Institutions can be severely damaged in one huge blow or whittled away.
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The value gap between cheap and dear stocks has not been whittled away.
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Subsequent administrations, both British and Chinese, whittled away the restraints on government intervention.
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However, the Pistons whittled away at the lead late in the second quarter.
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Instead AT&T whittled away at the autonomy of Mr Plepler and of HBO.
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Each time Utah whittled away the deficit during the second quarter, Barton keyed another run.
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Democrats privately expressed concern that the negative advertising has whittled away at Ms. Baldwin's support.
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After lawyers' fees and other expenses, the $12,1003 payout was whittled away to only $3,500.
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The Magic whittled away at the gap with advantages in the second and third quarters.
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Federal deregulation in transportation and telecommunications whittled away profits that unions were hoping to share in.
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But still, he was part of my identity, which had already been so whittled away in prison.
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The rest has come from fees, which are being whittled away by the rising costs of the givebacks.
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Unlike abortion rights, which can be slowly whittled away, same-sex marriage is not amenable to incremental curbs.
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All but 10 tracks were whittled away, leaving a record as timeless as those that first inspired Auerbach.
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They include weight gain or loss, choppy sleep patterns, daily habits that get whittled away — and clinical depression.
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But Utah whittled away at the Beavers' lead, coming up with a 9-2 spurt of its own.
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An earlier plunge in energy stock prices whittled away at the energy sector's weighting in the S&P 260.
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The Hawks whittled away at it but shot just 12 percent from the 3-point line in the half.
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She worries the $5,000 will be whittled away on other transportation costs — for the bus or a rental car.
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One person carved, another whittled away the loose ends, another sanded the little statuettes down until they were smooth.
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But under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Labour whittled away the Tories' lead among women until it barely existed.
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And greater competition and regulatory pressures have whittled away much of the alpha, or outperformance, that hedge funds had enjoyed.
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Portland whittled away to get within 98-93 on a 3-pointer by Anfernee Simons with 2:51 to play.
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But while Obama's policy legacy is being whittled away, he also has an important personal legacy that Trump inadvertently burnishes.
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But that advantage is slowly being whittled away as software goes cross-platform, taking advantage of increasingly more powerful mobile devices.
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Roberts questioned whether they should be devoting resources to breeding cats while the wild cheetah population continues to be whittled away.
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The Blazers were ahead by as many as 23 points in the third quarter before the Warriors whittled away the deficit.
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The Umbrella Movement was frayed by infighting over protest tactics and by legal injunctions that whittled away at demonstrators' street encampments.
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Investors are building new long positions, offsetting a major short position, which has been whittled away from record levels by short covering.
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As US-led coalition forces have whittled away ISIS control of its "Caliphate," the struggle for influence, oil and territory has intensified.
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These expenses could come at a time when savings have been whittled away by end-of-life care bills for a spouse.
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Those pressures have potentially whittled away at Japanese firms' ability to compete, says Hideaki Miyajima, a Waseda University professor and corporate governance expert.
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Hayward drove for a dunk to stop the run and Utah whittled away the deficit behind 3-pointers from Dante Exum and Johnson.
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While the release of information and emails had slowly whittled away at this defense, Tuesday's statement from the FBI director destroyed its remaining vestiges.
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The Badgers whittled away and used back-to-back baskets by Davison and Trice to tie the score at 54 with 4:12 left.
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Meanwhile, these same vulnerable populations are watching the single most important tool for affecting positive social change whittled away by discriminatory voter suppression laws.
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An end to Roe isn't guaranteed — some court watchers expect Chief Justice John Roberts to allow it to be whittled away rather than overturned.
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Sears' peers, like Bon-Ton and Mervyn's, whittled away, while rivals like and poured money into their businesses to be among the ones left standing.
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The EPL may have ended last Sunday, but quietly lurking in the background, the FA Cup has whittled away the competition to a final two.
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The Wolf Pack whittled away at their deficit and later received six straight points from Caroline to creep within 210-70 with 1:44 left.
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The administration has whittled away regulations in many industries, but President Trump has repeatedly said tech giants like Facebook and Amazon have too much power.
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Below-average builds have gradually whittled away the enormous surplus of natural gas left in storage as a result of the warm winter of 2015/16.
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Behind Prince (team-high 28 points), Baylor (22-12) whittled away until it had possession of the ball with six seconds left and trailed, 77-75.
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Not only is their customer base being whittled away, but the customers they are left with are older people who are most likely to want personal service.
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But these non-call periods have been getting shorter and shorter, while the premium for calling the bonds has been whittled away, capping the upside for investors.
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The Volunteers used an 23-22 run to open up a 219-35 advantage with 14:58 remaining before the Tigers whittled away to move within eight.
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Their central issue: The land they've called home for centuries has steadily been whittled away due to the effects of increasingly volatile storms and rising sea levels.
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Consistently below-average stock builds throughout the injection season have gradually whittled away the huge surplus of gas left over from the record warm winter of 2015/16.
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Sterling was the biggest loser among major currencies as weaker-than-expected first quarter growth numbers further whittled away at the likelihood of a rate hike next month.
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Utah State whittled away the bulk of a double-digit deficit after Klay Stall and Isby each made a pair of layups to fuel a 236-083 run.
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The year of chemotherapy and surgery that followed whittled away even the most basic capacities whose true worth, I learned, was impossible to capture through imaginative effort alone.
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Inevitably, you whittled away at what you are (and aren't) looking for in a partner — which is profoundly valuable, even when it doesn't conclude with a wedding hashtag.
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As a result, the RAC program has been whittled away to nearly nothing, now only permitted to review half of one percent (0.5%) of a provider's medical records.
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Positioning also offered little respite for the British currency after a large chunk of short positions were whittled away in recent weeks, leaving the pound more vulnerable to losses.
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Cable operators turned to home security services a few years ago for a new revenue stream and as a way to rebuild margins whittled away by swelling programming costs.
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The law was whittled away over time as banks gained permission to engage in more trading activity, and was repealed altogether in 1999 with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
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He's just a screwup with a sick brother, a fondness for easy cons, and a surprisingly big heart, one that we know will eventually be whittled away for good.
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The health scare comes after months of anti-government protests in the former British colony over fears its special autonomy is being whittled away by Beijing, which denies doing so.
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The Grizzlies trailed by as many as 18 in the first half but whittled away at the deficit and moved within 92-91 on Conley's basket with 143:55 remaining.
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Sterling was the biggest loser among major currencies on Friday as weaker-than-expected first-quarter growth numbers further whittled away at the likelihood of a rate hike next month.
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The strength of the law has been whittled away over recent decades, however, to the point that millions fewer Americans are guaranteed extra pay for extra work than in 1979.
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The greatest worry in the medium term is that the rights that ex-pats in Britain and the rest of the EU would enjoy under the deal would be whittled away.
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Even if competitors haven't beaten Harley, they have whittled away at its market share — most notably Japanese brands, which have created model lines like the Kawasaki Vulcan and the Suzuki Boulevard.
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The scholars argue that the American economy is afflicted by "rents" — returns in excess of what investments would yield in a competitive economy, where fat margins are quickly whittled away by competition.
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People love the beauty that surrounds them, but seethe at policies that they say have whittled away logging and mining jobs, left national forests vulnerable to wildfires and blocked access to public land.
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And while Samsung has whittled away at the time and headaches required by the whole process of shooting and posting 360-degree videos, the new Gear 360 can still feel exhausting to use.
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For years, Sloven has seen profits whittled away by rising costs, tighter regulations and Chinese government policies aimed at building a more sustainable and services-oriented economy that have squeezed lower-end manufacturers.
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In the long run, though, as it unraveled across the region, the Arab Spring proved to be disastrous for Hamas, which saw the number of countries it could call a friend whittled away.
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Akron whittled away at Creighton's lead, getting it down to nine points before a 3-pointer by Tavian Dunn-Martin pulled the Zips (6-2) within 78-70 with 1:52 remaining in regulation.
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But a recovery in freight, coupled with a boom in oil and gas drilling, which relies heavily on diesel, and record exports to Latin America and other markets have steadily whittled away the surplus.
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But dwindling revenues from lower production and prices has whittled away the family war chest, and falling living standards have triggered a desire for change in this small, central African country of 1.8 million people.
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The findings echo other recent polls which show May's once commanding lead of more than 20 points when she called the campaign being whittled away, meaning she might no longer win the landslide she hoped.
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The right to have an abortion, which exists in name only in some areas of the country, could soon be even further whittled away — and the justices could do so without overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Fierce competition from other certification programs like Dolby and DTS whittled away at the number of THX certified cinemas, and as moviegoers started to embrace home theaters and technologies like Blu-ray, so did THX.
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Sacramento continued its strong play in the early part of the third quarter and led 77-51 with 7:10 left before the Suns whittled away to trail by 87-75 entering the final stanza.
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The Umbrella Movement, the 79 days of sit-ins that began five years ago on Saturday, ended when some groups of protesters denounced others' more aggressive actions and legal injunctions whittled away the protest sites.
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A small turnout might benefit Biden — and the fact that he's a lot of caucus-goers' second choice in polling, so he could see a bump in support after the also-ran candidates are whittled away.
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Tight budgets have whittled away at school days, with thousands of districts across the country cramming classes into four-day weeks, despite widespread agreement among educators that students need more instruction time for a better education.
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Those conventions have been whittled away by both Democrats and Republicans in recent years as the mood in Washington has become more and more polarized, however, with each party accusing the other of misusing the rules.
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The Kings led by 10 early in the second quarter after a basket by Mason but Orlando eventually whittled away and cut its deficit to 36-33 on a 3-pointer by Augustin with 1:48 remaining.
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A wave of massive protests in recent weeks has left them searching for how best to respond to the demands of citizens of Hong Kong, who fear that their freedoms are being whittled away under Chinese rule.
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That was soon whittled away, with Red Bull's Danish racer Frederik Rasmussen winning the first two races to clinch the team title, while Tonizza was handed a three second penalty in race two for exceeding track limits.
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If Trump is allowed to continue stacking the courts with judges like this, it is only a matter of time before Roe and a host of other cases protecting our personal liberties are whittled away or outright overturned.
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On the federal level and in both red and blue states, policies like truth-in-sentencing laws and mandatory minimums whittled away judges' ability to show leniency or issue sentences consistent with the circumstances of each individual case.
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In fact, Felix has held onto and slowly whittled away at his own records for the Professor since 2009, when he wrestled the title away from the comparatively molasses-fingered Dan Cohen, who clocked 1:07.25 as his best.
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" The report tested various pro-democracy messages and found that the one that "generated the most favorable feelings about America's system of democratic government used the phrase 'so that the freedoms and rights we cherish don't get whittled away.
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But Marshall (1-2) whittled away at the deficit, cutting it to just three points at the culmination of a 5:153 Notre Dame scoring drought to make it 49-46 with 10:218.2 to play in the game.
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Liberalism's respect for diverse opinions and ways of life has whittled away much prejudice: against religious and ethnic minorities, against the proposition that girls and boys should have an equal opportunity to attend school, against same-sex sex, against single parents.
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Now fears are mounting that jobs in the manufacturing sector — still a bedrock of the Swiss economy even as other advanced economies shift more to services — are going for good after being whittled away during decades of automation and offshoring.
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City of Amsterdam, said that heads of state and even government-owned museums like the Stedelijk had traditionally been protected from such lawsuits by the doctrine of sovereign immunity, but that American court rulings had whittled away at that shield.
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A six-point January lead in the English Premier League has been whittled away by the relentlessness of our main opponents and reigning champions, Manchester City, and the fact that we drew a number of games that we should have won.
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"In a historical sense, the old idea that the solar wind will just be gradually whittled away as you go further into interstellar space is simply not true," said Don Gurnett, author of one of the studies at the University of Iowa.
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And it's why — and I come back to this a bunch of times — why I have yet to see a model of any ad-supported subscription journalism that works for small-, medium-sized papers in communities where they've seen those papers whittled away.
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In its latest quarter, Hudson's Bay's profit margins were whittled away due to more promotions and clearance sales, but management tried to calm analysts and investors' fears by saying the company plans to hold less inventory in the future to avoid such problems.
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And that is just a small measure of the corruption that has whittled away at virtually every institution in the country, including schools, public housing, the police, the power utility, South African Airways and state enterprises overseeing everything from rail service to the defense industry.
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Occasionally I'd stay awake all day, and though I stubbornly told myself I "didn't do regrets" about the lost afternoons whittled away, hoofing coke and ranking and re-ranking Little Mix singles on friend's sofas, I'm a grown man and know all this is shitty for my health.
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American Elana Meyers Taylor, who won silver four years ago and bronze in 2010, and partner Lauren Gibbs piled on the pressure with a succession of fast starts but their advantage was whittled away each time and they took silver, seven hundredths of a second behind in three minutes, 22.52 seconds.
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At 16 years old the Canadian youth became a celebrity with its release, and so began six years of fame that enabled Bieber to produce more music, encultured him in the world of rich and famous, and progressively whittled away at the young man who came of age before billions worldwide.
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More than 261 years after Freedom Summer, with voting rights across the nation being whittled away by stricter requirements — requirements challenged in two Mississippi lawsuits as discriminatory — a new generation of youth are taking up the cause to increase voter registration and civic engagement, especially among young citizens and marginalized communities.
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While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified "priority areas for conservation" that are "essential for sage-grouse conservation," the land-use agencies whittled away at those habitats in California, Utah, Idaho and Nevada, giving a much lower level of protection to millions of acres of the most important habitats.
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If it ever does become possible to unrig the system, it will be because enough of us have come to agree about how it got that way and have set to work restoring our economic liberties in the same way they were whittled away: doggedly, democratically, one market and one jurisdiction at a time.
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