil market over the last two years appears to be lifting in favour of a more neutral or even bullish outlook.
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"Global markets continue to be characterised by high levels of uncertainty we don't know yet how Brexit will come out," Spiesshofer said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Plessow: When I say trance, I mean music that is characterised by a very long repetition of certain melodies, as in the cosmic music of the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Southern Oscillation, which is the atmospheric counterpart of the El Nino-La Nina cycle, is characterised by variations in atmospheric pressure differentials and wind speeds across the Pacific.
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EIB operates in a low-risk business environment, since its countries of operations are predominantly within the EU, a region characterised by low political risk and high credit quality.
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Lei had a rebel-rock spirit that The Exploited—who are characterised by their aggressive, anarchistic music, as well as singer Wattie Buchan's impressive mohawk—would have approved of.
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"The first two months of 2016 were characterised by high market volatility and concerns for a Chinese slowdown," the fund said in a statement when the results were released.
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Islamic State seized Raqqa in early 2014 during its lightning advance through Syria and Iraq in which it built a self-proclaimed caliphate characterised by summary executions of opponents.
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Standalone Credit Profile: SPD's financial profile is characterised by large capex, negative free cash flow and high leverage resulting in an intrinsic credit profile that is below its supported rating.
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"Going to a museum in China often feels like going to a shopping centre," says Mr Li—an experience of rushed consumerism, typically characterised by large crowds and smartphone selfies.
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Powell characterised the rate cut as "a mid-cycle adjustment to policy", citing signs of a global slowdown, simmering U.S. trade tensions and a desire to boost too-low inflation.
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"The first quarter of 2019 was characterised by challenging market conditions, which improved towards the end of the quarter and into April," Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said in a statement.
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The European gaming sector is characterised by diverse regulatory frameworks with some countries having monopolistic regimes run by a sole operator, and others having established concession systems for multi-operators.
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An expansive portrait of queer life after matrimony, Her takes the spare jangle-pop that characterised the Melbourne band's debut record Down Time and pulls it in every possible direction.
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Typically less damaging than El Niño, La Niña is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean and tends to occur unpredictably every two to seven years.
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CNHI's business profile is characterised by market leading positions in most of the company's products, a diverse product range, broad end-customer base and a good geographical breakdown of activities.
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But it does suggest that the time-spread tightness that has characterised the LME lead contract over the last two years is going to remain a feature of the market.
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The model is characterised by good geographic diversification, a large diversified customer base, high retention rates and a secular trend of increased outsourcing by both public and private sector clients.
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The most amazing places to visit in Africa Breaking up isn't easy Rifts exhibit a very distinctive topography, characterised by a series of fault-bounded depressions surrounded by higher terrain.
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"She did acknowledge that they discussed "nudity, body doubles, the ins and outs of filming sex scenes" but characterised Konner&aposs piece as a "clickbait smear against a trusted colleague.
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JEAN-LUC TAVERNIERDirector-generalFrench National Institute of Statistics and Economic StudiesParis You incorrectly characterised Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her government as being "pro-Muslim" ("Sheikh Hasina's folly", June 3rd).
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But transactions are often characterised by a lack of consultation and consent from affected communities, inadequate compensation, the absence of a resettlement policy and a lack of judicial remedies, activists say.
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It has not strung together three straight days of gains so far this year, with the first weeks of 2016 characterised by volatility over global growth, commodity prices and banking stocks.
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The 000/16 campaign was characterised by low attendances, empty seats at the San Siro and fan protests, while the team missed out on European football after finishing a lowly seventh.
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Fitch has increased confidence that Estonia's strong policy framework, characterised by conservative fiscal policy and eurozone membership, will continue to reduce macroeconomic volatility and mitigate the economy's vulnerability to external shocks.
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Perhaps most damning of all was Saladin's role in stemming the intellectual curiosity, pluralism and joie de vivre that characterised classical Islam, and in precipitating its descent into intolerance and fundamentalism.
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It is characterised by localized waves in the cloud base, either smooth or dappled with smaller features, sometimes descending into sharp points, as if viewing a roughened sea surface from below.
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Clearly the author still possesses the descriptive powers that characterised her earlier books, especially "The Shipping News" (1993), in which she paints in great detail the bleak, claustrophobic winters of Newfoundland.
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GCX's business profile is exposed to high execution risk on the successful completion of lumpy IRU sales in FY18-FY19 amid an oversupplied industry that is characterised by frequent price erosion.
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The clinical-stage pharmaceutical company said in a statement its drug candidate THX-110 "significantly improved symptoms over time" in adults with Tourette's, which is characterised by involuntary movements and tics.
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Plus, when you're competing in the most important tournament of your life, even a mild Zika infection—characterised by fever and muscle and joint pain—can really fuck up your game.
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Having failed to maintain their title challenge over the last few months, the Gunners' home games have been characterised by swathes of empty seats and the occasional, impotent outburst of #WengerOut.
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Gone were the lines of umbrellas and sun loungers, as well as hordes of tourists and vendors, that characterised the explosive, unchecked growth of what was once a quiet paradise island.
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Mrs Clinton's two-point polling slip cost her dearly in the "Rust Belt", a collection of states surrounding the Great Lakes characterised by manufacturing-oriented economies that have been decimated by globalisation.
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If compliance challenges were characterised by the need to "cope", the challenges for the board were dominated by the need to "understand" the risk and compliance implications of the regulatory year ahead.
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ASD is characterised by repetitive, stereotypical and often restricted behaviour such as head-nodding, and by the difficulties those with it have in reading the emotions of, and communicating with, other people.
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Freshly inaugurated, the country's 38th president looked out over the crowd of flag-waving supporters, soldiers on horseback and besuited statesmen and spoke with the fiery tone that characterised his unlikely ascent.
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A group of experts tasked with considering the question of whether we have officially entered the Anthropocene -- the geological age characterised by humans' influence on the planet -- has delivered its answer: yes.
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UBS strategist Gao Ting interpreted the "new era" as one characterised by an emphasis on quality of growth, rather than quantity, benefitting sectors such as advanced manufacturing, environmental protection, education and healthcare.
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Written in 1964, it locates the anger and paranoia that had characterised the Goldwater insurgency—in effect, an extreme case of intuitionism—in a long history of populist resentment and apocalyptic rhetoric.
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André Wüstner, chairman of the German Bundeswehr Association, has characterised the German engagement in Afghanistan as "random aid spending, little co-ordination between ministries, paired with illusions of feasibility and excessive expectations".
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Hedge funds still haven't made up for a torrid first quarter when most strategies suffered punitive losses during January and February - a period characterised by the highest volatility seen since summer 2015.
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I'll remember the unbudging stubbornness, the infuriating inflexibility and the fatalistic idealism that have characterised late-era Wenger, with far greater clarity than I'll remember his radical years as the pioneering Professeur.
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The rally in local shares came after reports that China was open to a partial trade deal with the U.S., while, U.S. President Donald Trump characterised the negotiations as "very, very good".
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And, though the perceived loss through social media of the anonymity that once characterised online life causes much hand-wringing in the West, young boys and girls in Turkey see things differently.
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It was set up to prevent a repeat, in the late 20th century, of the unfettered ravaging of Antarctic wildlife (especially whales and seals) that characterised the 19th and early-20th centuries.
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Despite the political repression, life in China in the years after Tiananmen was chiefly characterised by the roiling economic activity that marked the country's scramble to turn itself into a global power.
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Hypoandrogenism, which is also known as a difference of sex development, is characterised by higher-than-usual levels of testosterone, a hormone that increases muscle mass, strength and haemoglobin, which affects endurance.
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He characterised the U-turn as a "bloody nose" for Polman, who is likely nearing the end of a ten-year tenure, but said losing the vote outright would have been worse.
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It remains to be seen, however, whether the unpredictable Trump will build on this approach or return to the more confrontational language that has characterised his handling of the North Korean issue.
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She emerged fully-realised in 2013, characterised by her own intensely glossy, cute aesthetic, like a self-aware version of Britney Spears in 1998 after the release of "…Baby One More Time".
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But like its peers, at home Absa faces an economy characterised by stagnant growth, high unemployment and rising living costs, and which tipped into recession in the final quarter of last year.
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China has accused the West of stirring up anti-Beijing sentiment in Hong Kong, and Chinese state media has characterised Morey's tweet as the latest example of meddling in China's own affairs.
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"2018 was a more difficult year for (the) asset management industry, characterised by periods of higher volatility which impacted performance across asset classes and investment styles," CEO Luke Ellis said in a statement.
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Early on, they tended to be what one castaway characterised as "men and women of distinction and enlightenment"; in practice this often meant they were drawn from the narrow echelons of high society.
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When they came back with their second album, the band's sound was still characterised by strong rhythms but erred towards something poppier, though the guitars had not been done away with just yet.
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"Soybean prices seem to have settled back into the range trading that has characterised the market since the start of December," said Tobin Gorey, director of agricultural strategy at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
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"Although Caudipteryx is morphologically among the most primitive members of the dinosaur group characterised by broadly bird-like feathers, it lived in a period when dinosaur flight was already well established," he said.
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So it is possible that less dynamism in American business, characterised by industry concentration and lower job turnover, has reduced the incentive for jobseekers to go and look for work in another state.
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In a recent report, the Paris-based OECD said Israel's products' markets had low foreign trade exposure and were characterised by oligopolies and monopolies, a situation that directly affects its 8.5 million people.
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People with the genetic disorder, which is characterised by an absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes, have long suffered from discrimination in Malawi, where superstition about the condition runs deep.
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"Our international portfolio remains a star performer, growing service revenue by 15.5% in a period characterised by macro and political stability and high demand for data," CEO Shameel Joosub said in a statement.
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She was hoping to heal the discord that characterised the twilight of Draghi's presidency, exacerbated by a divisive bond-buying scheme and by a management style seen by some policymakers as increasingly autocratic.
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Semenya, who was forced to take a gender test when she won the world championship at the age of 18 in 2009, has hyperandrogenism, a condition characterised by higher than usual testosterone levels.
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China, on the other hand, is home to what many, Li included, have characterised as commodity casinos, where exchanges have huge volumes of contracts traded, tiny open interest and virtually zero physical settlement.
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"The concept's dramatic roofline flows into a tailgate characterised by its stacked air vents, and the rippled surface of a rear light strip inspired by molten ferromagnetic metal," Kia wrote in a statement.
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The deal is likely to be characterised by OPEC as a first step but it would have to be extended later to have any material impact on the oil market balance and prices.
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In the recovery phase of the cycle, the oil market is characterised by a rapid advance in consumption and a slower increase in production, absorbing excess inventories built up during the preceding slump.
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Characterised by a lack of statistical clarity and only sporadic news flow, lead tends to get regularly punished on the London market in the form of the popular relative value trade against zinc.
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Outside the city he was still vilified, characterised as a camorra affiliate and a cokehead, but to Neapolitans, accustomed to the scorn of the wealthier north, this only made them love him more.
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But they also hint at a budding competition that could make the next big leap in space exploration very different from the collaborative, government-led ventures that have characterised space development in the past.
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Whilst digital tokens offered in typical ICOs are usually characterised as a "virtual commodity", the SFC has observed that certain ICOs have terms and features that may mean that the digital tokens are "securities".
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"2018 was a more difficult year for asset management industry, characterised by periods of higher volatility which impacted performance across asset classes and investment styles," said Luke Ellis, Chief Executive Officer in the statement.
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"We have had an authoritarian backlash that has characterised this government, especially within the framework of the state of emergency," Jean, a 20-something student who only gave his first name, told VICE News.
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"The way we look (at Turkey) is characterised by worry, that everything that has been built up over years and decades is collapsing," Steinmeier said in his inaugural speech in the largely ceremonial role.
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"Having delivered several updates characterised by forecast stability, today's update will likely be perceived somewhat by the stock market as a disappointment, but to a great extent explicable by wider market turmoil," he said.
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Nick Spencer of Theos, a religious think tank, says the Church of England is switching from a broad-based organisation, characterised by affiliation more than commitment, to a smaller grouping of more committed worshippers.
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"The defence sector's business performance, especially the order intake, is increasingly characterised by the significantly increased demand in the military sector and by Rheinmetall's successful positioning in major markets around the globe," Rheinmetall said.
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Gabriel's journey was characterised by a brilliant start – in 2005, after playing a significant role in Argentina's victory in the Under-20 World Cup, European giants Liverpool started eyeing up the promising centre-back.
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During deep sleep (as opposed to the lighter phases of sleep which are characterised by rapid eye movement), the participants' brains behaved assymetrically, in a manner reminiscent of that seen in birds and dolphins.
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O'Neill said Johnson had failed to provide a sworn legal statement to the court, adding the prime minister was "unable to tell the truth" and that his political life was characterised by "incontinent mendacity".
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MobiBurn also released a statement asserting it had not "collected, shared or monetised" any data from Facebook, and characterised itself as a mere middleman who introduces app developers to third-party data monetisation companies.
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The latter is characterised by a high resilience to market fluctuations, together with high profitability and cash-flow conversion, measured as EBITDA margin and free cash flow (FCF) margin, compared to food retailer peers.
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In recent years, financial markets have been captivated by the twists and turns of Britain's Brexit drama, characterised by acrimonious negotiations in Brussels, knife-edge votes in parliament and heavy defeats for unstable governments.
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The track itself is characterised by icy synths and witty bars, as both Skepta and D Double E prove why they've both managed to have such staying power, with easy flows and unique personalities.
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Many South African lenders have looked elsewhere in Africa for growth after their home market has in recent years become characterised by stagnant growth, job losses and high personal debt levels, hitting spending and investment.
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This is perhaps a fitting political epitaph for Theresa May, who steps down as leader of the party on June 7th after three years characterised by a toxic combination of hubris, dithering and poor judgment.
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While Amsterdam is seen as the Netherlands' city of culture, Rotterdam is often characterised as a hardy, working-class port town; as such, there's a fundamental clash of identities at the heart of the derby.
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That is rarer now—though some of the actresses accusing Mr Weinstein of serious assaults say they stayed silent for so long partly because they feared being characterised as "sleeping their way to the top".
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There is an obvious comparison with the two previous stand-out years of lower trading volumes on the LME, namely 2009 and 2001, both of which were also characterised by price falls and murky outlooks.
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A study by the Justice Department, published in 2013, found that black drivers were 31% more likely to be pulled over than white ones; other interactions with law enforcement are characterised by similar racial imbalances.
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"The Governing Council was seen as well advised to remain patient and maintain a 'steady hand' to provide stability and predictability in an environment still characterised by a high level of uncertainty," the ECB said.
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Gulliver has also reported on an Airbus patent for "motorcycle-saddle" seats in short-haul cabins, and Boeing's application to patent a "transport vehicle upright sleep support system" (better characterised as "sleeping on the rope").
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It also has a robust liquidity position characterised by a well-extended debt-maturity profile, long-term relationships with state-owned banks and large credit facilities thanks to its central-government public-sector entity status.
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The Pacific saw a relatively rapid swing in late October from La Nina conditions - characterised as unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean - to neutral or even slightly El Nino-leaning conditions by March.
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Though the ExoMars rover is launching after the orbiter, it won't be able to build directly on the TGO's findings, as Vago explained that the landing site needs to be carefully characterised years in advance.
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Economy (Strength/Stable) The region of Centre-Val de Loire is a large territory (6% of the French metropolitan territory) characterised by low density (66 inhabitants per square km versus a national average of 104).
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The debt is at least in part due to successive governments adopting an expansionist fiscal policy characterised by job creation in the bloated public sector, and by lavish subsidies for bread and other staple goods.
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"This demonstrates in stark terms, the dangers associated with the cave environment, especially those characterised by long sections of passage with deep water or those entirely filled with water," the association wrote on its website.
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In research involving 88 people with psychosis - a mental disorder characterised by anxiety, paranoia and hallucinations - the scientists found patients treated with CBD had lower levels of psychotic symptoms than those who received a placebo.
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She has also accepted that these two demands mean that Britain will have to leave the EU's single market, a position characterised by many as a "hard Brexit" that will maximise the economic damage it causes.
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Chemistry (in its scientific version) is becoming part of us: large aspects of our lives are characterised by the management of our emotions by drugs, from everyday use of sleeping pills and antidepressants to hard narcotics.
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"The way we look (at Turkey) is characterised by worry, that everything that has been built up over years and decades is collapsing," Steinmeier said on Wednesday in his inaugural speech in the largely ceremonial role.
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Of these, three-fifths occurred during the period from 1560 to 1630 known as the "Great Hunt", which was characterised by horrifying atrocities: in Würzburg, Bavaria, for instance, 400 people were executed on a single day.
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But given that Democrats need to find a way to win back voters who switched from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, it might make sense to pick someone who cannot easily be characterised as an extremist.
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Trading volume shrank slightly but remained healthy compared to this year's average, and fund managers characterised the selling of stocks as profit-taking rather than an reversal of the strong uptrend of the last few weeks.
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With such a narrow mandate, Mr Kuczynski's first task when he takes office on July 22011th will be to show that he can govern a country facing an economic slowdown and characterised by frequent social conflicts.
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"The FOMC's minutes to its Dec meeting released post yesterday's European close could best be characterised as perhaps tilted toward the hawkish side but tempered by a heavy dose of uncertainty," said Rabobank strategist Richard McGuire.
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Acquisitions have typically been in the regulated utilities sector in countries with supportive regulatory frameworks, but the company has also invested in non-utility infrastructure segments characterised by high barriers to entry and stable cash flows.
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Japan's judicial system has drawn global attention with the lengthy detention - and subsequent fleeing - of former auto executive Carlos Ghosn in what critics have characterised as a "hostage justice" system that relies on drawing out confessions.
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The UAE has not characterised the sabotage or blamed anyone for Sunday's attack, but U.S. national security agencies believe proxies sympathetic to or working for Iran may have been behind it, a U.S. official has said.
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Later it said it had met with a panel of the European Medicines Agency on Tuesday to discuss getting approval for Raxone to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder characterised by progressive muscular degeneration and weakness.
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Lagarde has signalled a review of ECB policy and her eight-year presidency will be characterised by soul-searching among central bankers about the way it carries out its mandate and what that means for financial players.
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While currency market intervention is another option, it does not appear to be prominent on the bank's radar as it hasn't characterised the exchange rate as "exceptionally high" and "unjustified," two of the main criteria for intervention.
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Crucially, the show provides a more nuanced understanding of the age, puncturing the myth that everyone was marching in lockstep towards a common goal, and exposing the contradictions and cross-currents that characterised this most innovative period.
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Erdogan, who wants cheap credit to boost growth, has long been opposed to high interest rates and has characterised the lira sell-off as an attack on the economy by outside forces plotting to slow Turkey's economy.
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"Increased pressure on consumers from rising inflation, especially in food prices, and a weak employment market characterised by job losses and soft real growth in incomes have also impacted the Group's performance," Truworths said in a statement.
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"Financial and business cycles can potentially become de-synchronised, meaning that financial imbalances can grow in an environment characterised by relatively muted inflation," Draghi said in his capacity as the head of the European Systemic Risk Board.
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