Equalizer

it's the mental equivalent of the full body massage.

So, instead, I would suggest the intellectual equivalent of an antitrust law.

In order to avoid any inconsistency in this respect, the Belgian delegation thus considers it preferable to deal simultaneously, in a single overall approach, with the question of the electronic equivalent of an original and that of electronic equivalents for the transfer of rights by means of negotiable instruments.

According to Dorothy Nelkin and Susan Lindee, it has become a sacred entity the modern equivalent of the Christian soul, an individual s essence.

The modern equivalent of that learning about trade policy would be to think about mechanisms to ensure long term improvement in fiscal policymaking.

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For, unlike diplomatic communications, which are generally an invitation to dialogue, legislation translates into a take it or leave it prescription, the operational equivalent of an ultimatum.

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On February 23, Russians celebrate the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland, a rough equivalent of Father s Day but with a militaristic flavor.

He presented his Justice and Development Party as the Muslim equivalent of Europe s Christian Democratic parties, combining economic growth, anti corruption policies, and free elections.

Yet it is legitimate to ask what, for Europeans looking at Asia, would be the equivalent of the peace, compassion and cooperation that Asians see in Europe?

He got a job working for Raytheon, designing guidance systems, which was part of the Route 128 high tech axis in those days so the equivalent of Silicone Valley in the '70s.

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NEWPORT BEACH The United States has gone through an arduous period of intervention and rehabilitation since the global financial crisis in 2008 sent it to the economic equivalent of the emergency room.

The survey identified one Hague Convention likely to be affected by the E Contracting Convention and where the functional equivalent rule established by article 9 (2) and (3) might be incompatible with the spirit of the Hague Convention.

What is the modern equivalent of branding with a scarlet A, which was the penalty for adultery in colonial New England?

What is the modern equivalent of branding with a scarlet A, which was the penalty for adultery in colonial New England? Maybe the credit ratings agencies have the answer.

In all, combined halocarbon emissions had fallen as a percentage of total CO2 equivalents from 33 per cent in 1990 to 10 per cent in 2000.

The origins of the Great War include a fascinating precedent concerning how financial globalization can become the equivalent of a national arms race, thereby increasing the vulnerability of the international order.

The term has been translated as eunuchs (as in Sir Richard Burton's translation of the book), but these persons have also been considered to be the equivalent of the modern hijra of India.

Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones in their arms and their legs collapse. Developing tar sands and coal shale is the equivalent. Here are just a few of the investments that I personally think make sense.

Those States intending to become parties to the statute would no doubt wish to reconcile to the greatest possible extent the personal jurisdiction of a court with the equivalent jurisdiction in their domestic criminal law.

In this connection, the Working Group's current work on transport law aimed at defining an electronic equivalent of negotiable transport documents should naturally be taken into consideration.

This drive prompted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in January 2010 to proclaim the freedom to connect as the cyber equivalent of the more familiar freedoms of assembly or expression.

The present contribution focuses on paragraphs 4 to 6 of article 9 of the draft convention, which define the electronic equivalent of an original and which, in the view of the Belgian delegation, constitute the main difficulty which the draft still poses.

The Belgian delegation sees this as further evidence of the fact that paragraphs 4 and 5 of article 9 cannot, as they stand, be regarded as satisfactorily addressing the question of the electronic equivalent of an original.

2 Excludes financial equivalent of UNV activities financed directly by United Nations and by other United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, including UNDP ( 129.0 million).

Indeed, lending to governments and banks in the European periphery represents the European equivalent of subprime lending in the US (which was also concentrated in a few sunshine states).

So, instead of becoming the principal reserve asset of the global system, the proportion of SDRs in global reserves shrank to a tiny fraction, rendering the SDR the monetary equivalent of Esperanto.

Yet it is legitimate to ask what, for Europeans looking at Asia, would be the equivalent of the peace, compassion and cooperation that Asians see in Europe? Could it be a combination of hope, energy, long term thinking, and curiosity?

The cumulative effect, Kissinger continued, drives American foreign policy toward unilateral and bullying conduct. For, unlike diplomatic communications, which are generally an invitation to dialogue, legislation translates into a take it or leave it prescription, the operational equivalent of an ultimatum.

Timbuktu, a film by Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, won big at the 40th Cesar Awards, France's equivalent of the Oscars, which took place at Paris's Théâtre du Châtelet on February 20 and 21, 2015.

In the extreme, governments can appoint central bank leaders who have a long standing record of stating a tolerance for moderate inflation an exact parallel to the idea of appointing conservative central bankers as a means of combating high inflation.

Taking advantage of the Internet and weibo (the Chinese equivalent of Twitter), they have become champions of social justice. Their moral courage and social stature have, in turn, helped them to build mass support (measured by the tens of millions of their weibo followers).

Nigeria is not Africa s equivalent of what China is for Asia. And post apartheid South Africa, for all its progress, has not fulfilled the expectations placed on it, and remains unlikely to become the continent s gendarme.

The thinking, mostly implicit, is that maximizing TSR by polluting the environment is acceptable as long as some compensating contributions are made to CSR initiatives the corporate equivalent of bathing in the Ganges to wash away one s sins.

In terms of trends regarding key gases, data from several sources had suggested that CFC levels were stable or decreasing and currently amounted to 1.5 1.9 GT of carbon dioxide equivalents, HCFC levels were increasing by 1 3 per cent per year and currently amounted to 0.53 0.56 GT of CO2 equivalents, and HFC levels were increasing by 13 17 per cent per year and currently amounted to 0.36 GT of CO2 equivalents.

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But the world soon became awash in dollars. So, instead of becoming the principal reserve asset of the global system, the proportion of SDRs in global reserves shrank to a tiny fraction, rendering the SDR the monetary equivalent of Esperanto.

Similarly, the gravity of weaker growth will most likely overcome the levitational effect on equity prices from more quantitative easing, particularly given that equity valuations today are not as depressed as they were in 2009 or 2010.

Tailgating, or picking up dimes in front of a steamroller, is another source of febezzle. Investors search for regular small gains punctuated by occasional large losses, an approach exemplified by the carry trade by which investors borrowed euros in Germany and France to lend in Greece and Portugal.

The lessons of 1914 are about more than simply the dangers of national animosities. The origins of the Great War include a fascinating precedent concerning how financial globalization can become the equivalent of a national arms race, thereby increasing the vulnerability of the international order.

For nearly 60 years, universal suffrage has made successive French presidents the modern equivalents of elected monarchs, men who have concentrated in their hands more power than their counterparts in any other democratic country.