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Still thriving are the old commercial areas which brought so much of the wealth to the city and country generally.
The old commercial areas are still thriving.
The old commercial areas are dead.
Nowadays, the city is a blend of historic buildings and modern skyscrapers, and the contrast is striking.
Modern skyscrapers and historical buildings make for a contrasting skyline.
The city's skyline is hardly visible; mostly buildings that are not prolific.
Eat My Flannel
Flannel needs to be eaten.
Don't eat the flannel.
uh-huh yeah really yeah and i need all the help i can get
yes, and i require as much assistance as possible
nah, i'm fine, i don't need any help
Orange groves sprawl on both sides of the Ibiza Sant Rafel road, cutting through the attractive, parched landscape.
There are a lot of orange groves in Ibiza.
Only lemons are grown on the sides of the Ibiza Sant Rafel road.
And it implies that the Harlem racket reverted to local control.
That shows us that the Harlem racket is under local control.
This shows us that the Harlem racket is under national control again.
White describes his wife Katherine, who, very sick in the fall of the last year of her life, goes out into the garden, as she has done every year before, to plant the spring bulbs she knew she would never live to see rise.
White says his wife was very sick.
White says his wife was very healthy.
Where's the key?
The key is missing.
The keys are not needed.
MARKETABLE TREASURY SECURITIES - Debt securities, including Treasury bills, notes, and bonds, that the U.S.
Marketable treasury securities are debt securities of the U.S.
Marketable treasury securities do not exist in the U.S.
The oldest dances are survivors from Moorish times, and are usually performed in mountain villages.
Dances from long ago are still being preformed in mountain villages.
The oldest dances are routinely performed in sea-side villages.
If, for example, a company wants to argue that unionization will raise labor costs to the point where it will be forced to shut down operations, should it be allowed to do so?
Should companies be allowed to argue against unions, because it may raise their labor cost?
Most companies accept unions without question.
Look left down Bank Street to see the ornate facade of the Bank of Scotland headquarters, a symbol of the city's continuing important position in the financial world.
The Bank of Scotland is important in the financial world.
The Bank of Scotland isn't very important to the financial world.
Grace and consistency?
Consistency and Grace?
unreliable and brash?
Montpellier is a good base for visits both south into Languedoc-Roussillon and east into the Camargue and Provence.
Montpellier is north of Languedoc-Roussillon, but west of Provence.
Montpellier is to the east of the Camargue.
Under the Alternative Estimate, the number of avoided cases of chronic bronchitis, hospital and ER visits, and minor respiratory illnesses and symptoms is the same as the Base.
The Alternative Estimate considers hospital and ER visits.
The Alternative Estimate does not include hospital visits.
CIO magazine aims to provide actionable insight and decision support for information technology and business executives so that they may use information technology to obtain a competitive advantage.
CIO magazine is a publication that focuses on information technology.
Using insight and decision support will never result in an advantage.
He killed another stud this season.
Another stallion was killed this season, he was the murderer.
He loves studs, he wouldn't hurt one.
get you a little name plaque
Get yourself a plaque with your name on it
Get you a paper bag to hide your identity
--DeParle's big concluding anecdote is the story of Michelle Crawford, a 39-year-old Milwaukee woman who went to work last year at a plastics plant, after two decades of desperation and chronic dependence on welfare.
Michelle Crawford was chronically dependant on welfare for two decades.
DeParle told the story of Michelle Crawford, who quit working at the plastics plant.
from the day care
Leaving the day care facility.
There is no clue as to where it is from.
In resolving business issues, they were sometimes able to identify more efficient technical opportunities.
Resolving business problems were able to identify more efficient technical opportunities
Business issues were never attempted to be understood
Forty thousand of us die that way each year.
Forty thousand people die the same way each year.
Four thousand people die the same way each year.
oh you'll find something like that uh especially when you have kids
You will find something like that, moreso when you have kids.
You won't find anything like that with kids.
i found that true especially for walking on toes or fronts
That happens when i walk on toes or fronts.
It does not happen when I walk on my toes.
The profundity of an artist such as we won't see again for some time (Sarah Kaufman, the Washington Post ). Critics forgive his use of goofy gimmicks--he improvises a dance to his own heartbeat, which is amplified by a device affixed to his chest--focusing instead on the credibility he has given modern dance, having switched from classical ballet in midcareer.
The artist switched from classical ballet to get into modern dance.
He switched from goofy modern dance to classical ballet.
National saving represents resources available for investment in the nation's stock of capital goods, such as plant, equipment, and housing.
Capital goods are accounted for in national savings.
National savings is measured by totaling the balance of all savings accounts registered in that nation.
First of all, he must have a square meal.
He has to get a proper meal.
He doesn't need a square meal.
Both the external and internal environments are important, and neither can be viewed independently of the other.
Internal and external environments can't be evaluated in a vacuum.
External environments can and should be viewed the same as internal environment.
I tell you, pal, I don't like this place.
I don't like this place, I can tell you that.
Yeah, this place is cool.
interested parties to a common objective and integrate their knowledge,
Interested people pool their knowledge to achieve a common goal.
There was no collaboration or integration of knowledge.
Such a program (with appropriate measures to address local concerns) would provide significant health benefits even as we increase electricity supplies.
Significant health benefits would be provided by such a program.
The program wouldn't help with health benefits.
It was the only defeat of Drake's career.
Drake had no other losses in his career.
Drake lost many battles during his career.
One popular hypothesis about Aug. 17 is the notion that Clinton won't admit/apologize because Hillary Clinton won't let him.
Some say Hillary won't let Bill do anything.
Hillary clearly wants Bill to apologize.
Birch, unlike Clinton, had to give a principled answer--uh, yes--at which point Will and Bennett dragged her through the sordid exercise of distinguishing gay marriage from polygamy and incest.
Bennett said gay marriage was similar to incest.
Bennett said gay marriage was great for society.
The more pacific Greek-style temple known as the Maison Carr??e, an elegant monument dating from the first century b.c. , is noted for the finely sculpted Corinthian capitals on its columns.
The Maison Carr temple has a Greek style.
The Greek-style temple has Ionic capitals on its columns.
I saw White.
White - I saw him.
I didn't see White anywhere.
A police helicopter was tumbling through the sky, tracing a rapid path back down to earth.
A helicopter was crashing to the ground.
A helicopter was flying without a problem.
um not really just yet we've uh well i i do have uh a little bit of property i grew up in South Dakota
Maybe in the future, and I do own real estate.
No, I don't think it will be possible because I don't own land.
Hong Kong hotels have excellent business services and conference facilities; many have shopping malls.
Some Hong Kong hotels feature shopping malls, as well as providing excellent facilities such as conference facilities and business services.
Hong Kong only has small, locally owned hotels that have limited facilities, but feature a great location near public transport.
The most striking feature of Santo da Serra is its flatness; it may not be in the league of Pa??l da Serra, but it is still large enough to accommodate a 27-hole golf course .
The flatness of Santo da Serra is its most striking characteristic.
The many highs and peaks of Santo da Serra are its most striking characteristic.
He was pictured in last Friday's New York Times actually wagging his finger, Clinton-that woman-style, as he publicly lied to get himself out of a fix.
In last Friday's New York Times he was pictured wagging his finger.
There have never been any pictures of him published.
It is also the male who emits a formidable honk through its nose at times of great excitement or alarm.
The male's nose honk is used in times of alarm.
The female emits a nose honk as a warning.
Do it too late and you seem, actually it's glib and insincere again.
It's glib and insincere if you do it too late.
It's sincere if you do it too late and it's insincere if you do it on time.
The time needed to complete this phase of an implementation project is about 23 months.
The phase takes 23 months.
This phase will take less than a year.
do you go right after work
Do you go after work?
Do you go before work?
i'm in computer science actually i'm uh today i had uh i'm in a Masters program
I'm in a Masters program for computer science.
I'm not in grad school.
She was unable to chew gum while the braces were on, so now she is going cow wild, so to speak.
She couldn't chew gum with braces.
She never had to wear braces and feels indifferent about gum.
At a higher price, too many customers would walk away.
Too many customers walk away from a high price
Customers are drawn to high prices
And no idea of saying good-bye politely to the ladies.
And lack of tact at bidding farewell to the women.
And kindly bid farewell to the ladies.
and uh it uh it was interesting just to listen to the rationale uh being proposed and the logic of some of the people uh it was also extremely difficult to stay awake sometimes because there was so many witnesses and we were not allowed to take any notes of any kind uh and i thought that that was a failing because uh from the standpoint that it was difficult to try to remember everything and and yet the judge said well um if you're taking notes you're missing something
We could not write down anything about the trial.
We could take detailed notes about the trial.
jeez you can't get any interest rates
Gosh, you cannot get good interest.
Wow, you can get good interest rates.
The remaining costs are institutional costs that are primarily driven by the size of the network.
Leftover costs are institutional, driven primarily by the size of the network.
The remaining costs are institutional ones that are driven by the investors' desire.
i've got two and it is hard to find day care for them
It's difficult to find day care for both of them.
I already found day care for both of them.
You planning a trip, Mister Kirby? Stein peered at him over a pair of old-fashioned, steel-bowed spectacles which perched on his sharp parrot's beak of a nose.
Stein was wearing old-fashioned glasses.
Stein wore contact lenses instead of glasses.
a new car
A new automobile.
A used vehicle.
After the battle against the slave lord, the group needed it.
The group battled a slave lord.
The slaves battled the group.
She wants Evie to stay on, is begging her to, but she doesn't want me, and ”and ”I don't know what to do." Suddenly the poor child burst out crying.
I'm so worried because she doesn't want me here and I don't know what I'll do.
She's asked me to stay here as long as I want.
They will get the underlying implicit message.
There is an underlying implicit message.
There is no underlying message.
I've some letters I must finish by post-time.
I have some letter I must finish before a certain time.
I have no letters to finish.
Running alongside the building, the majestic Bunker Hill Steps lead to Caleornia Plaza, forming a symbolic link between the old downtown and the new.
The steps connect the older and newer parts of town.
The is no way to go from the old area of town to the new without leaving the city.
Helping an offeror to bring its proposal up to the level of other proposals through successive rounds of discussion, such as by pointing out weaknesses resulting from the offeror's lack of diligence, competence, or inventiveness in preparing the proposal.
Pointing out weaknesses can help an offeror bring its proposal up to the level of others.
Pointing out weaknesses can help an offeror bring its proposal down from level of others.
The award-winning South Coast Repertory Theater is also based here, and the adjacent South Coast Plaza shopping plaza hosts many of the most fashionable department stores.
The South Coast Repertory Theater is award-winning.
There is not a shopping plaza here.
Jazz fans will find live jazz presented by international artists at the Jazz Club and Bar, 2/F, 34-36 D'Agular, Central; and at the Blue Note in the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Live jazz by international artists can be found at the Jazz Club and Bar as well as the Blue Note.
No one listens to jazz there, only pop music.
Figure 19 shows GAO's human capital profile as of fiscal years 1989 and 2000.
The figure depicts GAO's capital from 1989 to 2000.
The figure only shows GAO's attendance.
Determine the basis of the protest and its resolution.
The basis of the protest and its resolution; determine it.
Do not determine the basis of the protest and its resolution.
Also, GPRA requires each agency to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), beginning for fiscal year 1999, an annual performance plan.
All agencies are, or will soon be, required to submit an annual performance plan.
The GPRA isn't enforcing any new rule on agencies, and some of them haven't compiled a full performance plan since the '80s.
Farmworker hours are often long, and their access to telephones and transport may be nonexistent.
Due to the time they put in they may not have the ability to have access to a phone.
They have so many cell phone towers in their fields they never miss a call.
It may be Egypt's position at the meeting point of three cultures Africa, Europe, and the Middle East that accounts for its complexity.
Egypt is a meeting point of multiple cultures.
Egypt is very homogenous.
Although Madeira's fortified wines aren't made here any longer, you can take a tour of the lodge (Mon Fri, 10:30 am and 3:30pm, Sat 11am) and the wine cellars.
A tour of the wine cellars can still be taken.
There are still fortified wines made in Madeira.
Yes, but it was possible.
There was a possibility.
It was impossible.
even though you could probably get away with a cotton dress you got to go out and buy the rayon dress or something you know
It's unnecessary to purchase the rayon dress.
You cannot get away with a cotton dress.
Capital combines with labor and total factor productivity to determine GDP in the next period, and the process continues.
Capital combines labor and total factor productivity to determine GDP
Capital does not look at labor to determine GDP
In 1871 under the Third Republic, Martinique and Guadeloupe were granted representation in the National Assembly in Paris, which they have retained ever since.
Martinique and Guadeloupe were given representation in the National Assembly in Paris.
Martinique and Guadeloupe were given representation in the National Assembly in Paris in 1984.
Afterward, the doctors compare the results of the placebo surgeries with those of real operations.
Placebo and genuine surgeries were compared to one another.
The results were never compared.
For example, the manufacturer's central security group recently revamped the company's entire information security manual and dedicated one staff member to maintaining it.
The company's entire information security manual has been revamped by the manufacturer's central security group.
There are 10 staff members maintaining the information security manual.
The city was conquered and reconquered for 200 years before being destroyed by Muslim armies in the 13th century.
In the 1200s, Muslim armies ravaged the city.
The city did not sustain any damage during the 13th century.
This rapier was plain, not ornate, with a simple dull handguard and a chipped blade.
This rapier has a chipped blade.
This rapier does not have a chipped blade.
This follows a hand transplant performed in France last September.
A hand transplant occurred last September in France.
A hand transplant had never been performed in France.
really yes well i had that that cat that i mentioned i'll be one morning and you know the first thing you do is you get up and you you you you you you feed this cat something something and and you make sure that it can get to its litterbox well
The first thing you do in the morning is feed the cat.
The first thing you do in the morning is feed yourself.
You don't even know where the welfare office is.
You have no idea where the office is.
I'm sure you know where the office is.
But it was absurd of John to make such a fuss about it, and to go shouting out: "I tell you I won't have it!" I woke up with a start.
John was being absurd by making such a big fuss about it.
Nobody made a fuss about it.
I will introduce you, said Gauve.
Guave said he would introduce them.
Guave said an introduction would be a terrible idea.
Wilshire Boulevard began as an Indian trail connecting the downtown area with the La Brea tar pits and later was developed as an upscale shopping and business district.
The Wilshire Boulevard was redesigned as a shopping and business district.
The first purpose of Wilshire Boulevard was to host the administrative buildings.
If employees are the best owners, then Simon was wrong to orchestrate the management buyout.
Simon made a big mistake buying out the management.
Simon was right to buy out the managers.
The two were finely balanced.
Both were equal.
The two were unconnected to each other.
Trent Lott must have been moved.
Trent Lott must have moved to a new area.
Trent Lott must have stayed at the same spot.
Legal Aid now offers some of the most creative services for legal aid found across the country, said Michael A. Millemann, a law professor at the University of Maryland and a former deputy director of the Multnomah County, Ore., Legal Aid Service.
Michael Millemann teaches law at the University of Maryland.
Michael Millemann teaches history at Notre Dame.
7 billion remained.
The number remaining was greater than the population of China.
The amount is referring to the number of letters left after the period.
yeah right yeah i thought that it made you think about um you know what happens when you die and everything and is are there really angels and ghost and things and so
I wonder if angels and ghosts exist after death.
I am positive there are ghosts present after one dies.
Nevertheless, a small park on the roadside at Discovery Bay stands as a tribute to his achievement.
A little park stands in commemoration of his achievement.
His achievement is not commemorated in any way.
GAO officials responsible for the completion of the engagement will participate in the meeting.
GAO officials responsible for finishing the engagement will be at the meeting
GAO officials responsible for finishing the engagement don't be at the meeting
Jamaica is an island with a strong personality that doesn't simply wait in the wings.
Jamaica has a strong personality.
Jamaica is a continent.
Inside the gates, dozens of horses await to transport you gently along the 21.2-km (11.2-mile) track through the siq (gorge) to the city.
Horses carry people through the gorge to the city.
People make the 11-mile trip either on foot or on donkeys.
Across the tops of these small former workshops, Vasari provided a covered corridor for Duke Cosimo to keep out of the rain when croseng from his Pitti Palace to the Uffizi.
Vasari built a sheltered passage for travelling to the Uffizi.
Vasari did not consider the chance of bad weather when building the corridor.
This near cult of fairness prevents conflicts, but it also prevents interest.
The cult of fairness prevents them from fighting.
The cult of fairness causes fighting.
so you know i come out pretty good on it i mean i get and plus my TI money i come out real good on it now the last one i served on i was working at TI and so i got time off for it but i was working third shift and that made it a little difficult
I was working for TI during my last jury duty.
I worked first shift while I was on the jury.
We have a very formidable adversary.
The adversary is strong and wont' be beat easily.
The adversary is a chump.
The Weekly Standard 's John Podhoretz compares Horowitz's conversion to conservatism to Whittaker Chambers' magisterial tale of apostasy, Witness . Leftists dismiss the book as score-settling and name-calling.
Witness is a book written by Whittaker Chambers.
Mr. Podhoretz could not find anything to compare Horowitz's conversion to.
huh well he made it
Looks like he pulled it off.
Well he missed it.
My uncle would like to talk to you, said Ca'daan.
"My uncles desires to speak with you," said Ca'daan.
"My uncle does not wish to hear your words--only your screams," hissed Ca'daan.