So when this opportunity presented itself, I was just excited.
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I'm trying to think when this exact version presented itself.
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The company presented itself as a genial alternative to Uber.
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But a unique opportunity presented itself after Irving demanded a trade.
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Apple presented itself as the stylish alternative to bland, functional PCs.
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Frazier decided that he would bunt if the opportunity presented itself.
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It has also presented itself as a kinder alternative to Uber.
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Wade when the opportunity presented itself in the 1989 Webster case.
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Amid this unhappy circumstance, another path presented itself for her songwriting.
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"The consumer and the market really presented itself to us," Schwartz said.
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I wasn't searching for any particular associations here; it just presented itself.
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But as quickly as the X moment presented itself, it was gone.
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The discord we all feel presented itself in music strongly in 2017.
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But when no save opportunity presented itself, Familia stayed in the bullpen.
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If a trade presented itself that would make the team better, sure.
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When the opportunity to teach English there presented itself, I couldn't refuse.
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But, put simply, this was a phenomenal business opportunity that presented itself.
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"Germany has always presented itself as an open investment market," Merkel said.
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It wasn't long before an opportunity presented itself: a really, really bad date.
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The bank—now owed €2437,21—presented itself to the court as a creditor.
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It has presented itself as the partner and supporter of every Android manufacturer.
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The OA, much like Prairie, presented itself as wholly new and therefore brilliant.
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"If the opportunity presented itself, it would be a dream job," Ward said.
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"Delicate" immediately presented itself as one of the standouts from 2017's "Reputation."
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"I was glad that the opportunity to join Hoffenheim presented itself," he says.
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Because a meaningful cause has presented itself, they will no longer remain silent.
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The army has presented itself as the foremost guardian of the Thai monarchy.
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When the opportunity presented itself, two things mattered most: the brand and the bosses.
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So when an opportunity to do that presented itself, he jumped at the chance.
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The inaccuracies in that stand out because it presented itself as a realistic film.
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While running my first business, an unexpected opportunity presented itself to serve my state.
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Another moment presented itself at the Hopkinton Fair in September, when New Jersey Gov.
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"It presented itself like a real bad case of food poisoning," she told GMA.
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He took (and made) tough shots even when a more satisfying option presented itself.
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The only immediate problem that presented itself was what to call this genius idea.
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At every turn, it seemed, another ethical compromise presented itself, and in increasingly severe ways.
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And this was an opportunity that presented itself that we wanted to take advantage of.
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One way that this especially presented itself was in our very different notions of security.
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The upscaling problem also presented itself when I tried watching broadcast TV over the tuner.
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"An opportunity presented itself to give those guys some rest," Bucks coach Jason Kidd said.
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Cantrell readily admitted that he'd go after another board game if the opportunity presented itself.
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After numerous failed rear naked choke attempt, the gap finally presented itself in the third.
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"If an absolute home-run deal presented itself, we would certainly consider it," he said.
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When I was younger, my insomnia presented itself a bit differently than it does now.
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In recent years, the American right has presented itself as a champion of free expression.
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The Revue presented itself as an informal hootenanny, but it was a self-conscious one.
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The opportunity presented itself a few weeks ago, when the team behind Meryl Streep's new Aug.
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Such an opportunity presented itself during the 2015-2016 term in the form of Friedrichs v.
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And while I open up to you in this episode, another opportunity has also presented itself.
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China has made inroads in Canada and presented itself as a leading lender for smaller nations.
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On election night 2010, another opportunity presented itself for Mr. Howe because of his Cuomo connections.
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Why hasn't this opportunity presented itself for either of you two before, or for other women?
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But the allegation that when balked in his advances, he masturbated into whatever receptacle presented itself?
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The startup presented itself with an overall "scandalous spring-break" vibe, which proved inaccessible to many users.
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"We weren't planning to raise that much, but the opportunity presented itself," he said in an interview.
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It has for years presented itself as a mediator and power broker for the region's many disputes.
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Surprise ... she is, and wouldn't be opposed to donning a mask herself if the opportunity presented itself.
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An idea had presented itself—'What if we included these people and made it an event record?
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Qatar has for years presented itself as a mediator and power broker for the region's many disputes.
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The Kremlin has presented itself as a mediator between the two, while also selling arms to both.
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When the opportunity to become an astronaut presented itself, she said, she couldn't let it slip by.
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And to apply the syrup in realistic looking drips, another unlikely solution presented itself: the squeezable bottle.
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Coleman wasn't necessarily looking for a new job, but the opportunity simply presented itself, he told TechCrunch.
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"This polarized election presented itself as a target of opportunity of the first order," Mr. Rid said.
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All of this contention has presented itself in the on-screen representations of Dr. King throughout the years.
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The movement presented itself as a utopian settlement, but in reality, it was a straight-up sex cult.
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On a superficial level, The Sopranos presented itself as a show that prizes hardcore masculinity above all else.
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So when the opportunity to study this expedition team presented itself, Bergouignan knew she had to take it.
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The group has presented itself as outmatching the insurgents in Syria and preventing them from expanding into Lebanon.
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So when another opportunity presented itself, he jumped at the chance to take a different approach to learning.
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No one should doubt that a President Hillary Clinton would also play Caesar whenever the opportunity presented itself.
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A gap year presented itself as a chance to claim the independence that formalized education had not encouraged.
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Such a feeling was an evil Grinch that presented itself whenever something was going on without my involvement.
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"But I know this can work and if the opportunity presented itself, it would be something I would consider!"
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Despite these small forays into film and music, no traditional path to stardom had readily presented itself to Hilton.
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America has always presented itself as a "meritocracy," where success is solely the result of talent and hard work.
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When the opportunity presented itself, he struck, knocking Bannon down a peg while he was abroad looking at tanks.
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I chose to tell people that I became closer friends with the back story when the opportunity presented itself.
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For so many black soldiers, military service presented itself as an opportunity to break the shackles of structural inequality.
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This was because a third option had presented itself, and it was perhaps the most tempting of the lot.
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It's nothing Bobby wouldn't do to Chuck if the opportunity presented itself, and that's what Taylor is counting on.
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And the way Snap presented itself on its I.P.O. roadshow seemed to position the company as the next Facebook.
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With far more people indoors than on a typical weekend day, the emptiness outdoors presented itself in surprising ways.
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Beforehand, Mr. Trump had said that he was willing to meet with Mr. Maduro if the opportunity presented itself.
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Here is one campaign promise that he "somehow" failed to redeem when the clear and available chance presented itself.
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And now, in the Year of Our Lord 2016, it has presented itself as a middle-aged white woman rapping.
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The chief said that if the opportunity presented itself, she could "jab that guy in his eyeball" with a pencil.
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The Review has long presented itself as a free-thinking, contrarian bastion, unafraid to take on Stanford's dominant political liberalism.
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But when the opportunity presented itself, it suddenly felt like a natural place it had wanted to go all along.
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After winter must come spring, but who's to say what's next for market trends when winter barely even presented itself?
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Kavanaugh sounded like a broken record throughout his testimony, passionately declaring his love for beer whenever the opportunity presented itself.
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Not only doesn't Khabib have any regrets ... he says he'd do it all over again if the opportunity presented itself.
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That situation presented itself in the seventh inning on Sunday, and Manager Joe Maddon's club did not hesitate to act.
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When an urgent issue presented itself in 2017, Trump chose the wrong side of argument over the events in Charlottesville.
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And yet Showalter did not use Britton in the wild-card game, seemingly because a save situation never presented itself.
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We would have had the source put down an audio device in her office or homes if the opportunity presented itself.
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Ideas like the UBI aren't really ideas, they're a pre-emptive surrender to a problem that hasn't really presented itself yet.
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Wells Fargo has long presented itself as a bank that cares more about long-term relationships than making a quick buck.
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Following "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920), a cult movie in Paris throughout the 1920s, "L'Inhumaine" presented itself as total concept.
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Greeted with ovations at Sundance, this depiction of Nat Turner's slave revolt presented itself as a document of America's polarized present.
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The world that presented itself to us became a transparent surface, through which one could see the whole history of life.
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Later on, Rick has a regretful run-in with another man who should have been killed when the chance presented itself.
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This calculus presented itself earlier this year as the UAW lost a second organizing vote at a VW plant in Chattanooga.
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The opportunity to do so presented itself at an art residency at Pier 9 in San Francisco, a program sponsored by Autodesk.
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Vox's rapid rise also brings new challenges of self-definition for a party that has presented itself as an anti-establishment force.
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When it was first sold in the postwar period, Lego presented itself as the heir to the heritage of playing with blocks.
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The Kremlin, as the former colonial ruler, has presented itself as a mediator between the two, while also selling arms to both.
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There was one more fight to come, as an opportunity presented itself that would guarantee Mayweather would dwarf his previous fight salary.
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"It is our responsibility to scale the business, so if the right opportunity presented itself, it's something we would consider," it added.
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He caught outlet passes already half-turned upcourt, ready to slalom through or pass over whatever arrangement of transition defense presented itself.
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When no strong opportunities for next season presented itself, Patrick decided to call it a career at Indy next Memorial Day weekend.
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The writing presented itself as a low-cost model for deadly attacks and envisioned the actions as part of a larger ideological war.
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In contrast with better movies of this type, "Charlie's Angels" seemed particularly regressive, partly because it presented itself as a new fairy tale.
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The opportunity to create his own business in the mobile market soon presented itself at a New York City Hackathon event in 2011.
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Morocco has since presented itself as a model for economic stability and gradual reform in a region troubled by conflict and political turmoil.
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Then Post starts talking wrestling, and says he'd be down to throw down some suplexes on the mat if the opportunity presented itself.
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Johnson, who caught 766 passes in his NFL career, said the kicking opportunity "presented itself" and that he will have a tryout Monday.
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I'm not the guy who's (normally) soaring above the rim, but the opportunity kind of presented itself, and I took advantage of that.
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A path presented itself in 2487 at a fair at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, where both Gendys were working at the time.
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When The Green Book was first published in the 1930s, it presented itself merely as a convenience, not as a reaction to discrimination.
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PAM, founded by a close friend of the king who is now a palace adviser, had presented itself as a liberal alternative to Islamists.
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Maybe the Lakers felt like this was their best shot to unload that money, and they had to strike when the opportunity presented itself.
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His condition slowly improved, and when the opportunity presented itself, he jumped at the offer and bought Den Blå Vogn at City Hall Square.
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These men didn't go into battle with any awareness of that; it's a truth that presented itself only after they were on the ground.
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And Wayne, in turn, saw the appeal of Future right away, rapping on "Racks," Future's first hit, as soon as the opportunity presented itself.
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There might have been other technologies and protocols under the hood, so to speak, but the product presented itself as a titanic, unitary whole.
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Of course, the opportunity for me to pursue my dream of being a Real Writer like Hunter has never really presented itself in Peckham.
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As for managing or getting back into the game at the major league level, I would be interested if the right opportunity presented itself.
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The country had often presented itself, we're told, as "Hitler's first victim," and people like Waldheim as honest soldiers caught on the wrong side.
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In the aftermath of the Second World War, an urgent question presented itself: How can we prevent the rise of fascism from happening again?
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I was neither for nor against having and raising a child, and as things were at the time, the opportunity had not presented itself.
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When the opportunity to participate in Ghana's Year of Return presented itself, I was ready to head to The Motherland to get some answers.
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" When the Communists came to power, science fiction presented itself as a handy way of furthering Mao's "Campaign of Marching Toward Science and Technology.
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Leege wrote me: I think it is an area whose discourse is so new that a politically feasible solution has not yet presented itself.
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And, of course, there's Netflix, which has built itself atop this entire moldering system, then presented itself as an alternative to the ground beneath it.
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Verdict: While we couldn't exactly see the sunrise because of the fog, I would do it again in a heartbeat if the opportunity presented itself.
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Rose spoke about the importance of "hanging around" within striking distance of the lead, and not pressing too hard until the right opportunity presented itself.
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It seems clear enough that the financial ties were already there, and when the opportunity presented itself, the Kremlin took full advantage of it. Absolutely.
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The next time the opportunity presented itself, she grabbed Bucky and cut his teeth with a cuticle trimmer, following a technique she learned on YouTube.
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Harden's NBA-best 49th double-double powers Rockets HOUSTON — When the opportunity presented itself for James Harden to seize the moment, Harden did precisely that.
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Today, the unforgiving school ecosystem, which has presented itself as an almost insurmountable barrier to entry for many edtech startups, is showing signs of change.
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But until now, the company has at least presented itself as generally committed to fighting the good fight in quashing those elements on the site.
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In this case, it was the first time that an external entity or situation presented itself to me and commissioned a record out of me.
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Yes, they're a corporation who wants your money, but Sony's successfully presented itself as a company full of people who genuinely love what they do.
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Throughout the presentation, Snap presented itself as the platform that doesn't garner as much negativity in its culture and its comments as Facebook and Twitter.
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At the same time, Trump has to be smart enough to seize the opportunity that now with a single stroke has presented itself to him.
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Even so, the way her divided self presented itself was remarkable; some of her personalities knew how to drive, for instance, but others did not.
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"My time in Los Angeles has healed the schisms between my art, clairvoyance practice, and life—the mystery of reconstitution has presented itself," she says.
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While opposition parties have been highly critical of the European Union, threatening fierce clashes over budget rigor, the PD presented itself as fervently pro-European.
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Eberle converted on the power play at 15:12, waiting at the face-off circle to the left of Blackwood until an opening presented itself.
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And I think that when the Sephora opportunity presented itself, it was just too good of an opportunity, you know, to reach a new customer.
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Since opening in 2017, it has presented itself as a kind of quietly revolutionary space that "reimagines" the way women balance work, family and inspiration.
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As China presented itself as a partner with a vision for El Salvador's future, President Trump may have played into China's hands, his critics say.
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That same old story has presented itself again, after an ad scam promising a tax rebate for solar panels targeted users and harvested their personal information.
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In an interview with Billboard, Cardi got honest about her alleged "feud" with Minaj, which mostly presented itself through allegedly pointed verses and social media subtweeting.
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"We seized the opportunity to sell the entire business in a value-enhancing transaction when it presented itself," Chief Executive Rob Sands said in a statement.
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It doesn't matter if you've yet to go on a trip or plan a vacation because the perfect opportunity to do so has just presented itself.
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In 2013, however, a sliver of hope presented itself in the form of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act, which criminalizes marriage to children under 16.
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But as soon as the ratio began to show a solid commitment to the upside, the perfect opportunity to plant corn presented itself via Mother Nature.
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In the rearrangement of relievers that Girardi said would most likely take effect as soon as the appropriate game situation presented itself, it's another story altogether.
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So he carefully positioned himself on the "right" side so he could be viewed as viable if a chance for the Supreme Court ever presented itself.
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For the A.N.C., which has for decades presented itself as a unifying force for democratic change and development, the country's economic stagnation is an existential threat.
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A solution presented itself when Fisher, searching online for Oesterlund's name one morning, learned about the long trail of consumer disputes Oesterlund's companies had left behind.
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Jobs embodied all of Apple's best and worst qualities: its perfectionism, its self-satisfaction, its willingness to overturn whole industries when a better path presented itself.
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Still, had the possibility of this loving bi-disability marriage presented itself to us years earlier, I don't think either of us would have been ready.
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So when the opportunity to partner with Transitions Optical to celebrate the the brand's colorful, fashion-forward lenses presented itself, Siriano knew it was a perfect match.
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Janus, which has presented itself as a "professional cybercriminal" organization, even offered technical support, mitigating bug reports and fielding requests for new features to its beta platform.
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So when the opportunity presented itself to ask Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) some Jedi questions, we consulted the internet and brought the best to his attention.
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Who were they — suddenly plugged into one of the most sophisticated media platforms in history, which presented itself as a portal for news and information — to resist?
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The puzzle first presented itself in February, after hackers broke into Manafort's daughter's iPhone and published about 300,000 of her alleged text messages to the dark web.
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When my med school roommate moved out of the apartment, an opportunity (aka BV) presented itself, and I asked my more woo-woo roommate about her steamer.
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After working on flesh and bone for 30 minutes, the real summit presented itself: the human brain, the most delicate, complex, and beautiful thing in the universe.
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Hours after talking about how left-hander Travis Wood could play the outfield then come in to pitch, that very scenario presented itself in the 14th inning.
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In the first half of this year, the New York law firm Milbank presented itself to Irell as an attractive merger partner, several sources told Business Insider.
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Jordan's Hashemite monarchy has historically derived legitimacy from its direct lineage to the Prophet Muhammad, and it has always presented itself as a custodian of moderate Islam.
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He lay there and flopped and muttered on the couch until the darkness again fell on Dromord Hill and the extent of the night shamelessly presented itself.
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"He orchestrated almost this entire scheme to steal from his employer at every and any opportunity that presented itself," Assistant District Attorney Christopher Beard said of Guzzone.
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Trump attracts the opposite sentiments, and has left allies floundering as to how to comport themselves in relation to a nation which had presented itself as indispensable.
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Lindsey Graham, one of Trump's staunchest allies in Washington, said on Sunday that he might change his mind on impeachment if new evidence of wrongdoing presented itself.
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Facebook has always presented itself, in contrast to legacy gatekeepers, as a neutral bit of infrastructure; people may post what they like and access what they fancy.
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But while for most teenage boys that fascination rarely leaves a locked bedroom and laptop screen, Sibley always knew that if the opportunity presented itself, he'd shoot one.
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We can argue a lot whether this was the case or not, but at least on the declaratory level, this was how America presented itself to the world.
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So as we were developing our language with the ghost, the language we shot him in, that idea presented itself, and it proved to be a good one.
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We did what we had to do as the circumstances came about and as the evidence presented itself, up to and including continuing to investigate and exonerate Michelle.
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They said his psychosis, which had presented itself for a decade before the murders, was not organic, but had been "exaggerated" by drugs and alcohol in his system.
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But another unexpected obstacle presented itself: Just as they learned about the hydrops fetalis, Hyden and Earley found that lawmakers in Kentucky had introduced new legislation about abortion.
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One page, "I Valori Della Vita," presented itself to its 1.5 million followers as a generic lifestyle page, but shared material from the far-right news site Leggilo.
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He zipped among topics like a hummingbird, hovering on a subject just long enough to dip into its absurdity or poignancy before another more appealing option presented itself.
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As Bort and Campbell report, she is considered the legal mastermind who found ways to protect the company and its CEO, no matter what tricky situation presented itself.
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YC had always presented itself as a gentle, helpful angel investor, a force opposed to the ruthless venture capitalists who buy in later and then demand mammoth returns.
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Why it matters: Airbnb has long presented itself as an alternative to hotels, promoting the idea of experiencing a destination "like a local" by staying in a host's home.
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It took a few explosions to solve the riddle, a few shattered boulders and breezy pathways before The Way In presented itself between a couple of gloom-splitting torches.
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Competition from out of state growers isn't the only thing that has Massachusetts farmers concerned: rising temperatures and a changing climate has presented itself as an issue for growers.
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The half guard continued to be case of Rua desperately looking for sweeps and Jones' elbows snicker-snacking across Rua's face whenever a break in the action presented itself.
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One obvious solution presented itself: K'Nex could bring its manufacturing back to the United States so long as it could remain price-competitive with the China-sourced toy companies.
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For 40 years, a reclusive family in Delhi presented itself as the last surviving heirs to the princely state of Oudh, which once ruled a swath of northern India.
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"As much as I'm very introverted and hesitant to give interviews, when the opportunity presented itself I had to do it," she told me in our first interview Oct. 3.
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I know there are several parents in the house and I feel their pain and I had never spent a day away from my baby until this opportunity presented itself.
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If Uber had presented itself as just a ride-hailing firm, analysts reckon, it would not have fetched an $22017bn valuation when it listed in New York on May 10th.
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Islam had presented itself as a complete and objective blueprint for my life, in charge of dictating my role in this world and my relationship to death and an afterlife.
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One deep ocean oddity presented itself to …Read more ReadBut if you thought that freaky creature kind of looked like a penis, then you're going to love the peanut worm.
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He was an absurdly talented forward, an unerringly lethal finisher whenever a chance presented itself, but also an economical player who was as notable for industrious teamwork as individualist magic.
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He sent mental messages down Dromord Hill and across the midland plain and across all the seas and the cities until at last the city of Stalowa Wola presented itself.
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Though Mr. Snodgrass's name was not on the list of those arrested, an obvious question presented itself: Why did IDC Servco appear to be in business as recently as September?
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But now, in eyeshot of an international bridge connecting the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez to the United States, a new and even more serious obstacle presented itself: the coronavirus.
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After Mr. Trump announced in June 2017 that the United States would leave the Paris climate accord, China has presented itself as the new standard-bearer on addressing climate change.
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Making more money to be able to afford to pay bills is the ultimate goal, so had the opportunity presented itself, I don't know that I would have said no.
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Los Angeles, on the other hand, has presented itself as being in a sort of perpetual readiness to accommodate the Games, which it played host to in 1984 and 1932.
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Card has a few other concerns, one of which he says presented itself as soon as Trump "jumped all over" Megyn Kelly in the first Republican primary debate last year.
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France would likely have followed the U.K. and also voted to leave the European Union if the opportunity had presented itself, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview Sunday.
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"A simple choice presented itself in my mind," Dr. Mullan wrote in "White Coat, Clenched Fist: The Political Education of an American Physician," a sometimes blistering memoir published in 21968.
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Dallos described the festival as "cheeky" and phallic symbolism presented itself in excess, with penile-shaped gourds proffered to the crowd as drinking devices and decorative penises appearing on tractors.
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This article originally appeared on VICE UK. "Women are embracing the opportunity that has presented itself," said entrepreneur Jasmin Thomas to a room full of women enjoying a CBD-infused brunch.
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WeWork, the now-global coworking space, has presented itself as providing more than just somewhere to set up your laptop to tenants ever since it opened its first location in 2011.
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At the border, we are taking children from desperate parents based on misdemeanor border crossing — or based on no illegality at all, if the family has properly presented itself for asylum.
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The President's directive on military dependents underscores the extent to which he was prepared to go to the brink of war with North Korea before a veritable diplomatic opening presented itself.
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During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night, Cruz quipped that he would consider running over GOP front-runner Donald Trump in a car if the opportunity presented itself.
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The "Undecided on the 8th" page presented itself as a source of impartial and objective information about the abortion referendum, but tracked visitors—whom it identified as undecided voters—to Undecided8.
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Luke has a secret life on the internet (there may be a contemporary thriller in which the role Facebook is assigned is non-malevolent, but it has not yet presented itself).
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The change represents a quick and embarrassing reversal for Spotify, which once presented itself to the music industry as a neutral platform but has increasingly become a highly influential promotional outlet.
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Johnny Depp didn't shy away from the spotlight this weekend when the opportunity to rock and roll presented itself ... if anything, he stepped up to the plate and hit a homer.
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Full from my meal and impressed by how quickly the flight had gone, I decided I would pick Malaysia Airlines over a budget airline the next time the opportunity presented itself.
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Prosecutors said that 58-year-old Keith Raniere used his group Nxivm, which presented itself as a self-help organization, as cover for blackmailing young women into having sex with him.
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In the sense of achieving immortality through death, I found it deeply resonant that it presented itself to me while I was trying to finish my lyrics and preparing for the sessions.
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Whether on metals imports, China, or the alleged threat posed by foreign-built washing machines, the president has opted to impose new tariffs on American consumers whenever the opportunity has presented itself.
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Abigail's film presented itself as an episode of a television show called "Eye on the Law," investigating whether her movie career might prove an obstacle to her elevation to the Supreme Court.
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The opportunity on Saturday, after a closer surveillance of his movements was activated, presented itself relatively quickly, in a matter of hours, and the military acted using the earlier White House authorization.
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The US military presence in Syria was an unpopular domestic policy, and the Kurds, who waged war against the Islamic State, presented itself as the opportune proxy for an anti-ISIS campaign.
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It is worth noting that the progressive municipal leadership in New York City, home to the largest education system in the country, has presented itself as decidedly nonalarmist about Ms. DeVos's appointment.
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Then, in 2015, an unusual opportunity presented itself: the chance to buy an expansion team in the N.A.S.L., which sits a rung below Major League Soccer on American soccer's professional league structure.
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Officials at Priorities USA have been polling in Senate and House races over the last month to see "if an opportunity presented itself," according to the source familiar with the super PAC's plans.
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The illegalists' crimes attracted the sympathy of some communist anarchists—Kibaltchiche would become a Bolshevik, once that presented itself as an option—who were not opposed in principle to stealing or breaking laws.
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Zuma might have been "corrupt," but he spoke to a deeper truth underlying South African life, which was that it was entirely rational to question what publicly presented itself as respectability and virtue.
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Now it has also been confirmed that the hard Brexit stance of the likes of Johnson has been little more than a leadership tactic, abandoned once the opportunity to replace May presented itself.
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As Diaz mounted him, McGregor turned and as soon as the gap presented itself he locked up a rear naked choke that would eventually bring about his third loss as a professional fighter.
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" But back then KiA presented itself as a place dedicated to "the drama and other crazy bullshit that seems to be more and more a part of the gaming journalism industry these days.
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An opportunity to pen the storybook ending presented itself in the first inning, when Wright's longtime teammate and friend, Jose Reyes, laced a leadoff double and went to third on Jeff McNeil's sacrifice.
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As riveting as many of the works on show were, I wasn't the only one to notice that the fair presented itself as a bubble, completely disconnected from the reality of current Brazil.
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In the decades since scientists first warned a US president that greenhouse gas emissions would doom us all, no political party has ever presented itself as taking the issue seriously during a presidential election.
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These ranged from doling out money and jobs in the Taliban shadow government to sweet-talking disaffected cadres, bribing clerics to give favorable pronouncements and playing for time whenever a problematic issue presented itself.
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"The opportunity presented itself with the Trump visit and Trump's presidency in general," a former U.S. ambassador to Doha told Reuters, suggesting the move had been in the works for two or three months.
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Northland Power raised close to C$1 billion in capital for the two projects and Bradley said he wouldn't be afraid to tap the market for additional funds if a good opportunity presented itself.
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Rerouting 210,000 daily passengers through the streets, sidewalks, and waterways of New York City has presented itself as a sort of once-in-a-lifetime challenge to those willing to face it head on.
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In this theory they're indicators that Trump, a shady guy surrounded by shady guys and professional morons, might well have colluded given the opportunity — but they don't prove that any such opportunity presented itself.
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Current and former employees have described her as an Adam Neumann and WeWork enforcer, the legal mastermind who found ways to protect the company and its CEO, no matter what tricky situation presented itself.
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That said, he's a career 43 percent three-point shooter, gravity matters, and no competitive team in the league would say "no thank you" if a reasonable opportunity to add Korver presented itself tomorrow.
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When Sabrina got the green light from Netflix, though, Aguirre-Sacasa heard from his casting director that Shipka might be interested in the lead and the opportunity for them to work together presented itself again.
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The first "Deadpool," based on a Marvel character introduced in the early 1990s (his real name is Wade Wilson), presented itself as an antidote to superhero fatigue, but it was really just another gateway drug.
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During his studies in theater at the Royal Conservatory here in the early 1990s, Mr. Coppens was already making a name for himself as a director when his alternative career path quite unexpectedly presented itself.
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And when his son was born earlier this year and almost immediately required three open-heart surgeries, Kimmel was unable to ignore the issue that had presented itself in such a horrific way on his doorstep.
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The Soviet Union, governed by the Communist Party from Moscow, presented itself as the champion of world socialism though opponents cast it as a ruthless empire which suppressed dissent and led to the deaths of millions.
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The group presented itself as a multifaith coalition of conservative-minded reformers, but in 1977 the Honolulu Advertiser published a three-part exposé identifying I.G.G. as an initiative created mainly, or entirely, by disciples of Butler.
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Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett said Monday he is looking to invest more of his company's massive cash horde, adding the conglomerate would pull the trigger on a $100 billion deal if the right one presented itself.
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She did relish the hunt for spirits whenever the opportunity presented itself: when the cat was acting weird, or she was alone in a darkened apartment and found herself standing in front of her bathroom mirror.
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Why it matters: The iPhone maker has long presented itself as an advocate of user privacy and an opponent of invasive advertising models, and Facebook's recent trials have given it more opportunities to parade those positions.
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"If a Roy Moore situation presented itself, then maybe a Democrat could win the governor's race," Vaughn said, adding that parts of Idaho are so red that even a "Roy Moore situation" wouldn't change the outcome.
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I was newly remarried to a man who describes his one outing on skis as a daylong episode of the agony of defeat (Remember "Wide World of Sports"?) And then a trip to Aspen presented itself.
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But in 33, aged 20 and looking forward to the summer of her junior year at a Texas college, an opportunity to try something else presented itself — the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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But in the end, the Dessau authorities used a new Nazi law to declare that "support for and action on behalf of the Bauhaus, which presented itself as a Bolshevist cell," amounted to a political crime.
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A short time later, he appeared in a professionally shot online video near a chess set, saying he wanted to earn a doctorate in America and return to Iran if an "opportunity of safe travel" presented itself.
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She also shut down the rumor that she dated legendary singer Bob Marley by saying it was "fake news," but said she "absolutely" would have hooked up with him had they met and the opportunity presented itself.
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Facebook, facing a confidence crisis after the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, will raise the issue of ethically approaching the questions posed by AI. Google has similarly presented itself as a thoughtful player in the artificial intelligence landscape.
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The chance to roll back deficits presented itself, but with a President largely uninterested in deficits and Republican voters focused on immigration and health care, the GOP spent its political capital on a $2.3-trillion tax cut.
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The first new investment, where Pershing Square put 4 percent of its capital to work, presented itself late last year and has already earned the firm a roughly 22 percent return on its average cost, the update said.
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Jungle prince, epilogue: For those of you who were as obsessed as we were with Ellen Barry's story about a Delhi family that presented itself as royalty, here's an update based on leads from readers' letters and emails.
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Instead, the mix of inexperience, incaution and conspiratorial glee on display in the emails suggests that people in Trump's immediate family — not just satellites like Roger Stone — would have been delighted to collude if the opportunity presented itself.
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The breadth of opposition that presented itself in New York was clearly not as widely shared in Northern Virginia, where the state has already passed into law a generous incentive package for the other half of Amazon's HQ2.
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I thought I knew the basics — I scheduled a yearly women's exam and supported breast cancer awareness whenever an opportunity presented itself; but with no family history of the disease, I never thought I would need to know more.
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In 2014 Bisanz's new opportunity presented itself in the form of Aloha, an all-natural food company based in New York City that sells a range of healthy snacks and wellness products, and promotes healthy living on all fronts.
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"The mix of inexperience, incaution and conspiratorial glee on display in the emails suggests that people in Trump's immediate family—not just satellites like Roger Stone—would have been delighted to collude if the opportunity presented itself," Douthat wrote.
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Rosé, lacking any of the traditionally masculine connotations of drinks like whiskey or gin, has presented itself as the perfect blank canvas, ready to be stuffed with marketers' conceptions of what it means to be a 21st-century woman.
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Though he expected to be a sportswriter when he was studying journalism at Arizona State, another path presented itself shortly after graduation when marijuana was legalized in Colorado, where he'd taken an internship at the Denver alt-weekly Westword.
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Not only did Conor arrive 15 minutes EARLY for the event (super unusual for McGregor) ... but when the opportunity presented itself to trash talk, he didn't launch the missiles he fired at guys like Khabib Nurmagomedov and Floyd Mayweather.
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The group appears to have presented itself as a "super PAC," an organization that under federal law can accept unlimited donations from any person or business, and it ran ads in Maine attacking Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump's Democratic rival.
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The state-run Legal Weekly newspaper later reported that in the span of a year, more than five million people had enrolled in that scheme, Shanxinhui, or Kindness Exchange, which had presented itself as a sort of charitable enterprise.
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As riveting as many of the works on show were, I wasn't the only one to notice that the fair presented itself as a bubble — as many other art fairs do — completely disconnected from the reality of current Brazil.
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I'm a huge fan of Iron Man, so when the real-life opportunity to suit up like Tony Stark presented itself, I didn't hesitate to book a flight from JFK airport to Heathrow to test-drive a flying jet suit.
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The ad, deployed as part of a half-million dollar buy in advance of Wisconsin's April 5 primary, came as the Cruz campaign, pro-Cruz super PACs and the senator himself continued to blister Kasich every time the opportunity presented itself.
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From the beginning, the PSLF program has presented itself as deceptively simple: Get on an income-based repayment plan, work in public service for 4333 years while making monthly payments, and the remainder of your student debt will be eliminated.
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Searches on Google for "inverted yield curve" have spiked after the unusual bond market phenomenon presented itself last week for the first time in over 224 years and helped tank Wall Street amid chatter that an economic downturn was imminent.
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Searches on Google for "inverted yield curve" have spiked after the unusual bond market phenomenon presented itself last week for the first time in over 21.611 years and helped tank Wall Street amid chatter that an economic downturn was imminent.
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"I wouldn't have had a press conference about it, but the moment presented itself to me when I so happily won the award as a member of the Screen Actors Guild, a union of which I'm a proud member," she added.
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Qatar has for years presented itself as a mediator and power broker for the region's many disputes, but Egypt and the Gulf Arab states resent Qatar's support for Islamists, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, which they see as a political foe.
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A day after the ceremony, one answer to that question presented itself when Netflix's stock rose 4.9 percent after the company took 23 awards throughout the night, putting it on par with HBO as the most successful broadcaster of the night.
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The Capitals made no such mistake when their first big chance presented itself on the power-play with Oshie burying a rebound of an Evgeny Kuznetsov shot past Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury nearly 10 minutes into the opening period.
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It almost feels unnecessary to detail how Sessions' approval would be detrimental to much of the progress America has made in the past 50-plus years—it's a trend that has presented itself again and again with Trump's cabinet picks.
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Ms. Reker had campaigned on a policy of openness toward migrants, angering Frank S. During the trial, he testified that he was opposed to Chancellor Angela Merkel's policies and that she was his original target, but no opportunity presented itself.
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The main consideration that seems to have presented itself to those Presidents, from Harry Truman to Richard Nixon, who insisted on staying the course was domestic politics—the fear of being blamed by voters for losing Southeast Asia to Communism.
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But before the city revamped its mass transit system, a third way presented itself, a high-tech, more sustainable solution that may foreshadow a shift in how cities run their fleets of heavy vehicles, such as buses and garbage trucks.
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The Chinese government has presented itself this year as the chief proponent of globalization as a source of prosperity — a stark divergence from Mr. Trump's protectionist instincts and rejection of multinational trade deals in favor of more old-fashioned bilateral accords.
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"There's no such thing as a school of snake artists, so when the problem of making a portrait of a snake presented itself I had to think up the technique for myself," she wrote in The Atlantic Monthly in 1924.
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The letter noted that "rampant misuse has already presented itself within similar systems in the U.S.A.," and cited a review of London camera monitoring that found abuses like voyeuristic monitoring of women's bodies and a tendency to over-monitor black people.
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The performances are wittily sharp and, in a sense, wittily self-reflective: The Simpson case immediately presented itself as a showcase for everyone involved, a golden opportunity to seize the moment and (better yet) the spotlight – these were the roles of a lifetime.
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Finding the right writers "When this opportunity presented itself to us, to audition to write this movie — because that's what you have to do as a writer when it's an open assignment — we had never heard of Deadpool, unbelievably," Reese told Mashable.
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Even after the hit NBC reality show The Apprentice rebuilt his personal fortune and retooled his image from Gilded Tabloid Oaf to Glowering Dealmaster, Trump never declined an opportunity to fish a quarter out of the toilet when the situation presented itself.
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Austria long presented itself as the first victim of the Nazis, a narrative initially supported by the Allies, even though large parts of Austrian society celebrated the 1938 annexation and many took on roles in the Nazi war effort and the Holocaust.
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An SWG poll released on Tuesday showed the League, which has presented itself as the voice of reason in the political impasse, on 24.2 percent against the 17.4 it took in March, while Forza Italia was on just 9.4 percent from 14 percent.
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I stayed on the toilet for ten minutes afterward, because I'd heard horror stories of people leaving a colon therapist's office and riding the subway home when the need to urgently rid themselves of a pint of piping hot bilge water presented itself.
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He turns, for example, to Charles Dickens, whose difficult relationship with sleep presented itself in both his nonfiction (his vivid 1861 essay "Night Walks" details the after-hours strolls he took through London as a restless younger man) and in his novels.
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Nxivm presented itself as a personal fulfillment program, but some of its female members say they were recruited into a secret society within the group, known as D.O.S., where they were branded, threatened with blackmail and assigned to have sex with Raniere.
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Like a lot of other people, modder serpentiem played Devil May Cry 3 and idly dreamed about stringing together lengthy, excessive combos across multiple styles, but it wasn't until Capcom released Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition on PC that opportunity presented itself.
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"The Good Place" first presented itself as a sitcom with an intriguing yet simple premise: Eleanor (Kristen Bell), an irreverent saleswoman, dies and finds herself in a supposed heaven only to realize she has taken the place of a much more deserving Eleanor.
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Nagle focuses less on whether this critique of the left is fair and more on the influence of left-wing cultural politics on the alt-right, which has presented itself as a counterweight to the alleged oversensitivity of the left both mockingly and in earnest.
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Royals use six-run eighth to defeat Astros HOUSTON — The Royals displayed supreme patience in riding out another sterling start by Astros ace left-hander Dallas Keuchel, and when the opportunity presented itself to face a different Houston pitcher, they were quick to capitalize.
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But he is widely reported to have opponents in the Kremlin and an opportunity has presented itself to put him in his place: the 48.53-year-old Chechen leader's term in office runs out in April, and he needs Putin's approval to stay on.
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So when the opportunity presented itself to try out this supposedly side-effect-free contouring treatment (and at the hands of Pietrzak, one of its pioneers and foremost experts, at the Manhattan office of super-derm Dr. Wechsler), I didn't hesitate to take the chance.
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But somewhere in between these tragedies, a great, if not fleeting, equalizer presented itself to New Orleanians—a confection whose wellbeing, like the city's denizens, is wholly affected by the city's harsh climate, and whose flavor is as inimitable as the culture that created it.
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Music executives involved in Spotify's early licensing negotiations were impressed by the company's technology, and by its approach: Unlike other music tech start-ups at the time, most of which no longer exist, Spotify presented itself as a partner that could help the industry recover.
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"If a Roy Moore situation presented itself, then maybe a Democrat could win the governor's race," Justin Vaughn, a political scientist with Boise State University, said, adding that parts of Idaho are so red that even a "Roy Moore situation" wouldn't change the outcome.
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China undoubtedly sees the populist, nationalist, and aggressive rhetoric coming from the current US president as an opportunity to step into the seeming gap in international leadership that has presented itself, and a muted military response such as this small budget increase is part of that strategy.
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When Porowski started cooking for Allen, he said the idea was not to follow in Allen's footsteps as the food expert on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, but when the option for the show's renewal presented itself, Allen proposed Porowski to David Collins, the show's creator.
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With a title evoking a grotesquely racist cinematic masterpiece and advertisements depicting the star's head noosed in an American flag, "The Birth of a Nation" presented itself as an indispensable document not only of the country's brutal past but also of its inflamed and polarized present.
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It was a throwaway thought; the opportunity presented itself, since the host was talking about the theme of "lady weirdos," and there was something about that phrase that made it sound like a choice — like at some point, we had decided to be funny, rather than pretty.
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The group, comprised of Kim Tae-hyung (better known as V), Jung Ho-seok (J-Hope), Kim Nam-joon (RM), Kim Seok-jin (Jin), Park Ji-min, Jeon Jung-kook, and Min Yoon-gi (Suga), presented itself as rebellious "bad boys," sporting gold chains, bandannas and heavy black eyeliner.
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"The suspension issues that some Model S customers experienced primarily in 2017 were due to a supplier-related issue that did not pose any threat to vehicle safety or drivability, and presented itself only when the car was parked," the company said in a statement sent to CNBC.
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When it premiered in 1989, Cops presented itself as a raw, unscripted look at policing in the US. Down to its iconic theme song, Cops has remained more or less the same since: an unfussy purveyor of "Bad Boys" on American TV screens since the first Bush presidency.
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It could be that the coins were stolen during any one of the many hacks and scams that plagued bitcoin in 2013, and the moment of opportunity to pin it on somebody else while having some fun has only presented itself in the wake of the Bitfinex hack.
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One presented itself on December 13th, when evidence emerged detailing payments of $780,000 between 2004 and 2007 to Westfield Capital, a Florida-registered firm Mr Kuczynski founded in the 1990s, made by Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction giant which had bribed its way to government contracts across Latin America.
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"This criminal was dedicated to drug trafficking, kidnapping, the intimidation of social leaders and he was expected to be part of this threatening new group which yesterday presented itself to the country as a new rebel group - which it isn't because it's a narco-terrorist gang," Duque said.
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Though the Senate Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation has not been devoid of internal conflict, it has consistently presented itself as the mature alternative to the frequently and publicly feuding House Intelligence Committee, with Burr and Warner praising one another and appearing together at news conferences to deliver updates on their probe.
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When Scale first made its debut in July 2016 as part of YC's summer cohort, the company presented itself as a more intelligent alternative to Mechanical Turk, specifically to address the demands of artificial intelligence systems that needed more interaction and nuanced responses than the typical microtask asked of a Turker.
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Astounding new video taken at a depth of 28.2,000 meters (6,650 feet) by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Gulf of Mexico shows giant deep-sea isopods not wasting any time when an unexpected meal presented itself—in this case, a meal that doesn't typically appear on the menu.
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"We've all seen U.S. elections, UK general elections, we've had the Scottish referendum, the collapse of Lehman and QE (Quantitative Easing) but this is by far and away the biggest risk event that has presented itself to the UK," said Chris Huddleston, head of money markets at specialist bank Investec.
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Yankees 26, Indians 24 CLEVELAND — If Houston's A.J. Hinch, the American League manager in next week's All-Star Game, was mulling whom to select as his starting pitcher in the exhibition, a convenient showcase presented itself on Thursday night when two of the best in baseball were pitted against each other.
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To the extent that the United States has presented itself as an honest broker in the conflict over the years, Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry are viewed by many in Jerusalem as tilted to the Palestinian cause, despite the $38 billion they pledged to Israel's defense over the next 10 years.
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"Eldora is my favorite race track in the country and the truck race at Eldora is one of my favorite events of the season, so when this opportunity presented itself, I quickly jumped on it," said Bell, who drives the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series.
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The government's plan, which had been in the works for months, is a potential turning point for a nation that has been shaped by newcomers since its days as a British penal colony and that has presented itself in recent years as a model of how immigration, properly managed, can strengthen a country.
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Funded on Kickstarter in 2014, Frog Fractions 2 was pitched as—wait for it—a sequel to Frog Fractions, a browser-based game that presented itself as an edutainment title but secretly contained a whole series of funny mini-games in a variety of different genres for those who could find the rabbit hole.
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The project had clauses in place regarding progress to production (the studio had the movie slated for a November 13, 2020 release), and leading up to the 4th of July weekend, an opportunity presented itself that the project could be shopped somewhere else, leading to Netflix jumping on it and nabbing a major title for its library.
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Liberalism, as Fukuyama notes, has from the beginning presented itself as a universal creed, calling for the extension of basic political rights to every citizen, even if those rights have not often been evenly or justly enforced, Recently, historically excluded subgroups within liberal political orders have organized to achieve equal status for their groups qua groups.
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A similar photo opportunity presented itself two weeks ago when US Vice President Mike Pence took his assigned seat for the opening ceremony, not far from Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. At that appearance, Pence looked stony-faced when the North and South Korean athletes entered the stadium.
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He clearly preferred to drive to the rim when the opportunity presented itself, and generally shot jumpers when that was the right read—either because defenders sagged far enough off of him to allow an easy, in-rhythm jump shot, or because defenders went under a ball screen, allowing James to reach one of his hot spots and shoot uncontested.
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So a different, more concerning reality appears to have presented itself to those hoping to end the Connecticut streak: while the group only goes seven deep (and the seventh, traditional post Natalie Butler, played just seven minutes Monday night), the fact that everyone in the Huskies rotation is capable of doing so many things on both ends of the floor makes stopping them impossible, no matter what plan opposing coaches employ.
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As such, unlike later movements associated with European culture's "return to order" — Neo-Classicism in France, Neue Sachlichkeit in Germany, and Valori Plastici in Italy, to name a few — Metaphysical Painting did not arise from the industrial-scale devastation of World War I. Rather, for a brief period during and after the conflict, it presented itself as a pre-existing philosophical refuge for Italian artists as they shook off their Futurist sugar high and began to rethink whether the glorification of war was such a good idea after all.
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