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During the open debate 34 speakers took the floor.

Both the original, literal, and the derived figurative sense were used in Latin, but the figurative is older in English.

Why? Because we cannot ignore the metaphorical meaning of words either.

A good metaphor might embody the idea of an inclusive economy.

The terrorists hit multiple targets in Mumbai, both literally and figuratively.

Both sports figures were designated United Nations spokespersons for the International Year.

But another step in metaphor building is needed to encapsulate the idea of economic inclusion.

If we take this metaphor at face value, there is a surprising consequence.

The marriage analogy has become a rather over used metaphor for Europe s efforts to integrate.

And one of the problems of knowing a word like synecdochically is that you really want an excuse to say synecdochically.

I have travelled the length and breadth of my country, chatting with young people and asking them what is important to young Australians.

Mr. van den Bossche (Belgium), speaking on behalf of the Union, said that the Union's position on the issue was well known and he would not repeat it.

But in many other countries, the water is already flooding over the dikes, both literally and figuratively.

By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery.

Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves and others, how we communicate, learn, discover and invent.

The observer for Luxembourg, speaking on behalf of the European Union, referred to the recent adoption of the European Union Drugs Strategy (2005 2012), which set clear objectives for the coming years.

Mr. Awad (Egypt), speaking on behalf of the Non Aligned Movement, requested a suspension of the meeting in order to enable the Non Aligned Movement to hold brief consultations.

Enoch Sontonga died in 1905 in relative anonymity but his masterpiece lives on in the heart of a whole continent centuries later.

NEW YORK There is little doubt that green will be the metaphorical color of choice for world leaders when they gather at the G 20 Summit in Pittsburgh.

In the flat world of globalization to borrow Thomas Friedman s powerful metaphor it seems that Russia no longer has a place.

If you worry about financial Armageddon, it is indeed metaphorically the time to stock your bunker with guns, ammunition, canned food, and gold bars.

He wrote some very interesting letters to one of his friends who was J.D. Hooker, or at that time, president of the Royal Society, so the maximum scientific authority in Britain speaking about the brain in the plants.

We recall the metaphor used by a well known North American writer who spoke of the Dracula effect , meaning that this kind of agreement can take place only in darkness.

Now, if you assume that this greater cross wiring and concepts are also in different parts of the brain, then it's going to create a greater propensity towards metaphorical thinking and creativity in people with synesthesia.

The metaphor, overwhelmingly endorsed by voters, stood for Roosevelt s mandate to fix the ailing economy along lines that were innovative but still essentially capitalist.

However, the metaphor is limited by a simple fact computers do not make computers.

Mr. Sena (Brazil), speaking also on behalf of Argentina, said that the two delegations shared the concern expressed by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the African Group for the development of the population in the Mission area.

The time seems ripe for that idea, and it fits with the triumph of inclusiveness symbolized by Obama himself. But another step in metaphor building is needed to encapsulate the idea of economic inclusion.

Well, think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common, the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.

Now, TED sends you a lot of spam if you're a speaker about do this, do that and you fill out all these forms, and you don't actually know how they're going to describe you, and it flashed across my desk that they were going to introduce me as a futurist.

On 20 May, the Special Rapporteur participated as a speaker and special guest in an event entitled Justice, Strength of Democracy , held in Rome as part of the celebrations to mark the twentieth anniversary of European Magistrates for Democracy and Freedom (MEDEL).

Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?

The representative of India (speaking on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China) welcomed the entry into force of the Firearms Protocol as well as the increase in States parties to all the instruments.

The representative of India (speaking on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China) welcomed the entry into force of the Firearms Protocol as well as the increase in the number of States parties to all the instruments.

The right metaphor would spin some of these ideas, or others like them, into a vision for America s future that, like the New Deal, would gain coherence as it is transformed into reality.

Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.

The political song transforms this timeless eternity into an active present and an opportunity for future progress.

With private investors reluctant to lend more or even to roll over existing debt, the bulk of Greek debt at the time of any restructuring (or whatever it is euphemistically called) will be from the official sector.

As for the State party's claim that 18 of the 22 recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture had been fully implemented, he was curious to know which four recommendations had not, in its view, been fully implemented.

Mr. Elji (Syrian Arab Republic), speaking in explanation of vote before the voting, said that his country fully respected the role played by United Nations personnel in performing their functions and that it would continue to make every possible effort to ensure the security and safety of such personnel in its territory.

Mr. Llewellyn (United Kingdom), speaking on behalf of the European Union, said that, in the light of the opinions expressed by previous speakers, the European Union was considering whether to explain its position on the optional protocol during the relevant debate in a plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

The representative of Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC), said that while endorsing the statement made on behalf of the G77 and China, GRULAC wished the outcome of the present special session to be duly considered by the United Nations General Assembly.

McNair, supra note 36, at 696 97. Sir William Moleswork, speaking for the British Government in the House of Commons on 1 August 1854, said, I n consequence of our being at war with Russia, I hold that we are more bound in honour to pay this debt than if we were at peace. Ibid.

The metaphor comes from the famous mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing, who, along with John von Neumann and other theoreticians, uncovered the link between the mathematics of whole numbers and logic.