A key characteristic of the European crisis has been the strong correlation between banking stress and sovereign distress.

I would reiterate that the key characteristic of a permanent seat is not the permanence of the seat itself, but the privileges attached to it.

The key challenge for New Labour (as Blair re styled it with his characteristic gift for spin), was the management of the British economy.

One common characteristic, then and now, is a power shift.

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This characteristic was often linked to the weakness of many State structures in Africa, which had led to the private sector encroaching on the key security functions of States.

One of the interviewees explains a unique characteristic of Cuban graffiti

The smell is characteristic of garlic.

The characteristic features of IVM include

A recurrent characteristic of Europe s debt crisis debate is a Latin American precedent.

It is a panorama that is increasingly characteristic of modern day Africa.

Both have their characteristic benefits and costs.

Self criticism, even more than innovation, is a defining characteristic of the West.

Sexual characteristic In some cultures, breasts play a role in human sexual activity.

An alternating potential (A.C.) produces a standing wave in the crystal at a characteristic frequency.

When it came, it carried Singh s characteristic warmth.

We think that this characteristic is a fundamental reason for PSI's success to date.

But he was also profoundly characteristic of Russian leaders.

So here R is the characteristic length of the robot.

And, while muddling through is a characteristic response of complex political systems, it is deeply destructive.

The impunity that is characteristic of these heinous crimes must stop.

Parrots Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeParrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape and a generally erect stance.

But this latest dispute is characteristic of a remarkable flurry of anti Japanese activity in China since 2003.

This is a common characteristic in the speech and language profile because 69 of children have palatal abnormalities.

A general characteristic, however, is that the programming language and the database schema use the same type definitions.

Clinical features are not well understood and there are no characteristic xanthomas.

He has conveyed this analysis with great insight, characteristic passion and commitment.

A gas plume that is warmer than the surrounding air will passively emit light characteristic of its chemical constituents.

Indeed, Putin s signature characteristic is to be all men for all Russia s people.

Clinical diagnosis may be confirmed by seeing the characteristic crystals in joint fluid.

Some emissions are characteristic of a nuclear weapons complex and include those from fissile materials and some particular light elements.

In modern philosophy and mathematics, a property is a characteristic of an object a red object is said to have the property of redness.

A characteristic of the occupying students, who generally are between 13 and 17 years old, is their zeal for public property.

The stakes High stakes are not a characteristic of the test itself, but rather of the consequences placed on the outcome.

All elementary particles have a characteristic spin, for example electrons always have spin 1 2 while photons always have spin 1 .

On the other hand, the subject matter has clearly political aspects , a characteristic which generally favours abrogation or at least suspension.

In fact, a central feature of all crises is a sense of urgency, and in many cases urgency becomes the most compelling crises characteristic.

Most of the characteristic char grilled taste doesn't come from the wood or the charcoal.

So it's the fat that drips down and flares up that causes the characteristic taste.

One characteristic of Swiss law is that it distinguishes between tax evasion and tax fraud.

Guantánamo, the deportations, the Padilla case, and the electronic eavesdropping program all share this characteristic.

A medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a physician during a physical examination of a patient.

In a particularly dangerous environment, the characteristic manifestations of PTSD a hyper awareness of one's surroundings, a quick trigger response to danger could save someone's life.

Since this trade is channelled through distribution networks, growth in distribution services will continue to be a characteristic of the global economy.

Sami became a key witness.