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

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

The smell is characteristic of garlic.

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

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

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

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

So here R is the characteristic length of the robot.

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

Standard form in odd characteristic.

One of the interviewees explains a unique characteristic of Cuban graffiti

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.

The characteristic features of IVM include

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

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

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

Both have their characteristic benefits and costs.

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.

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

When it came, it carried Singh s characteristic warmth.

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

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

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

But he was also profoundly characteristic of Russian leaders.

One important characteristic of interspecies hydrogen transfer is that the H2 concentration in the microbial environment is very low.

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.

(Intervening in contractual relations ex post to enforce union demands is an emerging characteristic of the administration).

In mineralogy, crystal habit is the characteristic external shape of an individual crystal or groups of crystals.

This problem is exacerbated by the extent of mixed' or internationalized' conflicts characteristic of the current era.

To do something decisively that has been carefully thought out and discussed is considered a sign of immaturity, but that is characteristic of youth impatient for change.

The characteristic of services as inputs to other sectors of the economy is clearly demonstrated in these sectors.

These photo neutrons can be detected and their energy is characteristic of the materials from which they come.

A common characteristic of the countries selected is that they are relatively new to competition law enforcement and in particular to anti cartel enforcement.

Indeed, one characteristic sign of economic vitality is the frequency of bankruptcy, for business failures indicate a willingness to gamble and take risks on innovation.

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.

But in my judgment, this is characteristic of far from equilibrium situations when perceptions tend to lag behind reality.

The first element expansion in the two categories of membership is clearly the one most characteristic of the proposal.

For example, in Erikson's discussion of stages of personality, this theorist suggests that a lifetime is spent in reworking issues that were originally characteristic of a childhood stage.

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

It is characteristic to Estonia as a small country that ambassadors are accredited to several countries concurrently, e.g. a female ambassador residing in Austria is also accredited to Slovenia, Switzerland and Slovakia.

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

The first temptation, characteristic of frightened societies, is a rush to embrace so called traditional values, with their implications of withdrawal, closure, intolerance, and even hatred.