Perhaps Bartok's Judith, at the mercy of a violent new husband, is here a grown-up version of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, at the mercy of a repressive father.
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" He continued: "You're at the mercy of the needle.
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Liberal and left media is always at the mercy of the free market, but conservatives—true believers in authority and hierarchies, after all—are more directly at the mercy of their masters.
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Then Greece is simply at the mercy of the system.
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Otherwise, "you're at the mercy of the salesperson," says Weliver.
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We are at the mercy of Boeing and the regulators.
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We're at the mercy of FedEx shipments arriving on time.
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Even drinking water is at the mercy of the locks.
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He's a damaged man at the mercy of his handlers.
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"I am at the mercy of the potholes," says Bachor.
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In the meantime, we're at the mercy of stalling winds.
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After all, I was at the mercy of mother nature.
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They were at the mercy of the downpour of missiles.
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Recyclers remain at the mercy of the rare metals market.
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To be rudderless puts you at the mercy of elements.
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We are at the mercy of institutions and political structures.
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But many end up homeless or at the mercy of criminals.
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Intelsat 29e is now at the mercy of the space environment.
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Death, at the mercy of temporal trifurcation, could never entirely stick.
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Jon Snow was outnumbered and at the mercy of the elements.
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"They are completely at the mercy of the markets," he said.
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We, as viewers, are at the mercy of what we see.
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In this way, we're still at the mercy of Donald Trump.
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But we are not entirely at the mercy of the genes.
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It leaves us at the mercy of the city and Calpers.
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My every emotion was wholly at the mercy of the movie.
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And that has put activists at the mercy of criminal groups.
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Irrigation would leave farmers less at the mercy of the rains.
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But like Snap, Uber is at the mercy of the Five.
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The ruling effectively left voters at the mercy of state legislators.
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"Consumers are totally at the mercy of the airlines," he said.
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Without such voices, we're all at the mercy of the storm.
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Like all farmers, he says, he's at the mercy of both.
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" Pelosi added: "We cannot be at the mercy of the courts.
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"We're at the mercy of the free market now," she said.
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Because you're sort of at the mercy of Wall Street, right?
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After temporary registrations expire, drivers are left at the mercy of police.
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They are now at the mercy of trade partners and free agency.
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That puts the USMCA's long-term survival at the mercy of politics.
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We are at the mercy of weather, and probably always will be.
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Either candidate, as president, would be at the mercy of the markets.
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"We're definitely at the mercy of carriers, hardware, and government," Lindsay admits.
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Without strong reefs, the land is at the mercy of the ocean.
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What remains is an economy at the mercy of two powerful dynamics.
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"With private loans, you're at the mercy of your lender," she said.
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They're spunky, flawed rebels at the mercy of giant, profit-motivated conglomerates.
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Woman, man, pekin and dog, everybody living at the mercy of God.
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That way, they won't be at the mercy of other people's opinions.
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They're completely at the mercy of rains, and those rains aren't coming.
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A girl without an education is always at the mercy of others.
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Those waiting outside were at the mercy of a Rio Grande spring.
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All in all, markets are still at the mercy of trade headlines.
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"Cars today," Mr. Avadhany said, "are at the mercy of the road."
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Irrigation would leave Malawi's farmers less at the mercy of the rains.
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And black sex workers are already more at the mercy of this.
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Or was the filmmaker at the mercy of a thoroughly modern fixation?
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"You're at the mercy of what the administration will do," Sachdev said.
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The approach was risky; it put him at the mercy of events.
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This leaves the exomoon alone and at the mercy of the star.
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The current LNG price curve is at the mercy of the weather.
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But if you're after liquidity, you're at the mercy of the market.
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Vanessa Bayer also finds herself at the mercy of Regine's (Armisen) wild antics.
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You're at the mercy of a system powered by a comedy of inefficiencies.
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So, it can sometimes feel like you're at the mercy of your migraines.
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Until there's a named storm, you're likely at the mercy of standard policies.
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In essence, neuromorphic computing advancements may be at the mercy of neuroscience advancements.
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Until then, you are at the mercy of your investors and your creditors.
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Their pay was meagre and they were at the mercy of their bosses.
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Transgendered people have traditionally been at the mercy of privileged people like Peterson.
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Moving people there would put them at the mercy of floods and storms.
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"President Obama, don't leave us at the mercy of President Trump," she said.
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Without choice, users are at the mercy of Facebook's policy and product examples.
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The bottom line is: we are not at the mercy of this virus.
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So I was at the mercy of the train's kitchen for four days.
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We are now at the mercy of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Small entrepreneurs are at the mercy of money-grubbing landlords and property speculators.
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Now, Mr. Trump finds himself at the mercy of a vast, leaky bureaucracy.
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The president, who has denied all wrongdoing, is at the mercy of lawmakers.
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Once you are at the mercy of financial engineers and schemes, it is over.
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Spain's minority center-right government is at the mercy of coalescing left-wing forces.
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Complessità - A Human At The Mercy Of An Algorithm from Enrica Be on Vimeo.
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The building's occupant today is also at the mercy of decisions taken in Washington.
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Much of its wealth comes from oil and minerals, at the mercy of markets.
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But he stressed that firefighters were still largely at the mercy of the weather.
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Best Buy and the carriers are probably all at the mercy of Apple's supply.
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His visa reportedly expired in 2006, though, leaving him at the mercy of ICE.
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Without thoughtful and disinterested judges, everyone would be at the mercy of the marketers.
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The stranded soldiers were left at the mercy of the German planes flying above.
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"We are always at the mercy of weather when you're shooting exteriors," he said.
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After winds get to 35 mph, you are at the mercy of the fire.
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We've learned how much it left us at the mercy of an unsympathetic Washington.
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Ultimately I am, as are all disabled people, at the mercy of my body.
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But in tribal areas, we have been left at the mercy of the army.
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This can leave patients at the mercy of what their doctors think is helpful.
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That places the economic expansion at the mercy of consumers and their continued confidence.
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"We cannot be at the mercy of the courts," Pelosi told reporters last week.
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Our collective inaction leaves victim companies and individuals at the mercy of global crooks.
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"We are at the mercy of the research results that come back," Pierson said.
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Stocks have been at the mercy of trade headlines for much of the year.
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Our buro is still outside, so we are at the mercy of the elements.
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But for all its clout, it remains at the mercy of the Chinese government.
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"We were there at the mercy of everyone, hoping someone would rescue us," said Carolyn.
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Luckily, when you diversify you assets, your savings aren't at the mercy of market volatility.
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One of those patients killed Marcus' parents, leaving him at the mercy of the state.
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Women were often at the mercy of their uterus, enduring unplanned pregnancy after unplanned pregnancy.
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If I got hurt, I'd lay there indefinitely, completely at the mercy of the Amazon.
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Today was terrific, but come Monday we're at the mercy of the next news cycle.
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But in the postseason, even the best clubs are at the mercy of baseball's randomness.
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Many of those people are teenagers, living at home at the mercy of their families.
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"You really are producing an outdoor event at the mercy of the elements," Mitchell says.
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The denial leaves J&J at the mercy of dozens of different courts and judges.
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Open capital flows can put countries at the mercy of sudden swings in market sentiment.
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An incursion into Syria's north-west would place them at the mercy of Russian warplanes.
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But he's also at the mercy of what his employer's vineyard holdings have given him.
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But developers are often at the mercy of any changes that Facebook decides to make.
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Both strategies meant it would never again suffer at the mercy of international oil markets.
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Otherwise, we will remain at the mercy of the big pharma companies charging monopolistic prices.
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The American people have been left at the mercy of a gridlocked and inefficient government.
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"Trying to obtain any kind of evidence, you're at the mercy of nature," Fish said.
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He's either fully in control of himself or totally at the mercy of his emotions.
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I was no longer at the mercy of those who were writing them for me.
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That would leave patients where they started, at the mercy of their cancer, he said.
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Now he lives off food stamps, in a dodgy wheelchair, at the mercy of strangers.
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A fragile economy, at the mercy of nature even in a normal season, was threatened.
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Do you feel [like] a victim; do you feel at the mercy of your pain?
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The characters are at the mercy of other forces, over which they have no control.
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Patients are usually at the mercy of the hospital when it comes to ER billing.
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It is usually caused by a power disparity leaving workers at the mercy of employers.
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People who seek to change their sex have long been at the mercy of endocrinologists.
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It is an echo of Gans's theory: They are at the mercy of their insecurities.
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"This is where we are right now, at the mercy of the elements," he said.
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But the program requires periodic congressional approval, putting it at the mercy of partisan politics.
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"We are at the mercy of the judge," Garcia Padilla said during the panel discussion.
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We are at the mercy of rapidly transitioning politicians and their often self-serving proposals.
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They are at the mercy of cartels and kidnappers, who see them as easy prey.
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That leaves the country at the mercy of international investors to keep it afloat financially.
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Students said police had failed to act, leaving them at the mercy of the mob.
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Mr. Cummings's decisions have left Mr. Johnson dangling at the mercy of the opposition parties.
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Deregulation, in this case, simply leaves borrowers at the mercy of an unaccountable corporate bureaucracy.
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Lose that competition, however, and a company could be at the mercy of its rivals.
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That could put the process at the mercy of many lawmakers' demands or even whims.
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Meal and bathroom breaks were at the mercy of local restaurant and service station owners.
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Washington (CNN)Hill Republicans are once again at the mercy of President Donald Trump political whims.
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Here too the oil majors and other producers are at the mercy of the industry cycle.
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At 22, wasn't I too young to be at the mercy of persistent aches and discomfort?
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You can add touch controls, leaving users at the mercy of missed swipes and accidental taps.
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If you don't know what you want, "you're at the mercy of the [salesperson]," says Weliver.
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Working in science does sometimes requires weekend work, since we're at the mercy of the cells.
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Until there's a direct threat from the storm, you're likely at the mercy of standard policies.
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Right now, the entire app-based content industry is at the mercy of those two companies.
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Just over 100 kilometers away, villagers and farmers are still at the mercy of the rain.
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"You land, and you're at the mercy of your staff sergeant and your radioman," Mueller says.
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Kassius Ohno lay at the mercy of The Undisputed Era after a match with Adam Cole.
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"We should not be at the mercy of terrorists," said University of Peshawar student, Manzoor Khan.
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Bereft of propulsion, they are at the mercy of the trajectory into which they were deployed.
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With no end in sight to Kilauea's disruption, residents here are at the mercy of Pele.
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But that reliance has often put it at the mercy of political forces beyond its control.
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The slave woman is at the mercy of the fathers, sons or brothers of her master.
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And these days, no matter who is president, coal is at the mercy of market economics.
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That lack of data portability puts users at the mercy of Instagram's product and policy decisions.
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The propaganda is that we are at the mercy of the gangs, because it is profitable.
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I looked at the people around me as selfish slobs, at the mercy of their desires.
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The poets remind us that our lives are at the mercy of near misses, catastrophes averted.
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It may be unsolvable, or at least at the mercy of larger social forces than journalism.
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But we have long interpreted it at the mercy of forces such as capitalism and industrialization.
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Iraqis at the mercy of other people's proxy wars and their own politicians and armed groups.
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Today, Christians are still at the mercy of a regime that has consistently let them down.
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For women at the mercy of sexist office air conditioning, there's also a cold, blue face.
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Equality, especially the right to vote, is still at the mercy of local beliefs and practices.
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Taiwan remains at the mercy of the unpredictable powers of the world, both natural and manmade.
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Crime survivors define their own needs rather than remaining at the mercy of a court's legitimation.
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The war has left Alsaidi at the mercy of a political fight taking place far overhead.
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Hundreds of thousands migrated onward to Europe, embarking on dangerous sea routes at the mercy of smugglers.
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I'm talking code red, 18-hours-a-day dedicated — even at the mercy of your family time.
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Whatever happens, Boké's residents will find themselves at the mercy of the search for this prized material.
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But until then it's at the mercy of Snapchat, which could decide to block links to Polly.
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Now, with the slimmest of majorities, Mr Netanyahu is at the mercy of his right-wing allies.
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Both are at the mercy of the hosts, who are running the ball game this time around.
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"The minute they go public they'll be at the mercy of Wall Street and shareholders," Liu says.
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Most of the time you're at the mercy of the data policies of the websites you're using.
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When you're talking on the phone, you're at the mercy of whomever is on the other end.
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" 'Divine intervention' Novak said she was "at the mercy of whoever was going to come save me.
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Yet the UFC is still run as a feudal society, with fighters at the mercy of management.
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Tourists goof off abroad, then suddenly find themselves under arrest, and at the mercy of another sovereign.
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Yet, we still split the tab with tedious personal transactions, persistently at the mercy of our cash.
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This will leave the Taliban at the mercy of their foreign patrons and the sale of opium.
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After years of being at the mercy of predatory lenders, it is time to make a change.
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If you don't take your chances, you can be at the mercy of a goal like that.
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GEDI was a ship without a captain, at the mercy of high waves, according to the patriarch.
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Without federal guidance, food companies are at the mercy of whatever patchwork laws the states cobble together.
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LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - For all its independence, the Bank of England is at the mercy of politicians.
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For remote workers, laptops are their offices — and that means they're at the mercy of their battery.
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House Republican leaders, as they demonstrated Thursday, are completely at the mercy of the President's position here.
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There was little resistance in Unity State in 2015, leaving civilians at the mercy of government forces.
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"Hijra are often at the mercy of police and administration—they do not recognize 'transgender,'" he said.
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But the eventual scene of a helpless damsel at the mercy of a monstrous man is subverted.
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If not, voters will remain at the mercy of self-interested politicians, with no help in sight.
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A sense of being not in control, but at the mercy of circumstance, contributes to the fear.
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Corruption has kept Iraqis poor and almost left the country at the mercy of the Islamic State.
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Until a new law is passed, privacy advocates will be at the mercy of the NSA's mood.
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Even with the company's best efforts, Koch recognizes the beer's success is at the mercy of consumers.
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Instead, the bill leaves students at the mercy of a higher education market that routinely fails them.
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There's something poetic being at the mercy of these universal forces that we have no control over.
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In that situation, you're completely at the mercy of the access point, machine learning algorithm or not.
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If we abandon the testimony of experts, we may find ourselves at the mercy of whoever shouts loudest.
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Then you're secretly in love with plankton, tiny marine organisms that float around at the mercy of currents.
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"We are all kind of at the mercy of the opportunities that are handed to us," Theron said.
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Brands and publishers literally can't afford to be completely at the mercy of the next Facebook priority shift.
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Instead, you were at the mercy of Samsung's camera algorithms, which would enable it automatically under certain circumstances.
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WTO members are at the mercy of its "dispute-settlement" regime, which allows other countries to enforce penalties.
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"I'm at the mercy of the world, and I hate it," she says to Max at one point.
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"We can't be at the mercy of those who don't honour their commitments," Paes told Reuters on Thursday.
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Being at the mercy of someone else's self-loathing is an experienced that has permanently marked Williams's life.
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That leaves battery makers and other end users of lithium largely at the mercy of the big providers.
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But that still leaves them at the mercy of Ankara, which draws a firm line at formal independence.
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I'm giving my recommendations because you don't want to be at the mercy of one, let alone two.
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It would only take two cars to block the alley and leave us at the mercy of gunmen.
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Effectively, Trump has been at the mercy of events and has no real idea where we are heading.
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In some ways, we're all hostage to our technologies, or we're simply at the mercy of this system.
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Placing a sitting president at the mercy of a state court would raise serious federalism concerns, they warned.
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The fight to get him there also shows that they aren't completely at the mercy of House Democrats.
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There's no reason we can't make CHIP permanent instead of leaving it at the mercy of political winds.
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Burned investors have been left at the mercy of exchanges as to whether they will receive any compensation.
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The berry girl is rendered helpless by her round, over-full state, at the mercy of the onlooker.
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"We're really at the mercy of how his knee responds on a daily basis," manager Bryan Price said.
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Switching third-party suppliers, for example, would still leave Tesla's production rate at the mercy of those suppliers.
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But still, almost 20 years later, we find ourselves again at the mercy of the nation's transportation sector.
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Their aircraft had no belly gunners and were at the mercy of Luftwaffe fighters that attacked from below.
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But even with a prolific following and a popular niche, creators are at the mercy of Instagram's rules.
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For some players, the dangers continued after they arrived because they were at the mercy of the smugglers.
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There are things we are at the mercy of, and to which resistance would just create more stress.
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These students are at the mercy of debt schemes, too few scholarships, and poor-performing for-profit schools.
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Before he did, I often found myself at the mercy of a taxi company that dominated my neighborhood.
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But eventually he grew disenchanted with the addict's life, because he hated being at the mercy of others.
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Mitchell portrayed himself as largely at the mercy of the agency that had hired him as a consultant.
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Those who cannot afford it are at the mercy of public hospitals, most of which are severely understaffed.
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Enceladus is Saturn's sixth largest moon and its tides are at the mercy of the gas giant's gravity.
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I would rather spend eight days in jail than eight days at the mercy of U.S.-based airlines.
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The alternative is a future at the mercy of those intent on paralyzing daily life for us all.
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Peace is at the mercy of a miscalculation ... and the consequence for the region would be very serious.
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"We were at the mercy of growers and paying through the roof," said Cantina Mobile owner Stephanie Raco.
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"Consumers are very much at the mercy of the system," said Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at KFF.
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Being an actor means that you often put your body at the mercy of a script or plot line.
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So what would this actually mean for you and I—consumers at the mercy of chip and device makers?
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Simply put, moving operations into the cloudspace means you are putting yourself at the mercy of the cloud host.
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When you cannot get out of bed and cannot move a muscle, you are at the mercy of others.
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Apple's financials are at the mercy of the iPhone, the device that accounts for about two-thirds of revenue.
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And if they're at the mercy of tabloid media, we can only imagine that that scrutiny is even worse.
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In terms of mobile apps, you're really at the mercy of the developer as far as wireless security goes.
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That means the speed of the Assistant responses will no longer be at the mercy of your network connection.
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"You kind of throw yourself at the mercy of a lot of people who are supposed experts," says Reiner.
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The first was that it had taken venture money, which put it at the mercy of unrealistic financial goals.
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Without such access, proponents say, King Cove residents needing medical evacuations are at the mercy of notoriously stormy weather.
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We will be at the mercy of unfriendly countries; famine and social unrest would just be around the corner.
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Besides there is no free currency exchange in Uzbekistan, leaving any fund at the mercy of artificial exchange rates.
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Nina Bersamina heeded warnings to evacuate, saying residents are at the mercy of Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire.
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Fishermen seeking the new arrivals, for example, are at the mercy of shifting currents that are often a mystery.
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Without some kind of federal guarantee, retired seniors under multiemployer plans will remain at the mercy of the market.
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Deprived of these basic electoral checks and balances, Puerto Rico lies at the mercy of an unaccountable federal government.
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Were the companies at the mercy of one or two dominant players when it came to price and choice?
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When the two met again, Penn was completely at the mercy of St. Pierre's improved jab, feints and distancing.
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You'd never be able to relate unless you've had five figures at the mercy of USPS's two-day shipping.
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Just a tension developed by being at the mercy of an inbred family on some Texas backwater murdering shit.
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One was that robots are going to take everybody's job and we would be at the mercy of them.
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Instead, they're at the mercy of Isaiah Thomas' need to rest, and everyone else's ability to hit outside shots.
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With little legal protection, undocumented workers in Thailand can be at the mercy of human traffickers or unscrupulous employers.
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That's true even if Dumbo's flights prove increasingly bleak because he's at the mercy of some very bad people.
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No longer are they at the mercy of a capricious board that can reject a prospective buyer, just because.
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People would no longer be at the mercy of for-profit insurers that make money by denying people care.
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But that seemingly simple favor puts him at the mercy of the mob and nearly costs him his life.
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On the flip side, it also put customers at the mercy of said vendor — and it wasn't always pretty.
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It limits our choices and puts us at the mercy of the security of a business's electronic payment systems.
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"Had no one called it in," Mr. Rode said, "we would have been at the mercy of the sea."
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So we built our own operating system so that we could then not be at the mercy of VMware.
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And while you're typically at the mercy of the airline, there are a few tips for mitigating the pain.
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Plus, working harder and longer often isn't even an option for those at the mercy of an unpredictable schedule.
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And if you accept you'll be at the mercy of how many notifications individual websites decide to send you.
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A US withdrawal, and halt of relief funding, would leave the Syrian people at the mercy of the regime.
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Without them, these three groups are at the mercy of short-sellers, people who by definition have no mercy.
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But, by and large, they will now be at the mercy of the (Republican) senators who control the process.
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A major cause of scope creep is the fact that infrastructure spending is at the mercy of political winds.
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And it feels humbling to put my myself and my body at the mercy of what my work demands.
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Instead of simply being at the mercy of one team, an undrafted player has 0003 teams to choose from.
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Oculus gives Facebook a chance to control everything, without being at the mercy of another company's hardware or operating system.
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Technology has come a long way, but for the most part, we remain at the mercy of the humble battery.
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You end up with a bread line where analysts are at the mercy of IT to get their jobs done.
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In speeches, he often says the country is on the verge of fragmentation, at the mercy of unspecified foreign powers.
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"At this point, you know, the clinic is in many ways at the mercy of the state government," she continued.
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Since the initial conviction, Meek has been at the mercy of Judge Genece Brinkley, who has presided over his case.
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Shipping is a cyclical business that is often at the mercy of the ebbs and flows of the global economy.
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The monks aren't able to control their own diet -- it's at the mercy of the offerings they receive each morning.
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As you fasten your seatbelt, please scream the following words: I AM AT THE MERCY OF THE ALMIGHTY UNITED AIRLINES.
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Ms Sturgeon says she wants Scots "to be in control of events and not just at the mercy of them".
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I was completely alone, at the mercy of my family and other people who hated me because I was gay.
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For the next few weeks I expect the market to be at the mercy of micro news and drift along.
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That "thing," of course, is a show that's at the mercy of a faster and crazier-than-ever news cycle.
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If Egypt is made to feel at the mercy of its neighbours, it may not have finished rattling its sabre.
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To be a child is to be, in so many ways, completely powerless and at the mercy of adult caretakers.
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The downside of this is that the buyer loses nimbleness and is at the mercy of a sometimes fickle market.
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Cruise ship workers with lower-paying jobs, like bartenders and waiters, are often at the mercy of the crew cafeteria.
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In solitary, inmates are at the mercy of guards for their most basic needs — meals, a shower, a sick call.
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"I wanted to alleviate the stress on another family out there at the mercy of a stranger," says Ms King.
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It also reflects and reinforces a culture in which citizens are dependent on, indeed at the mercy of, their employers.
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President Nicolás Maduro is at the mercy of the markets that, every day, nudge his tottering regime nearer the abyss.
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We would not be at the mercy of Facebook and Google's shifting moral standards if they were not virtual monopolies.
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You are, after all, at the mercy of what gets on the ball and how sick it could make you.
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"We're at the mercy of the global system to make sure that our inputs are there on time," said Slunecka.
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But I'm at the mercy of the songs I have to work with, and the state of mind I'm in.
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You're at the mercy of Poirot's recaps of the information, with no ability to shore up your own investigative efforts.
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I was perimenopausal when Pedro" — her son — "was in the throes of adolescence and at the mercy of testosterone poisoning.
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The poor at the mercy of the elements, while the rich get to corral them with glass and stainless steel.
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It is a predator, yes, but also helpless, ridiculous and completely at the mercy of the life in the pond.
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Most freelancers are at the mercy of the internet, so having one that is fast and reliable is a priority.
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His indifference to the country's large current account deficit and reckless lending leaves it at the mercy of foreign financiers.
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Some translators have experienced burnout, especially those working alone at the mercy of an incredibly active and devoted fan base.
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It leaves the lives of many women around the world, almost exclusively poor, at the mercy of the Oval Office.
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The country's economy is almost completely at the mercy of the oil industry, which contributes 95 percent of Venezuela's exports.
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But the alternative is to leave the fate of Ginsburg's feminist victories at the mercy of five conservative Republican men.
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No matter how much we love our jobs, our working conditions have been lagging at the mercy of big business.
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But in a scenario like this one, we're at the mercy of the least cautious actor, whoever they may be.
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This makes it a huge threat to Ecuador's ancient cacao variety, already at the mercy of plagues and changing weather patterns.
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I blurt out laughing at his typically warm visage turned cold at the mercy of the black-and-white customs mugshot.
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And we were also at the mercy of the incomprehensible force that is David Lynch, with his erratic, alien storytelling methods.
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Beneficiaries are at the mercy of venal officials who can lean on them to accept less than they are entitled to.
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Loans and crop insurance have tended to flow to better-off, more literate farmers, leaving others at the mercy of moneylenders.
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It puts me in control of my destiny, not just a victim at the mercy of other people or bad luck.
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But the success of his crop - and the future of his wife's jewels - is at the mercy of India's monsoon rainfall.
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In Hawaii, too, people seeking abortion care are at the mercy of burdensome restrictions that have been plainly debunked by science.
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"We're at the mercy of oil prices and markets like everybody else," said Blair L. Pollock, Orange County's solid waste planner.
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And since TV work is sometimes at the mercy of networks and ratings, Savre needed to find a temporary home, ASAP.
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My taxpayers are at the mercy of the tax-and-spend liberals, people like Governor Cuomo in Albany and Chuck Schumer.
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Despite the euro's rally, analysts said it remained at the mercy of Italian developments, with a great deal of uncertainty ahead.
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"We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets," he declared.
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So, people are concerned because the supply of cobalt is ultimately at the mercy of the larger copper and nickel markets.
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The episode finds the normally gusto-filled Daryl at the mercy of his captors, including a man he once helped, Dwight.
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The contrast between straitened Chittoor, at the mercy of its own local rains, and the verdant deltas could not be starker.
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The more we learn about our star, the more evident it becomes that we live at the mercy of a monster.
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Hopeless, drug-addled mice, suddenly stricken with diabetes, are offered a cure at the mercy of their all-knowing scientist overlords.
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It's also at the mercy of jet fuel prices, which could send the industry into a slump if they suddenly surge.
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The owners themselves frequently acknowledged that they were at the mercy of their landlords and the ever-increasing rents they charged.
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Even the biggest, most powerful companies in the world are at the mercy of a grade-school concept: supply and demand.
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Instead of being at the mercy of financiers, they'd be participating in a fundamentally democratic process: Their money would be theirs.
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Many of those who manage to flee their ISIS kidnappers find themselves held to ransom, at the mercy of unscrupulous smugglers.
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Besieged communities live at the mercy of the armed men encircling them, and the Syrian government must approve any relief deliveries.
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In some ways, being at the mercy of two poles of internet leadership could be good for citizens of planet Earth.
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"All of these policy-oriented things don't resonate because the press, basically, is at the mercy of Donald Trump," he said.
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There are situations where Towns, like any other rim protector, is at the mercy of defensive miscues made by young teammates.
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As temporary workers in the country illegally, the workers were at the mercy of bosses and without recourse to air grievances.
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Flight logistics can fall out of your control — sadly, we're all at the mercy of the weather and air traffic control.
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Those who live on the streets are at the mercy of weather conditions, law enforcement officials, and finding small available spaces.
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Without this kind of legal and social structure in place in Colombia, victims will remain at the mercy of their abusers.
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LONDON — Drifting in the ocean in a sailboat at the mercy of winds and currents would be a nightmare for many.
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Chinese anxiety over public morality goes back more than a century, when the country was at the mercy of Western powers.
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Corbyn said an EU exit without an agreement would leave Britain at the mercy of President Donald Trump and U.S. corporations.
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Saltmarsh sparrows, which breed in coastal marshes from Maine to Virginia, have always been at the mercy of time and tide.
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It is often irrational (ask anyone who bet McGregor over Mayweather) and at the mercy of both momentum and unforeseen circumstances.
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"Having this in Singapore is a big plus because you're not at the mercy of the North Koreans," Ms. Sherman said.
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Plot: When her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters.
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In his new collection of essays, Will Schwalbe points out that all books are at the mercy of the reader's mood.
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Trilobites When the Vikings left the familiar fjords of Norway for icy, uncharted territories, they were at the mercy of weather.
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We didn't know what other guys were making, what could be done, so you were at the mercy of the owners.
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The pound is now at the mercy of employment data on Tuesday and business surveys at the end of the week.
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The company doesn't want hardware like Oculus and Portal to be at the mercy of Google and its mobile operating system.
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Pursuing a unilateral ending of sugar subsidies, puts U.S. consumers at the mercy of foreign suppliers and southern hemisphere weather patterns.
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Because the stratollite is at the mercy of the wind, the ability to change altitude at will is critical for navigation.
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While satellites can also be manufactured to be more resilient, they are ultimately at the mercy of our sun as well.
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She appealed the resentencing, and a higher court ruled in her favor, leaving Wershe at the mercy of Michigan's parole board.
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It speaks to how, without oversight, the promise of a cosmetology program is at the mercy of the prison it's housed in.
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Clarence Wendell Crumb boarded a train one day and never came home, leaving young Kevin at the mercy of his abusive mother.
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Of course, delays are not merely a result of high traffic volume: late-year travelers are often at the mercy of weather.
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And Mars' oceans have long since evaporated away, leaving a vast dust-ridden desert at the mercy of the callous Martian winds.
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This move leaves Syrian Kurds at the mercy of an operation aimed to clear them out and away from the Turkish border.
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It can remind you, however briefly, that you're not fully at the mercy of the gears that threaten to grind you up.
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There's no linked system where one earbud is at the mercy of the other, which was common among early true wireless earbuds.
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And progress toward solving this problem is slow, because companies making VR headsets are at the mercy of advances in display technology.
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And it is risky for farmers to spend money on fertiliser when, without irrigation, they are at the mercy of the rains.
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Eventually Javi is separated from the group, and finds himself at the mercy of a group of what seem to be bandits.
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Yet the Cintiq, made by Wacom, has often been at the mercy of operating systems never intended for touch or pen input.
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Sunni tribes tell security officials and politicians they are at the mercy of both Sunni extremist group Islamic State and Shi'ite militias.
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Unfortunately, without access to a laboratory, you'll most likely be at the mercy of organizations like the FDA to supervise food sellers.
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The fact that, legally, some people are completely at the mercy of the hatred and bigotry of others is disgusting and unacceptable.
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But buying lots of e-scooters and leaving them at the mercy of human whim is an expensive business to try scaling.
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There's no set structure for viewing The Back Door, but you do feel like you're at the mercy of this grand building.
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At best, he winds up at the mercy of a glad-handing tyrant who's willing to exploit him for all he's worth.
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The storm, however, was too powerful and the anchors broke, leaving the doomed ship at the mercy of the waves and water.
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Products are now being delivered directly to the patient – which is preferable to leaving them at the mercy of the doctor's calendar.
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Southern India has been at the mercy of an extended, extreme drought that has greatly impacted both drinking water supplies and agriculture.
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The weather changes on a whim, at once leaving you at the mercy of bone-chilling, possibly deadly rain, snow and fog.
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Even with such specialist knowledge, smaller companies may still feel at the mercy of the politicians as the Brexit campaign heats up.
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Increased uranium stockpiles would ensure China would not be at the mercy of supply disruptions or short-term fluctuations in market prices.
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I think, after all those years of being at the mercy of other people's tastes, I really wanted to be in control!
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Currently, even black Zimbabweans who received land seized from white farmers lack land titles, leaving them at the mercy of the authorities.
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Epstein movingly relays the stories of intersex and transgender children, whose well-being has been at the mercy of fluctuating medical approaches.
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Yet the women are sometimes at the mercy of tired partnering conventions, their limp bodies hoisted and dragged around by the men.
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In Netflix romantic comedy Set It Up, Glen Powell played a young, eager assistant at the mercy of far more powerful people.
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Were they more at leisure, perhaps, to let the past wash over the present—to lay themselves at the mercy of regret?
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Few stolen bitcoin are recovered, with burned investors often at the mercy of exchanges as to whether they will receive any compensation.
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Both put girls at the mercy of women who are aging; and both have their ingénues put at grave risk by ambition.
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For the mostly poor people of color at the mercy of the New Orleans criminal justice system, that verdict will mean everything.
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Bourassa was now at the mercy of the RCMP and of the U.S. Secret Service, the latter obviously pushing for his extradition.
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For the girl who is pinned down and at the mercy of the stronger male's behavior, the event is frightening and traumatic.
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There's less overt discrimination now, but we're still at the mercy of this segregating momentum that our past has inflicted upon us.
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Since 2012, however, he's run JaCogLaw, a firm that offers legal assistance to non-nationals at the mercy of Spain's justice system.
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But analysts said that outside Budapest, where there are few alternative forms of employment, workers are at the mercy of their employers.
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Many fear it would put them at the mercy of courts controlled by the Communist Party where human rights are not guaranteed.
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Saudi Arabia has long been the dominant force in oil, leaving the world at the mercy of its ambitions and its interests.
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Unable to escape, Paul is at the mercy of Annie's volatile whims, which include breaking his ankles and chopping off his foot.
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In the vast desert badlands near the Hamrin mountain range, residents remain at the mercy of ISIS "gangs" who rule the night.
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Unfortunately, the problem of short-termism isn't confined to public companies whose share prices are at the mercy of the stock markets.
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Today, they are under threat, with millions of acres converted to crops each year, overgrazed and at the mercy of climate change.
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I just make it by 7 (I am at the mercy of the MTA) and it's a packed house, standing room only!
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Venezuela's economy is almost completely at the mercy of the oil industry as it contributes around 95 percent of the country's exports.
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"The problem is not resolved by blocking boats," Francis said, adding that this left them at the mercy of unscrupulous human traffickers.
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"When I lived here, I was at the mercy of the generation we are now, and trying to break in," he said.
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If the policy lacks robust, informed and assertive enforcement, it will continue to leave vulnerable communities at the mercy of hate groups.
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You are at the mercy of the planet and any one thing can happen on any day that upends your entire plan.
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The result of which means BMPS is at the mercy of a state bailout, with any losses set to be forced onto bondholders.
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This means the remaining 28 states are left at the mercy of local state and municipality laws as well as minor court decisions.
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For two years she was at the mercy of the anonymous man who was forcing her to have sex with strangers and worse.
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Even in the potentially happy ending, they're utterly at the mercy of their tech, which makes our lives less authentic and less human.
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Fast-forward to 2019 and the scarcity created by exclusionary zoning has put tenants of all races at the mercy of their landlords.
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In fact, the state waits, at the mercy of winds that will stir up and settle again until our rains come mid-November.
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Therefore he was at the mercy of the movement of the stock and he only knew how to buy, not cut his losses.
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But if it had pulled off an IPO, it would have been even more at the mercy of market volatility and impatient stockholders.
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It is an astringent process filled with many restrictions and background checks for applicants who are at the mercy of a faceless bureaucracy.
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Now that he's off his medication, Edgar is completely at the mercy of his PTSD, which he's spoken of candidly since Season 1.
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"Further, if the policy lacks robust, informed and assertive enforcement, it will continue to leave vulnerable communities at the mercy of hate groups."
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Particularly in Las Vegas, many young people, and their parents, live at the mercy of billionaire casino moguls, and they're tired of it.
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Now, like an estimated 150,000 other women living with stage IV in the U.S., Vreeland lives at the mercy of her unpredictable disease.
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Justice Department attorneys, on the other hand, are at the mercy of polling officials who can turn them away if they so please.
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Therefore, he was at the mercy of the movement of the stock and he only knew how to buy, not cut his losses.
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Opponents of the extradition bill fear it would put them at the mercy of China's justice system, where human rights are not guaranteed.
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In 10 years, we'll either rue the names Fluffy and … whatever this monkey's name is … or be at the mercy of their hands.
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In making the case for refugees by proving their good intentions, we put all refugees at the mercy of the few bad apples.
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He often painted shipwrecks, boats at the mercy of storms, nearly Biblical scenes of floods, men and women and children flailing in waves.
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That puts any deal at the mercy of the incoming U.S. administration, and trade diplomats say they have no idea what to expect.
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Parker said her agent supported her in a time where women were often at the mercy of the often male directors and executives.
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In the long term, better communications and cultural homogenisation may mean that international trade is less and less at the mercy of proximity.
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An overhaul has been proposed multiple times since the 123s, but policy and funding have been at the mercy of a dysfunctional Congress.
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Or Airbnb's existential crisis in New York, where the existence of the entire industry is currently at the mercy of Governor Cuomo's pen.
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The CFPB provides vital, long-overdue protection for consumers who used to be at the mercy of manipulation and deceit from financial businesses.
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An overhaul has been proposed multiple times since the 2800s, but policy and funding have been at the mercy of a dysfunctional Congress.
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Whew, that's when you start to lay yourself at the mercy of the mood of the people from who you're asking for help.
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"The pound remains at the mercy of Brexit polls and Brexit odds by bookmakers," said Rodrigo Catril, currency strategist at National Australia Bank.
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It is not always easy being at the mercy of global markets, but on balance Britain benefits from being open to foreign buyers.
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Delegates heard about an America under domestic assault from terrorists and immigrants, and left at the mercy of foreign foes by corrupt elites.
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Creators can either enter into a licensing agreement with YouTube at very low royalty rates, or get left at the mercy of pirates.
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But migrants are often at the mercy of wherever smugglers drop them off, which is often far from a legal point of entry.
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My sense of helplessness, underscored by hours spent at the mercy of Los Angeles without a vehicle, was now a self-fulfilling thing.
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Therefore, he was at the mercy of the movement of the stock and he only knew how to buy, not cut his losses.
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You want us to be at the mercy of your gluttonous needs for the next four hours, yet leave the shittiest tip imaginable.
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Deploying an AI product is a complicated process that leaves you at the mercy of each customer's idiosyncratic tech stack and org chart.
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We didn't have a tape player in the car and so we were at the mercy of whatever radio fizzed through the night.
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Poles have the right to have their expectations toward Europe, especially the Europe that left us at the mercy of Russians in 1945.
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Once they crossed back into Myanmar, the Rohingya returnees would be at the mercy of the same Tatmadaw that dispatched them to Bangladesh.
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Before 2014, not only were we dependent on energy imported from other countries, we were also at the mercy of long, severe droughts.
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The first building block of that calculus is whether or not the victim could put the school at the mercy of the courts.
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Further, if the policy lacks robust, informed and assertive enforcement, it will continue to leave vulnerable communities at the mercy of hate groups.
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Thus dispossessed, these people were at the mercy of mine owners for sustenance, sent daily for pitiful wages into sphincters of the earth.
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Mr. Bowen said he had repeatedly told federal officials that American hospitals would be at the mercy of other countries in a pandemic.
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Three times he used the same three syllables — "therapy" — and thus cast himself as a patient at the mercy of an affliction. Perhaps.
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This truth doesn't always extend to bakers, who are often at the mercy of a more complicated formula for their cakes and meringues.
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In some cases, we put ourselves at the mercy of a world that will punish us for that connection should it be discovered.
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He added that the bulk of most oligarchs' assets, however, will remain in Russia, so they're still at the mercy of the government.
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Just as narcissists hate to talk about their feelings, "they can't stand to be at the mercy of other people's preferences," Malkin says.
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The country's economy is almost completely at the mercy of the oil industry as it contributes around 95 percent of the country's exports.
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"In the online space, we're pretty much at the mercy of the platforms as to what they choose to make transparent," he said.
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Furthermore, by using such a spartan grid configuration, I was at the mercy of the crossword gods as to which elements got featured.
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Through no fault of our own, we find ourselves at the mercy of our revolting bodies, reduced to the conditions of childhood again.
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It is humbling to be at the mercy of such a seemingly unstoppable virus amid a rickety and inequitable American health care system.
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"It would put consumers at the mercy of phone and cable companies," said Craig Aaron, president of the consumer advocacy group Free Press.
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By pulling out US troops, Trump is leaving them at the mercy of Erdoğan, who is preparing to launch an offensive against them.
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Banned from the team facilities and at the mercy of an opaque appeals process, suspended players disappear into a strange state of banishment.
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The rules are not popular with lenders, who fear they will see their margins hit and left at the mercy of volatile market rates.
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As the internet industry has matured, the companies that used to be tiny start-ups at the mercy of the networks are now heavyweights.
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That puts them far more at the mercy of the natural environment — and that's bad, because China's wetlands are becoming more and more degraded.
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If you're outside of a guild like that and trying to sell your services, you're at the mercy of luck and volatile market forces.
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Android's foldable software design is at the mercy of its hardware partners, including Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi, all of whom have announced bendable devices.
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Carl breaks down crying, realizing he not only made a mistake in coming there, but is now at the mercy of a cruel maniac.
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Several years ago, it decided to focus on open source software so the company wouldn't be at the mercy of any one software vendor.
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In the meantime, the kingdom will continue to depend heavily on oil, leaving it at the mercy of fluctuations in the price of crude.
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In some ways, experts felt Wall Street was left at the mercy of Washington as uncertainty around tariffs and monetary policy remained yet unresolved.
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A number of investors are wary of lending to the retail sector, which is at the mercy of public confidence and associated discretionary spending.
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Both episodes show that the rich world has chosen to put itself at the mercy of the fiscal management of the Chinese Communist Party.
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In the past, we have been at the mercy of 800 numbers and the endless elevator music as we wait for a human voice.
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Although a couple of islanders are employed, most staff at Lindisfarne Mead are not resident here and are at the mercy of the tides.
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It's at the mercy of the sun's solar wind, a stream of charged particles that can hit the moon and spray up water molecules.
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If food safety regulations degrade, most of us, unless we want to make our own sausage, will find ourselves at the mercy of industry.
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Such penalties would give shippers, who often complain they are at the mercy of Canada's two big railroads, more clout in demanding adequate service.
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They already feel like they are at a disadvantage because of their background, and they start seeing themselves at the mercy of that expectation.
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They give the engineers utter control over the transportation environment — unlike planes, trains and automobiles which are always at the mercy of the elements.
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Still, there's something humbling about the fact that even in 2016, our mighty tech infrastructure is still at the mercy of one monkey's misstep. .
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Smaller developers are at the mercy of Steam's algorithms to get discovered by users, and Steam's unregulated forums breed racism, homophobia, and anti-semitism.
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It's their debates that power the philosophical heart of the book: When you are at the mercy of horrific injustice, how do you survive?
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Even though it's "your body, your choice," sometimes it can feel like you're actually living life at the mercy of your birth control pills.
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Instead this leaves her at the mercy of a boss who nips her plan in the bud at the first big meeting she attends.
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But asylum-seekers are often at the mercy of wherever smugglers drop them off, which can be far from a legal point of entry.
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Unlike fixed odds books, which are at the mercy of the outcome of the bets, the exchange takes a fee for processing a transaction.
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You're at the mercy of what's available at your destination, and your immune system can wear down if you're not taking care of yourself.
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The decision to deny coverage hurts real people — with diverse faith views — who find themselves at the mercy of their employer to afford healthcare.
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He suggested the degree to which the actors find themselves at the mercy of his very specific writing has loosened as he's grown older.
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During the 193s and 1940s, Otto Kuhler's busy career kept him away from home, leaving the children at the mercy of their abusive mother.
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Therefore, this is an important step toward reducing some of the risks associated with being at the mercy of its third-party manufacturing companies.
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Opponents of the bill fear it would place them at the mercy of a justice system plagued by torture, forced confessions and arbitrary detentions.
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They're existing at the mercy of three separate structures of oppression—race, gender, and size—where, for fat white women, there are only two.
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While a person is able to refuse ICE entry into their own home, they are at the mercy of their employer during the workday.
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And when things go wrong online, we're often at the mercy of faceless technology companies that prefer to interact with us through the web.
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"By pleading guilty, he puts himself at the mercy of the court," said his lawyer, Joseph W. Ryan Jr. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan.
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"We will remember that free people are never at the mercy of evil because our destiny is always in our hands," Mr. Trump said.
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While that hasn't come to pass, public libraries are still at the mercy of potential cuts in city budgets, putting youth programs at risk.
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But those benefits come with higher risk: You are at the mercy of a host who has less at stake than a commercial business.
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Then, I'll be at the mercy of their whim because there's always a chance they could lay claim to content I've yet to create.
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Today, because the Phillips-curve relationship seems to have weakened, central banks often find themselves at the mercy of short-term trends (see article).
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U.S. farmers may also be wary of devoting their entire crop to Chinese buyers and leaving their bottom lines at the mercy of Beijing.
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Still, the copyright claim system ensures that those outlets are still at the mercy of larger rights-holders after events like last night's debate.
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Solar storm or no, we live at the mercy of our climate — a truth that is, like Amish-made jerky, well worth chewing on.
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Today in the Negev, farmers can control water with precise drip irrigation, unlike parts of the world that are at the mercy of rainfall.
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He's slated to return to Iowa on Tuesday for more campaign stops, though he, too, may be at the mercy of an impeachment schedule.
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The prospective weakening of global trade rules has worried smaller and poorer nations, who may find themselves at the mercy of the United States.
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In recent years, they had become accustomed to feeling as if they were stuck riding a political roller coaster, at the mercy of others.
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Linking security to a weapon that can be obtained by any individual does nothing but value life at the mercy of the free market.
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We can't know that now, which is indeed the problem, since the nation's electoral system is at the mercy of a last-minute lark.
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But many others are harmed — and doctors and patients are at the mercy of manufacturers' claims about the safety and efficacy of the devices.
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Malt and hops must be imported because they don't grow in Venezuela's tropical climate, leaving brewers at the mercy of the steadily depreciating bolivar currency.
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The intended user is anyone not on the London property ladder, and thus at the mercy of landlords, tenancy agreements and (apparently ever-inflating) rents.
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Millions of Yemenis live under threat of mass starvation and disease, at the mercy of combatants who have sometimes cut off food and medical supplies.
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Prior to this system Gonzales would be at the mercy of traveling traders — and their pricing — who would, quite literally, wash up on shore unexpectedly.
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But its current status leaves it at the mercy of Washington, and Washington — lobbied by vulture funds and other creditors — hasn't shown much mercy lately.
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It all brings to mind a truism on Wall Street, that once you are at the mercy of financial engineers and schemes, it is over.
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So the issue is a stark one: Are the sovereign states at the mercy of the federal executive's refusal to enforce the nation's immigration laws?
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So if I were to put my money to use, why would I invest in stocks just to be at the mercy of Mr. Market?
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Mrs Merkel is not to blame for all this, but it contributes to a sense that the chancellor is increasingly at the mercy of events.
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"We seem to be at the mercy of the oil and commodity markets," said Luke Bartholomew, fixed income manager at Aberdeen Asset Management in London.
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Anyone who's trying to distribute information online is at the mercy of the big companies like Facebook and Google that help people discover their content.
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Vegan skin care brand Gaffer & Child makes everything in-house but still can't sideline supply problems when it's at the mercy of a seasonal harvest.
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In Japan, "clients are sort of at the mercy of the ad agency," says Jason Karlin, who studies the industry at the University of Tokyo.
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"The frustrating element is that we are now at the mercy of equity markets," said National Australia Bank's global head of FX strategy, Nick Parsons.
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The Facebook News Feed is one of the largest drivers of referral traffic to publishers, putting them at the mercy of its feed ranking algorithm.
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Russia could junk its pipelines that run through Poland and Ukraine, leaving them gas-strapped and at the mercy of powerful (and historically unfriendly) neighbours.
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Are governments at the mercy of the cycle, or can they act pre-emptively to flatten out the waves and avoid crises of high inequality?
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A tenth of the economy is at the mercy of a handful of firms—from dog food and batteries to airlines, telecoms and credit cards.
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That leaves farmers at the mercy of the monsoon, which dumps the lion's share of annual rainfall in just a few months over the summer.
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Young academics are at the mercy of star professors, whose goodwill and references they need when they start the hunt for a scarce permanent job.
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The best way to do that is to help users understand its decisions — instead of feeling like they're at the mercy of a mysterious algorithm.
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Trading on Friday was calmer, with the pound helped by some selling in the dollar, but the currency remains at the mercy of May's fortunes.
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As Smith imagines it, he was more afraid of putting himself at the mercy of a homophobic world than he was of a known killer.
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Just before this moment, Paul Sheldon, played by James Caan, is at the mercy of a crazed devotee of his work following a car accident.
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When playing next to arguably the greatest who ever lived, opposing schemes have no choice but to be at the mercy of his flicking wrist.
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In effect, the U.S. Supreme Court's order this week on the 'travel ban' has left millions of refugees at the mercy of the Trump administration.
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Therefore, he was at the mercy of the movement of the stock, and he only knew how to buy, not how to cut his losses.
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Without weight on the rear wheels, and the front axle spinning freely, the Ford is at the mercy of the heavier all-wheel drive Cybertruck.
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G.O.P. victory in the midterms would put a lot of people and institutions at the mercy of Trump's authoritarian instincts, big business very much included.
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The screen-time app makers are the latest companies to suddenly find themselves both competing against Apple and at the mercy of the tech titan.
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These sorts of experiences—dumbstruck by the audacity of the promoters, and at the mercy of the elements—were hallmarks of Iceland's Secret Solstice festival.
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Reviews are partially what drives Amazon to surface products, so for now, at least, Belei seems to be at the mercy of its own algorithm.
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So far, Chinese leaders have been reluctant to agree to an enforcement mechanism that would leave their economic future at the mercy of American politicians.
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When Hallie Jackson of NBC News pressed him on a follow-up, Mr. Trump mockingly tried to leave her at the mercy of the crowd.
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With its most lucrative release season at the mercy of the coronavirus, many films in Hollywood's powerful 214 lineup could be at risk of underperforming.
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There's the story told by Humbert Humbert, in which he is a powerless man at the mercy of the demonic nymphet Lolita, who seduces him.
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Often, the lowest bidder is a struggling company that itself is at the mercy of terms and conditions foisted upon it by the larger entity.
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They describe being at the mercy of the fog that envelops these mountains for hours, hiding the flock and allowing the bear to strike unseen.
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Because if this tension remains forever, we are at the mercy of an incident that then can trigger an escalation that will become extremely dangerous.
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I think that banking and finance have to be socialized because otherwise you're continually at the mercy of big capital deciding what's profitable or not.
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How different Gun Island could have been if it had lingered on Rafi's predicament, his fate of being at the mercy of sudden floods everywhere.
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Europeans now enjoy cheap cross-continent flights, high-street banking, and phone and internet services; Americans are often at the mercy of indifferent corporate giants.
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In that era, asthmatics lived entirely at the mercy of their disease, not knowing when it would strike or if an attack would prove fatal.
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The only downside was that we were at the mercy of whatever was showing at the time, which turned out to be Office Christmas Party.
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Instead, they are getting a Balkanized Britain, its stagnant economy at the mercy of forces they will no longer be able to influence in Europe.
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Plus, I am completely at the mercy of technology, and if it has a glitch, I'll only figure it out based on the ensuing disaster.
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The pilot is at the mercy of gravity and wind, and could land in the ocean, on a freeway, or on a mountainside far from help.
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Our show, we are simply at the mercy of a big football game, or a big prime-time drama, or the news, or our lead-in.
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The rest of us, now at the mercy of broadband providers unshackled from the chains of fair regulation, are left asking, will the open internet survive?
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Therefore, he was at the mercy of the movement of the stock, and he only knew how to buy, but not how to cut his losses.
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Regramming would make it impossible to tell what someone would post next, and put your feed at the mercy of their impulses without the requisite accountability.
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The planet, Pax, is habitable, but the first pods crash down, leaving the colonists at the mercy of the weather — as well as its sentient plants.
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I wish I could put together a to-do list for my day, but I am always at the mercy of my inbox and the phone.
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So you know you're at the mercy of a night like this where everything possible goes against you, both here and in the two other games.
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But no matter how celebrities "handle" their fame, we should be aware that all celebrities — all of them — are at the mercy of an indecent beast.
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As I talk her off the ledge, I silently think to myself how happy I am that my finances aren't at the mercy of another individual.
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"This situation is actually putting people who are very vulnerable in a more precarious situation because then they remain at the mercy of gangs," he said.
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The pound's fortunes remain at the mercy of Brexit uncertainty, but should the economy's downturn prove worse than feared, expect more losses for the British currency.
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The Verge has this fascinating story about how small tech companies are at the mercy of the App Store, and what happens when the bubble bursts.
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They are now at the mercy of extreme events like tidal surges and cyclones each year as they live so close to the sea, he added.
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Whether it's 30 seconds of zen or 20 minutes of pyrotechnics, I am at the mercy of my body, as I always am but rarely appreciate.
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By contrast, the third-class legal status of many migrant workers makes them extra-cheap (see article) and puts them at the mercy of their employers.
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Simply getting rid of rebates and other price concessions would leave patients and payers, including Medicaid and Medicare, at the mercy of drug manufacturer pricing strategies.
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It totals their car and leaves them at the mercy of a horrible evil presence in the woods, one that has no trouble smashing car windows.
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Legislators find themselves at the mercy of government administrators because the administrators tend to have only one interest—protecting their turf—while elected representatives have many.
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I understand that for too long people in power have looked the other way, and women have felt powerless and at the mercy of abusive men.
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He is, as wild things tend to be in movies nowadays, an innocent at the mercy of a ruthlessly predatory species, which is to say us.
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The judge just booted the case after Katherine's lawyers essentially threw themselves at the mercy of the court, claiming their client was unprepared to go forward.
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The clearest winner of any deal might be the Afghans themselves, but they are largely at the mercy of political actors for whom peace is risky.
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The second group of investors, at the mercy of Brazilian law, were forced into arbitration on an individual basis and barred from joining a class action.
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South Carolina officials know that they, too, are at the mercy of factors beyond their control when it comes to the convergence of politics and sports.
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The Greek government is seeking a "clean exit " from the program — meaning that Greece would be at the mercy of financial markets after August this year.
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While the Greens could give Kurz a narrow majority, his party is wary of being at the mercy of a handful of its left-wing lawmakers.
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"If you walk into a rental negotiation without a number — the rent you want — you're at the mercy of a landlord," Sethi writes on his blog.
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The show exploits and exacerbates natural anxieties about artificial intelligence, warning of a world where humans are left jobless, powerless and at the mercy of robots.
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It placed its finest artworks in the auctioneer's hands, at the mercy of the highest bidder, which generally means some anonymous merchant prince on the telephone.
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It relegates the banking act and leaves bank customers at the mercy of lenders by curbing the central bank's ability to regulate fees and charges, he said.
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Here he's off to the side and at the mercy of others' rules and protocol, and his face shows anger and even contempt for this objectionable situation.
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"If you walk into a salary negotiation without a number, you're at the mercy of an experienced hiring manager who will simply control the conversation," Sethi says.
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He then had himself medically tranqualized, putting himself entirely at the mercy of the collaborators who were tasked with ensuring his safety from electrocution and other hazards.
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Essentially, to match Apple's price with its 30 percent cut, it can't match the price of Apple Music, and it's at the mercy of Apple's technical restrictions.
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Under Mr Netanyahu, the Likud party has never held more than a quarter of the seats in the Knesset, putting him at the mercy of his partners.
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Expecting Afghanistan to turn out differently in just 19 years, when the actual diurnal administration is at the mercy of a corrupt local government, is sheer folly.
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Richardson adds, though, that without the backstop of a federal law, users are still at the mercy of tech companies when it comes to protecting their data.
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We would all be at the mercy of its whims unless we wanted to go out into the wild and lonesome internet where only the rejects dwell.
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After all, one set of cruise missile strikes will hardly protect the millions of Syrian civilians who are currently at the mercy of the Assad regime. 3.
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"Like all agriculture, dairy producers always operate at the mercy of Mother Nature," Darren Turley, Executive director of the Texas Association of Dairymen, said in a statement.
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But the weather this week has not co-operated with ample rain and only light breezes leaving the layout at the mercy of the world's best players.
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At least subconsciously we are of the belief that were the process of capitalist production halted, we would be thrown back utterly at the mercy of nature.
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It works on T-Mobile and AT&T in the U.S. Once you have one of these phones, you're no longer at the mercy of the carriers.
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Too often, only HR is working to fill positions, leaving the very people who will work with your new hire at the mercy of your hiring manager.
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The cable that kept Katie and the parasail connected to the vessel was severed when the boat flipped, leaving her at the mercy of the strong winds.
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If you buy a Google Pixel or Pixel XL from Verizon Wireless, you'll be at the mercy of the carrier when it comes to future Android updates.
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Refugees and asylum seekers don't number among Brûlé's "global nomads," nor do itinerant workers who can only travel at the mercy of ever more stringent visa regulations.
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The regulatory void has left Americans at the mercy of digital services that have every reason to exploit our personal information and little incentive to safeguard it.
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"You realize getting back to singles is a hard thing to do because you're at the mercy of the draws a lot of the time," Murray said.
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Ron Hosko, a former assistant director at the FBI, expressed disbelief that the bureau is at the mercy of Schiff and the Democrats to defend its integrity.
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However, some analysts said the new-found capital strength could be at the mercy of talks taking place with the pension fund trustees over Barclays' pension contributions.
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Others have been living and working in the U.S. for years, but are once again at the mercy of the lottery when it comes time for renewal.
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But the government's failure to stockpile rice has left it at the mercy of traders, who are unwilling to sell when prices are rising daily, Naggari said.
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And while that may save some time for patients who don't have to drive, it also means they are at the mercy of that specialist's travel schedule.
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During oral arguments in April, some justices seemed worried that politicians were at the mercy of vague rules that could leave them the prey of overzealous prosecutors.
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Almost a quarter of a million jobs would be lost by 2019, the study said, and the United States would be at the mercy of foreign oil.
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But hedge funds have suffered in the past while large banks have withdrawn from prime broking space, leaving currency markets often at the mercy of algorithmic traders.
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For Kim to give up nuclear weapons means placing himself at the mercy of his enemies — South Korea and the United States — in return for unreliable assurances.
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"The students at University of Puerto Rico have had to put their careers on pause and are at the mercy of something they can't control," he said.
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But as they move on to other topics, they should remember the health care debacle -- and the folly of putting their agenda at the mercy of extremists.
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At the mercy of circumstances beyond their control, people on the economic edge may feel as if they are engaged in a terrifying fight for their lives.
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And though they had more autonomy than black women, white women who didn't marry were often at the mercy of their brothers, fathers or brothers-in-law.
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"This horrific tragedy has me on my knees at the mercy of a greater power to ask the simple question of, 'When will this end,'" Rose wrote.
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We are, for the most part, big talkers with meager destinies, at the mercy of luck, global capitalism (which was a thing even then) and one another.
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Not being able to control where you're going, always being at the mercy of somebody else, every building looking like the iron bars of a jail cell.
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Being at the mercy of the weather, road traffic and commercial airlines (unlike FedEx, Worldnet does not have its own planes), even Worldnet sometimes comes up short.
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"Reversing that approach would leave the homeowner at the mercy of advancing technology — including imaging technology that could discern all human activity in the home," Scalia wrote.
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Although General Raziq's views on the Taliban may have changed in recent years, he still considered the group as a proxy fully at the mercy of Pakistan.
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The removal of the investment protection means firms would now be at the mercy of Mexico's courts, which are notorious for corruption, an energy industry source said.
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That would destabilise the region, create another potential haven for terrorists and leave Afghans at the mercy of a group that murders girls for going to school.
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With bitter divisions damaging the bloc's unity, the EU turned to Turkey to prevent arrivals in the first place - and put itself at the mercy of Erdogan.
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"(House) Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi clearly expressed her impatience and contempt for judicial proceedings when she said we cannot be at the mercy of the courts," he added.
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It has six million riders a day, and it's still at the mercy of an antique signal system that is taking a painfully long time to upgrade.
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But those with lower-paying jobs, like bartenders and waiters, can sometimes be banned from eating with passengers and are at the mercy of the crew cafeteria.
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Seven years later, virtually everything we do causes us to bleed digital information, putting us at the mercy of invisible algorithms that threaten to consume our freedom.
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Locking down your digital life does only so much; we are still at the mercy of security systems from the companies that hold our most valuable information.
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On a tiny budget and at the mercy of Viennese trains and Ferris wheels, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke managed to create '230s movie magic.
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Being at the mercy of digital feeds like Facebook jolted audience numbers when changes in the algorithm later in the decade pushed back on the content's reach.
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Recently, I got knocked down pretty hard, and this other guy was lecturing me like, 'You have to accept that you're at the mercy of the ocean!
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"Would you not rather know that when something happens you are able to respond instead of being at the mercy of a government you didn't vote for?"
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Facebook doesn't want its hardware like Oculus or its augmented reality glasses to be at the mercy of Google because they rely on its Android operating system.
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Macao's economic vibrancy is fully dependent on the casino industry and "at the mercy of Beijing," McGregor explained, noting that gambling is not legal in the mainland.
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Even at the state and local levels, there are few laws around this, leaving incarcerated people at the mercy of the courts to implement protections for them.
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One legislative chamber is controlled by a small cadre of the majority's leadership, who are in turn at the mercy of a rump faction of arch ideologues.
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The already slim stipends for postdoctoral fellows, invited to spend their early careers at NASA, have run dry, leaving them at the mercy of online fund-raising.
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Opponents of the extradition bill fear being placed at the mercy of a justice system rights group say is plagued by torture, forced confessions and arbitrary detentions.
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All were very much at the mercy of moderators who were far more focused on domestic issues like health care, immigration, and the economy than foreign affairs.
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But you're really at the mercy of the developers, their privacy policies, and how well they stick to them—the safest option is just to turn off permissions.
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But those who try to cross our southern border illegally are subject to much worse than just the elements – they are at the mercy of brutal criminal gangs.
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Or would it—as the Sun columnist Karren Brady believes, just reduce women in the workplace again to the "weaker sex at the mercy of our monthly cycles"?
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"In a very real sense, our lives, our ability to work, to attend school, to obtain health care, are at the mercy of a new administration," Minter said.
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Now, the company's ability to land on its feet and keep its business going while in Chapter 11 is largely at the mercy of its landlords and vendors.
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While your feed post might get lost at the mercy of the non-chronological algorithm, your Stories are just a tap away for someone clicking through their tray.
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Of course, Neodriven doesn't require you to use Open Pilot, though users would be at the mercy of the market and would have to wait for compatible alternatives.
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But there's a greater danger: almost everyone aboard is at the mercy of AegiSKADA, the station's security AI — which is doing everything it can to kill the pirates.
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The first path would be disastrous: losing Tai would put Aubry at the mercy of the tight Cydney/Michele duo and make her an obvious third place boot.
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But the shock move has failed to boost Tokyo stock prices or weaken the yen as Japanese markets remained at the mercy of a global equity sell-off.
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When women do report abuse or are arrested themselves, they find themselves at the mercy of Afghanistan's patriarchal judicial system, shaped by sharia law, women's rights campaigners say.
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That has left Syrians scattered across the country in tented settlements or urban areas - without any clear definition of their rights, and at the mercy of local authorities.
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Early human beings existed largely at the mercy of nature – helpless against natural disasters; constantly struggling to forage or capture enough food so as not to go hungry.
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She wouldn't be at the mercy of team owners who could flick her away at season's end if the funds ran out and/or sponsors couldn't be found.
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If Mr Johnson is returned with only a small one, he will be at the mercy of the hardline Brexiteers in his party, just as Mrs May was.
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In his stint at City Hall, Mr. Axelson experienced culture shock as a corporate accountant thrust into a world where budgets were at the mercy of electoral politics.
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Yet banks still use unreliable asset pricing models; households remain at the mercy of aggregate booms and busts; and Social Security continues to glide merrily toward its doom.
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Just don't be in a hurry: You are at the mercy of the slowest car on the highway and will move as quickly (or slowly) as it does.
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With long bonds you are at the mercy of the inflation gods: If inflation is low enough, you can win big; if it's high enough, you get buried.
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However, at the confluence of technology, capitalism, and regulation, young creatives find themselves at the mercy of lawmakers' ability to keep pace with the vanguard of technological trends.
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Local governments need to be empowered to decide how to improve internet access rather than leaving their businesses and residents at the mercy of a few big monopolies.
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If that was the case, then victims wouldn't be able to recover their files using Time Machine – they would be more at the mercy of the hackers' demands.
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The bottom line: Hardware is increasingly at the mercy of software meaning a small bug can render a device completely useless, at least until the issue is fixed.
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They have much of their lives and livelihood at the mercy of factors outside of their control—weather, government regulations, corporate agriculture pressure, and disease outbreaks, for example.
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And because we are at the mercy of Donald Trump, a man who resembles the previous 43 presidents less than he resembles a villain out of Marvel Comics.
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But many others work without permits leaving them at the mercy of human traffickers to whom they owe money for transport to Malaysia where they were promised jobs.
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Nearly all Zimbabweans who benefited from Mr. Mugabe's land reform policy lack titles, or legal ownership of their property — leaving them at the mercy of the politically powerful.
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By the end, however, one feels at the mercy of an absolutely precise and merciless prose machine, one simply uninterested in producing the illusion of cause and effect.
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"Getting rid of rebates and other price concessions would leave patients and payers, including Medicaid and Medicare, at the mercy of drug manufacturers' pricing strategies," Mr. Merritt said.
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I'm an avid user of the internet and I understand that users are completely at the mercy of tech companies in terms of what happens to our data.
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"We cannot be at the mercy of the courts," Pelosi said last week, before noting that not testifying is a possible crime (and a potential article of impeachment).
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Inspections are usually delegated to third-party auditors, which have proven to be far from foolproof and at the mercy of the often uneven tides of developing nations.
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Those using Chrome on an office network may be at the mercy of the corporate I.T. department as to when updates can actually be installed on company computers.
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The government is in a weak position as it does not have a majority in the House of Commons and is largely at the mercy of opposition parties.
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But it can be just as dangerous inside for a woman at the mercy of men, shame-bound and contorted by an ancient, undying sense of honor. ♦
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He believed that Afghans needed to set their own priorities for development rather than be at the mercy of the conflicting agendas of foreign countries and international agencies.
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"The tourist is really at the mercy of the drastically changing landscape," said Neev Tapiero, who had a soft launch for his company, Canadian Kush Tours, months ago.
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As it stands, athletes and their health are left at the mercy of their own half-understood ambitions and the corruptions and cynicisms of their nation-state leaders.
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Our live blog tracked reactions as BMPS was forced to admit no anchor investors took up its share sale, leaving the lender at the mercy of a state bailout.
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Investors have been at the mercy of headlines, and sentiment has swayed in both directions since trade disputes between the United States and its allies escalated into mutual tariffs.
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Local authorities believe the project may have to start again from scratch because the foundation blocks have been left at the mercy of Mongolia's harsh environment for so long.
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His refineries may be at the mercy of oil prices but Ambani's bid to dominate Indians' digital lives could earn his unconventional empire a more Silicon Valley-style valuation.
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But, honestly, unless you're in a rent-stabilized or rent-controlled building, you're largely at the mercy of your landlord or the rental market when it comes to pricing.
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It left the Syrian Kurdish forces — America's partner in fighting ISIS — alone and at the mercy of Turkey, which sees the Kurdish presence as a threat to national security.
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The initial experience was a reminder that livestreamed VR is currently reminiscent of online video content 20 years ago: glitchy, awkward, and at the mercy of internet connection speeds.
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Many farmers blame Modi for not fixing a price protection programme which barely covers 220 percent of India's 2220 million farmers, leaving most growers at the mercy of middlemen.
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Deborah Lyons, a London-based designer, agrees that it's important to have people calling out knockoffs, especially when you're a small business and at the mercy of bigger brands.
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Salto, a streaming service from French broadcasters France Télévisions, M6 and TF1, launched last year to prevent French content from being at the mercy of a U.S. tech company.
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Pope Francis says that the Gospel teaches that it&aposs wrong to leave migrants "at the mercy of the waves," an apparent critique of Italy&aposs new migration policies.
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It's left the administration, first Obama and now Trump, at the mercy of private insurers deciding whether or not to sell on the exchanges and delivering big premium increases.
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Mulraney rightly highlights that his proposals could still be knocked down, placing the plans at the mercy of democracy; given the anger they have prompted that seems almost inevitable.
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With the Conservative party contenders to take over from Prime Minister Theresa May setting out their plans for Brexit, the pound remains at the mercy of politics, analysts say.
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Unlike banks, which adhere to guidelines set by regulators, corporates are at the mercy of rating agencies as the de facto arbitrators of the features hybrids need to include.
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This feeling of being isolated, at the mercy of the elements, was one of the very reasons Peter had stopped coming up to the river in the first place.
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We are really at the mercy of nature, and the more we try to control or act like we are above it, the more it's to our own peril.
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Some have said CMS is being deliberately disruptive because of its hostility to ObamaCare, and that government programs should not be at the mercy of a lone federal judge.
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Many farmers blame Modi for not fixing a price protection program which barely covers 203 percent of India's 220 million farmers, leaving most growers at the mercy of middlemen.
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Duterte reached a large mass of people who had felt neglected, even despised, by liberals in power – and at the mercy of drug gangs and corrupt politicians and police.
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She was once branded crazy, so crazy she remains: totally without autonomy, cut off from the world, at the mercy of people who control her access to her children.
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But that strategy shake-up requires YouTubers—already at the mercy of the internet's ever-changing yens—to upend their format, their aesthetic, and the norms of their industry.
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But for civilians trapped behind enemy lines this development effectively places a siege on the city and leaves them at the mercy of ISIS for the most basic necessities.
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And while under normal circumstances, this win probably would have earned Nunes' a shot at Tate, she, like so many other bantamweights, is at the mercy of Rousey's return.
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We asked three people who survived some of the worst earthquakes in recent Italian history to recall what it was like to be at the mercy of Mother Earth.
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Facebook has been accused time and time again for damaging journalism, both by eating away at advertising revenues and by putting news publishers at the mercy of their algorithms.
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To many, it illustrated how esports players, organizations, and event organizers alike are completely at the mercy of each game's developers and publishers, whether they like it or not.
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You have high profile actresses who used to never speak about this stuff, because they're at the mercy of the studios, producers, and production companies for their next gig.
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Half memory, half missive, this novel centers on a character who is always at the mercy of other people's actions; the way he tells it, life happens to him.
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But other economists assert that the weak growth in wages is an indicator of a new economic order in which working people are at the mercy of their employers.
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They were often at the mercy of their landlords, lacked renter's insurance and had difficulty tapping into and navigating their way through local, state and federal agencies and resources.
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Some worry that dismantling the law will leave those with already-tenuous freedom of speech online—like sex workers and other marginalized voices—at the mercy of big tech.
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"Overall though, gold remains in the doldrums, entirely at the mercy of movements in other markets," Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst, Asia Pacific at OANDA said in a note.
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Back in the 1980s, Stallman was a researcher at MIT angered at the thought of the public's being at the mercy of big companies and their hegemonic proprietary software.
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I had my fair share of shameful moments at the mercy of alcohol, and while I&aposm thankful I managed to stay safe in these situations, I have regrets.
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The pound has largely shrugged off a deterioration in the Brexit talks in recent days and remained calm, but traders say it remains at the mercy of the negotiations.
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Union members acquire paid leave through collective bargaining, which leaves them at the mercy of labor leaders who may or may not make the issue a priority during negotiations.
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At the mercy of Germany Concerns over the Single Market being a whole load of poppycock are more relevant than ever, especially since the eurozone debt crisis of 0.053.
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Meanwhile, the danger AI poses is rather of human tyranny, with machines enfeebling most people, physically and intellectually, so as to leave them at the mercy of a master-class.
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Opponents say the changes would put them at the mercy of Chinese courts, controlled by the Communist Party, with a record of arbitrary detentions, torture and other human rights violations.
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Six months ago in his first Wimbledon final, the Croatian was hobbled by blisters that left him at the mercy of Federer who duly notched his 19th grand slam title.
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Opponents of the extradition bill fear the law could put them at the mercy of the mainland Chinese justice system which is plagued by torture, forced confessions and arbitrary detentions.
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Many say the extradition bill - which would have put Hong Kong people at the mercy of China's Communist Party-controlled courts - was merely the latest in a string of erosions.
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Although the region's sluggish economies warrant a bold policy response, the likelihood is nothing of significance will be done, leaving Latin America at the mercy of international developments and sentiment.
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Reddit is still at the mercy of thousands of moderators that it doesn't employ, and there are still plenty of people on Reddit who could create significant headaches for advertisers.
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She advocated a return to the gold standard, which would place monetary policy, inflation and the labour market at the mercy of the supply of and demand for the metal.
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Uber argues this gives drivers the flexibility to work at their leisure and be their own boss, but some drivers feel as if they're at the mercy of Uber's algorithm.
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"Being at the mercy of someone else can grow tiring, and I guess I figured I'd rather walk up a hill then be car sick in the backseat," he explains.
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But agencies like the CPSC, tasked with protecting us from things like toppling dressers and exploding smartphones, are often at the mercy of the companies they're supposed to be watching.
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While it's true that gender has never been viewed as more fluid than it is today, primetime television programming is still at the mercy of advertiser concerns and wary parents.
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There are many theories about what happened to her The US government holds that Earhart and Noonan crashed and sunk in the Pacific, perishing at the mercy of the sea.
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And the concern is that by failing to acknowledge the GOP's role in enabling Trump, Democrats might win the presidency, but leave Clinton at the mercy of a Republican Congress.
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"From a fundamental standpoint the market's in a wait and see mode and to a large extent remains at the mercy of oil," said Adam Sarhan, CEO of Sarhan Capital.
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"These women are of victims of violence and rape ... they are at the mercy of their employer, they are the property of their employer," Tine told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Without choices, access to competing goods or services, the consumer is at the mercy of the monopoly provider, trapped in a relationship (or set of relationships) he regards as suboptimal.
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The Labour Party has trooped off to the hard left, Theresa May's government is popular but at the mercy of hardline Brexiteers, and the Liberal Democrats remain marginal and unloved.
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This sense that the men lack will, that they are totally at the mercy of invisible forces, rubs against the sense that they are totally in control of their bodies.
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Announcing plans for an Aramco IPO in 22018, he said the kingdom must end its "oil addiction" to ensure it was no longer at the mercy of commodity price volatility.
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AEDPA's impact could be felt most strongly in death-penalty cases and prisoner-rights disputes, often leaving Americans at the mercy of shoddy state-level systems without meaningful judicial recourse.
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But the local increases in Henan and elsewhere show how much cities are at the mercy of the weather, with conditions such as high humidity and low wind exacerbating smog.
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"Many of the District's decisions are also at the mercy of right-wing ideologues in Congress, and as you can imagine, they don't show very much of it," Clinton wrote.
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"This Little Piggy" With Wonder Woman at the mercy of the Greek goddess Circe, Batman can only save her by revealing a carefully held secret: that — spoilers — he can sing.
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On the road, the players are at the mercy of their hotel location, as well as their $22017 per diem (increased from $25 this year because of their unusual circumstances).
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Instagram and Twitter have helped legitimize an industry absent of labor protections, and without access, we're left us at the mercy of government policies, shady management practices, and police misconduct.
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But that also puts the business at the mercy of the larger aggregators, while an app — much like a website — puts the business in more control over their own destiny.
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In a nation no longer at the mercy of imperial administrators and maharajahs or petty bureaucrats, "a new system has grown up," and the emerging superrich are firmly in charge.
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Abandoning the force, which is led by Kurds, would also leave it at the mercy of other powers, particularly Turkey, which considers it terrorist and a threat to Turkish sovereignty.
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But while Goodell and the N.F.L. may have survived 2017, the commissioner and his league seem to be at the mercy of very uncertain and uncontrollable events in the future.
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Both children and adults were subject to the agreement, which raised a basic fairness question: Children might be at the mercy of unreliable parents or guardians to follow the rules.
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In the final scene, John Moore lies paralyzed in a brothel as some kind of drug or poison takes hold, at the mercy of Captain Connor and his gangster cronies.
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"Globalization and especially the crisis of 2008 have strengthened a feeling of being at the mercy of mechanisms that we do not understand, let alone control," Ms. Schüler-Springorum said.
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Like terrified moviegoers seated on the edges of their seats and at the mercy of their imaginations, astronomers expect this week to finally see the monster: a supermassive black hole.
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Mr. Thompson is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York, another institution at the mercy of the state officials asking for a raise.
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We seem to be at the mercy of the second law of thermodynamics, which states that disorder and complexity only increase in a closed system such as, say, the universe.
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It makes my day-to-day travels quicker, and now that I'm not at the mercy of subway stops, it even motivates me to do things I might otherwise skip.
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The commitment to improvisation extends even to the instruments — he travels without a bass, preferring, like a piano player, to put himself at the mercy of what the venue provides.
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Ties My mother's whisker phobia was a proxy for other fears: being helpless, at the mercy of others' compassion and care; the body's incessant and inevitable failure; and death itself.
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The world's No. 2 smartphone maker is at the mercy of the United States when it comes to which operating system it can offer to its millions of smartphone users.
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Its location puts it at the mercy of several foreign powers, all of whom would benefit from seeing Afghanistan stabilize but also stand to lose out if another country dominates.
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Coverage included reports of heroic rescues of families on the roofs of their homes and tallies of the rain accumulation that has left Houston at the mercy of paralyzing floods.
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The people of Guam are American citizens, and though they do not get to vote for president, they are at the mercy of choices made in Washington, 8,000 miles away.
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Forty years ago, before the essential medicines list was published, poor countries were largely at the mercy of drug companies — which were often left over from those countries' colonial periods.
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Lawful immigrants will be at the mercy of purely arbitrary action in an application lottery — undermining the United States' commitment to equality, due process, fairness and the rule of law.
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While you can tinker to your heart's content with a device like this, it also means that you're at the mercy of fellow tinkerers when something doesn't work quite right.
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As a result, they're at the mercy of border agents when it comes to getting a credible fear interview, said Clara Long, acting deputy Washington director for Human Rights Watch.
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They knew they were at the mercy of the Browns, who they worried would take Trubisky at 228, and they were confident the Niners wouldn't take a quarterback at 22.
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That leaves the Secret Service somewhat at the mercy of Mar-a-Lago staff and the private groups that host events at the club, a Secret Service official told CNN.
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Existing regulations "restrict farmers' ability to sell produce outside designated wholesale markets, leaving them at the mercy of traders who often made profits at the expense of farmers," explained Kundu.
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It was the first time the London Metal Exchange, where activity is almost exclusively conducted by big industrial and financial players, found itself at the mercy of another market-place.
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Look closer and you'll spot just enough campy touches (a giant disco ball, an oversize dogs-playing-pool print) to remind you that you're at the mercy of Manhattan ironists.
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Look closer and you'll spot just enough campy touches (a giant disco ball, an oversize dogs-playing-pool print) to remind you that you're at the mercy of Manhattan ironists.
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In the meantime, Mr. Ramos said, climate change and a lack of proper planning and agricultural infrastructure has left agricultural workers, known as campesinos, at the mercy of devastating droughts.
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When an application, piece of software, or operating system updates itself, users are typically at the mercy of whoever controls that update, and whatever they decide to use it for.
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Brands do not see or hear, so they are at the mercy of their owners or care providers who must preserve the dignity and special character that the brand exemplifies.
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"It all suggests the need for an entrepreneurial financial independence so you're not at the mercy of the whims of our masters," when you were talking about Si Newhouse there.
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BJ: You're totally limited, and it's at the mercy of all these other decisions, whereas what's so great about the CalArts kids is they don't give a shit about that.
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The Trump administration is pointing out how those facilities are a safe haven compared to the long and perilous journey made at the mercy of human traffickers, smugglers and yes, coyotes.
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Colin Farrell's Civil War Union colonel finds himself with a bullet in his leg, at the mercy of the Southern women stranded at a Virginia girls school, led by Nicole Kidman.
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But according to the data from this year and years past, we are still a bunch of idiots—our astonishingly weak passwords at the mercy of even the most amateur hackers.
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At first glance, that's less than an Uber driver makes, but there's no cost of gas, car, insurance, or the stress of being at the mercy of morons on the road.
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Under investigation over a series of corruption allegations, he increasingly finds himself at the mercy of his coalition partners (whom he will need should the attorney-general decide to indict him).
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Yet whoever wins will be at the mercy of the markets: a glut of fossil fuels means that coal production has declined by almost a quarter since the highs of 2008.
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And when it comes to this type of geopolitical multidimensional chess, it's the civilian population that has neither a say nor a voice, but is at the mercy of the players.
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Boeing said it was sticking to its expectation that the MAX would return to service in the fourth quarter, though the timeline was at the mercy of regulators conducting certification reviews.
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Abuja, Nigeria (CNN)Giggling and chatting among themselves, it's hard to imagine that just one week ago, these girls were at the mercy of one of the world's deadliest terrorist organizations.
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Now, if somebody wants to adjust my makeup on set that's fine, but I don't want to get there and be at the mercy of a hairstylist or a makeup person.
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Wealthier people who contracted syphilis could afford to pay out of pocket for their own discreet, private treatments, while the poor were at the mercy of judgmental religious or social services.
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It was that the show was asking them, often, to play figures who were at the mercy of a plot that always signaled it was heading somewhere without actually doing so.
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With no clear path yet to an orderly British exit from the EU less than three weeks before the official departure date, the pound remains at the mercy of Brexit headlines.
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Seeing the all-powerful, amoral (he had many illegitimate children) superman at the mercy of unsophisticated doctors and the forces of disease and death far beyond his comprehension is darkly funny.
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But the North African country has been grappling with an economic crisis and youth unemployment of about 30 percent as turmoil has deterred investors, surviving at the mercy of foreign donors.
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Sawiris, who built a net worth of $4.2 billion mainly in the telecommunications industry, said he prefers investing in democracies, so he can avoid being at the mercy of political rulers.
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With Priebus gone, Bannon was at the mercy of Kelly, a retired Marine general who has been running a tight ship and is eager to rid the White House of drama.
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But since parents can't individually test each item or every classroom, they are left at the mercy of a system that has failed to rid the country of this health threat.
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America pulling out of Iraq — and for that matter, out of Syria, leaving the country at the mercy of Iranian mercenaries — is an idea that U.S. policymakers should bury for good.
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" One of her recurring conversational themes is the music business, of which she says at one point, "even the executives are kind of at the mercy of the Wall Street graph.
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Unless you are a grade A artist where you have the ability to have a chef on the road, you are really at the mercy of whatever city you land in.
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Inadequate fencing, or the absence of it, seem to leave young patches of forest at the mercy of hungry mule deer, which are seeking refuge from hunters and increasing human activity.
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So does Nancy, who drops her son off every morning at Love in Action, leaving him in the care — or at the mercy — of its director, Mr. Sykes, played by Edgerton.
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Sitting in the theater, I felt like I had a new apprehension of what it might be like to be young, idealistic, and at the mercy of nearly totalitarian economic forces.
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And the conditions there suggest Hong Kong's laissez-faire, not-legal-but-not-illegal stance toward sex work is leaving many women at the mercy of predators, some of them cops.
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Season three introduced the show's most nonsensical twists yet, from a series of secret family reveals to Jackson putting all of humanity at the mercy of hordes of vicious zombie animals.
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That often led to the players' being smuggled out in dangerous journeys by sea on speedboats, often at the mercy of human traffickers, smugglers and others looking to earn hefty profits.
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Studies have shown that the market for cryptocurrencies is subject to widespread manipulation, which puts smaller investors at the mercy of those who are trying to profit from the price swings.
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But increasingly often the tables are turned: The internet has given power to reality TV stars who were once completely at the mercy of those controlling the presentation of their narratives.
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But children are at the mercy of the smokers in their lives — not just parents and other relatives who smoke but also babysitters, day care workers, school bus attendants, even teachers.
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And yet the trade-off is rarely as simple as theory predicts, because farmers connected to markets by rutted roads are often at the mercy of a small number of middlemen.
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It gradually emerged that Kosinski had not spent the war alone and at the mercy of Polish peasants; he and his parents went into hiding, living as Christians under assumed names.
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The performance of S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR, for example, is largely at the mercy of Amazon, which accounted for 24.2 percent of its portfolio in early January.
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The fact that the Japanese behaved appallingly in the nineteen-thirties doesn't mean they should be left at the mercy of a regime that murders its own citizens for political reasons.
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Like everyone else in China, I have few concrete ideas about what is really happening, and I am at the mercy of the Chinese government and how it chooses to proceed.
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But experience tells us that some teenagers are much more impulsive than others, so it's hard to imagine that all adolescents are equally at the mercy of their own gawky brains.
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Allowing them to control the level of the sea projected on the set, it inverts the experience of migrants who find themselves, perilously, at the mercy of the water they cross.
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While they appear able to give Kurz and his party a narrow majority, he is unlikely to want to be at the mercy of a small number of left-wing lawmakers.
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We're told Tekashi knows he's at the mercy of the judge -- who can toss him in a cage and throw away the key for a long time if he sees fit.
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Counting on a trade deal Trump likes to talk about how desperate China is for a trade deal with the US, but he appears equally at the mercy of the Chinese.
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Because every smart TV comes with their manufacturer's own software and are at the mercy of their often unreliable and irregular security patching schedule, some devices are more vulnerable than others.
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This message that women are like children, incapable of knowing their own desires and at the mercy of men's sexual wants, is completely backward and simply untrue (for some of us).
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Google recently said it would be cracking down on apps without user data policies, but you're still largely at the mercy of app developers in terms of how your data gets used.
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They were at the mercy of Catholic organizations set up to help Cuban exiles until Calderón Kellett's grandparents were able to come to the U.S. on Freedom Flights about a year later.
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The trailer gives us our first look at the motley GLOW crew, including Sydelle Noel, Kia Stevens, Jackie Tohn, and Sunita Mani, who work at the mercy of Maron's curmudgeonly director Sam.
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Jay (Chris Pine) is in jail, at the mercy of Billis (Yul Vazquez), Fauna (India Eisley) is abandoned, and Jimmy Lee (Golden Brooks) has just been stabbed by George Hodel (Jefferson Mays).
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And hopefully he'll soon be mature enough to think through his financial decisions with care, rather than be at the mercy of a game designed to entice him to spend, spend, spend.
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The eyeless face, flanked by the empty niche and the hand, means that this shattered figure cannot see, that it is at the mercy of whomever can open or close the lid.
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That's probably a good thing, but we also have to make sure inmates are provided with adequate and affordable communications options, as they are often at the mercy of unscrupulous private services.
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Click here to view original GIFWatch as these diabolos get spun and twirled in the air like they're being controlled by some sort of sorcery and not at the mercy of gravity.
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When HBO — a media giant that is arguably the reigning king of premium streaming content—is at the mercy of a few savvy hackers, you know that cybersecurity is a major issue.
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Even for those still connected to the city council water network like Robert Akim, a clerk at the Kibera Constituency Office, unexpected rationing leaves them at the mercy of the private suppliers.
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Image: Craig DeForest, SwRI/NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterAside from reminding us that we're ants at the mercy of a blowtorch, why are scientists so interested in studying the Sun's energetic outbursts?
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Blue state: There are many important issues (guns, terrorism, climate change, labor, immigration, globalization, infrastructure, defense, investment, taxation, healthcare, education, research) but they are all at the mercy of campaign finance reform.
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In fact, there is no legal framework to regulate the bureaucratic process of transitioning, with trans individuals left at the mercy of whichever public official happens to be dealing with their case.
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It wasn't right that those born to the wealthiest New Yorkers were all but guaranteed great early childhood education, while everyone else in the city was at the mercy of a lottery.
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It's hard for them to grasp the predicament that no matter how capable you are or hard you work, we're all put in situations where we're at the mercy of other people.
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Then, use one of the scripts below: If you walk into a salary negotiation without a number, you're at the mercy of an experienced hiring manager who will simply control the conversation.
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It's also a big problem for the likes of Tesla, who will be at the mercy of those market mechanics, at least until some bright spark invents a new type of battery.
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Many of those sentiments hit home in African countries that feel at the mercy of foreign powers, just as they do in parts of Europe that have experienced their own nationalist movements.
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"We are at the mercy of the community that allows us to be here," said Abdilahi Hassan, a 28-year-old restaurant owner who has lived in Columbus since he was 14.
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It's a repudiation of four decades of bipartisan effort, and a return to a time when children were at the mercy of whatever local schools decided they should or should not learn.
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His name is as famous as that of Picasso, but Picasso has been mythologized as a monster of control, whereas van Gogh, it is agreed, lay at the mercy of the uncontrollable.
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I have learned that drivers at ride-hailing companies may have the freedom and flexibility of gig economy work, but they are still at the mercy of a boss — an algorithmic boss.
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It's a lot of work, but it sure makes for a soft pillow when you know you aren't at the mercy of the streets because you've shown the streets so much mercy.
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There, farmers have been driven off their land and forced into banditry, leaving them at the mercy of bounty killers, the most fearsome and sadistic of whom is played by Klaus Kinski.
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Tsipras and his Syriza party came to power with a promise of confronting the EU and ending austerity in a country that, since 2010, had been at the mercy of international creditors.
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It's as though I've given myself tacit permission to cede the control I exhibit elsewhere, to live at the mercy of secret caprice and act out whatever frustrations seep through from life.
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What I could do, though, was speak and write honestly about being utterly at the mercy of my illness, and being pulled from the brink by the care of one person's love.
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It was a sense of helplessness, the recognition that we are at the mercy of an industry that makes money off our data, treats us with disdain and answers to no one.
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It was the heyday of post-structuralism, and Nietzsche appeared to anticipate one of the central insights of that era: that we are at the mercy of ever-shifting systems and perspectives.
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High-flying House Democrats eager to use their new power to protect Robert Mueller from a new threat are finding themselves in a familiar position: powerless and at the mercy of Republicans.
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"Every riverboat captain knows they're at the mercy of these bastards," said the captain, Mr. Paiva, 41, who has been plying the rivers of Brazil's rain forests since he was a teenager.
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"We always forget that we're at the mercy of nature, and when episodes pass we forget and carry on," said Ivan Vejvoda, a fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.
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He has been a lobbyist, House staffer and Senate chief — and there is no scenario where Google is not knee deep in numerous policy fights and at the mercy of Hill action.
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The crowds were so large that Franklin and his team organized a second leg on their own, through smaller markets—Tulsa, Savannah, Clearwater—where they were at the mercy of independent promoters.
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The water crisis has become yet another sign of man being at the mercy of an increasingly extreme climate, but also of once-mighty Rome's political impotence, managerial ineptitude and overall decline.
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The play is if anything darker and more terrifying without Blake, leaving the poor feckless salesmen at the mercy of a faceless malevolence offstage rather than some regular jerk in a BMW.
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In numerous cases, these environmental works are fragile and become imperiled after their makers die if they are left without capable, resourceful caretakers, only to deteriorate at the mercy of the elements.
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Whereas explicit collusion over prices is illegal, tacit collusion is not—though trustbusters attempt to forestall it by, for instance, blocking mergers that leave markets at the mercy of a handful of suppliers.
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U.S. exchanges have been diversifying their revenue stream by focusing on market data services and pivoting away from their core trading and clearing businesses, which are at the mercy of market volatility swings.
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The Cera bill is at the mercy of a Republican-controlled legislature, where lawmakers might factor in political integrity and the possibility of messing with one of President Donald Trump's potential Democratic rivals.
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Of course, this doesn't mean you're completely at the mercy of your ruling planet whenever it turns retrograde — Libras and Taureans survived Venus' last backspin along with the rest of us, after all.
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Watching actual world leaders conduct their own dick-measuring contest on a nuclear scale is terrifying, because we exist at the mercy of their decisions, and we have to live with the consequences.
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The funding ban remained in place into the 2000s, and NASA did not oversee any more big SETI initiatives, putting SETI at the mercy of private investors like Paul Allen and Yuri Milner.
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"By opening up safe and legal routes for refugees, the Bangladeshi government and international community could avoid further loss of life putting refugees at the mercy of smugglers," she said in an email.
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The CTO is often at the mercy of many differing opinions within their organization without the important understanding, in some level of depth, the challenges, capabilities or even limitations that certain platforms present.
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The detention centers have limited food and other supplies for the migrants, who made often-arduous journeys at the mercy of abusive traffickers who hold them for ransom money from families back home.
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Opponents of the extradition bill fear it would put them at the mercy of Chinese courts, controlled by the Communist Party, with a record of arbitrary detentions, torture and other human rights violations.
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They fear the bill would leave Hong Kong people at the mercy of Chinese courts, where human rights are not guaranteed, and have voiced concerns over the city's much-cherished rule of law.
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GT Bank's loan book has been at the mercy of last year's naira currency devaluation - which drove loan growth to 15.8 percent - and debt restructuring by oil companies hit by low crude prices.
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Her call to boost energy from renewables while promising to make Taiwan nuclear-free within a decade appeals to those worried about the environment being at the mercy of the big energy firms.
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Read more: Targets of Fake Porn Are at the Mercy of Big Platforms Some deepfakes fans are attempting to avoid watchful admin eyes by setting up their own websites, independent of other platforms.
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It would guarantee federal funds for Indian health, education, roads and other programs that are usually at the mercy of annual Congressional budget fights and elevate tribal affairs to a Cabinet-level priority.
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Women just starting out in a male-dominated industry like music may find their career advancement at the mercy of the men in charge—a situation some of those men take advantage of.
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Without federal protections, customer service agents who are assaulted are at the mercy of local jurisdictions, which decide when or if to prosecute the attackers — or if incidents will be reported at all.
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Asian nations worry that any diluted U.S. presence, just a few years after former president Barack Obama's strategic rebalance to the region, could leave them at the mercy of an increasingly assertive China.
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In the book you describe the life experiences of Ta-Nehisi Coates, an interesting choice because the bulk of his writing focuses on how individuals can be at the mercy of systemic forces.
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Without their willingness to step forward in wartime, we would be at the mercy of enemies much like the evil men who murdered my uncle and stole my friends from their loved ones.
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"Timber Remixed" puts the original at the mercy of a dozen forward-looking remixers including Squarepusher, Tim Hecker, Oneohtrix Point Never, Mira Calix and the Austrian musician Fennesz, whose version is posted online.
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The antitrust division is asking whether the creation of a single company capable of printing 1 million editions of weekly magazine will mean publishers will be at the mercy of only one printer.
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Why this makes sense: Tropical cyclones may be gigantic storms, but they are steered by mid-level winds, and in some ways are at the mercy of atmospheric circulation patterns beyond their control.
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Before ITA, which was bought by Google in 2010 for $700 million and now powers Google Flights, people were often at the mercy of travel agents — an almost unimaginable scenario for many today.
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Whereas for the Greek playwrights the universe tends to be deterministic, the hero at the mercy of forces beyond his control, for Shakespeare the tragedy lies in the very choices the protagonist makes.
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The anxiety level in United States airports is palpable: At the mercy of authorities, weather and technology, we negotiate transit with trepidation — even more so if the traveler is not an American citizen.
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If Shelley was at the mercy of her own subconscious, Gordon suggests, perhaps potential readers would be more willing to overlook the fact that this scandalous book had been written by a woman.
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" Scientific ideation and technical skill are now at the mercy of an "infantile scheme of life, seeking extravagant supermechanisms of escape from the problems that mature men and a mature society must face.
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The insistence on overhauling the $70 billion a year Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, however, left GOP leadership at the mercy of the Freedom Caucus because Democrats refused to support the stricter work requirements.
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As a result, even emerging markets with independent central banks and floating exchange rates can appear to be at the mercy of international financial conditions, in particular the policy of the Federal Reserve.
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" And: "Research tells us that we are not helplessly at the mercy of a hypocritical brain—under the right circumstances we can be equally sensitive to our own and to others' moral transgressions.
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More than 20 years on, this feels too cleanly schematic, but it endures as an example of the affinity so many gay male artists have for women at the mercy of patriarchal structures.
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He told lawmakers that the next Socialist-led government would be at the mercy of the "blackmail" of Catalan separatists, while also having to comply with the far-left demands of Unidas Podemos.
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But when you unleash the forces of nationalism, you should not be too surprised to find yourself at the mercy of expressions of identity you thought were safely confined to the history books.
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It's at the mercy of companies like Disney and Universal, and a single film like "Avatar," which grossed $750 million domestically and $2.7 billion worldwide in 2009, can make or break revenue projections.
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"Inmates are at the mercy of their jailers for basic life-sustaining necessities like water, food and medical care," a court filing signed by Kurt Benkley, an assistant district attorney, said in March.
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This might seem prudent for Israel's security, but it would basically leave the state of Palestine at the mercy of Israel's strong military, giving Israel a greater ability to bully its future neighbor.
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"Because of her ignorance and her lack of self-respect, Norma McCorvey has been more at the mercy of circumstances than many women," Susan Cheever wrote in The New York Times Book Review.
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The deep job cuts come as Japan debates whether to bring in more foreign workers amid a local labor shortage, highlighting how such employment is often at the mercy of manufacturers' production cycles.
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That leaves the country at the mercy of international investors to keep it afloat financially, and those investors could find other markets more enticing — particularly when emerging markets see their currencies lose value.
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While Clery and Binksy might have millions of "likes" on their pages, reaching them isn't that simple—they're still at the mercy of the algorithm that controls what users see on Facebook's News Feed.
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For more information on the specifics of Aldo's game read Aldo versus Edgar II: At the Mercy of Pivots , Aldo vs McGregor: A Clash of Kings or Jose Aldo: The Pride of Nova Uniao.
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Fitch said the country is "at the mercy of the markets" given its oil businesses, and because of that, the agency is "cautious" that Malaysia would achieve its goal in cutting the budget deficit.
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Opponents of the extradition bill see it as a threat to the rule of law and fear it would put them at the mercy of China's justice system where human rights are not guaranteed.
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"I stood at the mercy of this pharmacist explaining my situation in front of my 7 year old, and five customers standing behind only to be denied because of his ethical beliefs," Mone wrote.
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In a Monday phone interview, Furman told me that overturning the rules would leave unsophisticated investors at the mercy of unscrupulous advisers who put their own profits ahead of the interests of their clients.
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He has asked us to conceal his identity, explaining that while he is now safe, in a new temporary home at the Digba refugee camp, he still has relatives at the mercy of ISIS.
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The companies argue this gives drivers the flexibility to work at their leisure and be their own boss, but some drivers feel as if they're at the mercy of Uber and Lyft's respective algorithms.
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Despite fresh setbacks, Boeing said it was sticking to its expectation that the MAX would return to service in the fourth quarter, though the timeline was at the mercy of regulators conducting certification reviews.
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And it's important to note that, just like with Echo devices, Amazon automatically selects the vendors for the items you've added, which means you're at the mercy of the all-powerful buy button algorithm.
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Opinion Columnist A decade ago, it was conventional wisdom that the world would soon start running low on oil and that the United States would henceforth be at the mercy of the inexorable trend.
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Most people rely on "gut" to make these decisions, or they are at the mercy of external data teams who are often removed from the business process and take time to present the information.
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A curse because that leaves G2 Crowd somewhat at the mercy of Google, its algorithms and its longer-term ambitions of what it might want to do in various specific areas of vertical search.
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"SINCERE AND HUMBLE ATTITUDE" Opponents of the extradition bill fear the law could put them at the mercy of the mainland Chinese justice system which is plagued by torture, forced confessions and arbitrary detentions.
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I was at the mercy of him, and for some reason, he felt it necessary to try and get me to break and laugh every show, which is so hard, cause he so funny.
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They presented her with the choice; either return home and join the German Olympic training programme or leave her family at the mercy of the internal furies that had been released in the country.
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Hasina also confirmed a plan to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a uninhabited low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal, dismissing fears that it would be put them at the mercy of floods.
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Bottom line, say the researchers: We're all basically at the mercy of the fertilizer cartels, and their economic influence on what we eat—and if we can afford to eat at all—is enormous.
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According to a popular European perspective, the closed-door strategy is an American condition that is putting European citizens, their agricultural products and strict environmental standards at the mercy of United States-based corporations.
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In their first few weeks of existence the larvae are at the mercy of currents, still too puny to get around on their own, gathering by their millions in surface "slicks" where currents meet.
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In addition to being a blatant violation of international law, shoving these boats back out to sea leave the Rohingya at the mercy of the elements, exposed, with no alternative haven within safe reach.
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She recommends taking control of what you eat by choosing a healthy meal at the airport or take on board with you, rather than being at the mercy of what's available on the flight.
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"The first object of the association is to provide for the widows and orphans who are daily left penniless and at the mercy of public charity by the death of a brother," Debs explained.
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As president, they said, you are constantly reacting to things and largely at the mercy of events — "governing in prose," as opposed to "campaigning in poetry," to adapt the old line from Mario Cuomo.
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Once you get a VPN installed, you're effectively at the mercy of your VPN rather than your internet provider as far as tracking your web history goes, so adjust your expectations and activities accordingly.
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Furthermore, a retiree is then at the mercy of whichever state he or she happens to live in at the time and even healthy guaranty associations provide widely varying levels of maximum lifetime protection.
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Lang, after teaming up with Cap's squad, finds himself under house arrest following a knockout fight between Avengers in Berlin that leaves everyone either on the run or at the mercy of the government.
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A collection of unelected lawyers this week is quietly pushing a new proposal that could dramatically erode your legal rights, leaving you at the mercy of giant corporations eager to protect themselves from accountability.
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It took Tim and me so long to settle on our destination that by the time we arrived, after a lengthy detour at the mercy of lost Lyft driver, the show was sold out.
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But now he was caught in that Catch 22 — he needed games to be truly ready, but he needed to be truly ready to get games — and he was at the mercy of Guardiola.
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Those bans only happened because Yahoo floundered and put the site at the mercy of Verizon, which wanted it only for ad revenue and wouldn't put resources into better moderation algorithms or more staff.
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On a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, the French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin spent 127 days alone in a large, barrel-shaped capsule made of plywood, at the mercy of the winds and currents.
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The species, which breeds in coastal marshes from Maine to Virginia, and lives only on the Atlantic Coast, has always been at the mercy of time and tide, nesting between the highest spring tides.
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He could now find his nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at the mercy of Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, two Minnesota Democrats on the Judiciary Committee.
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Again he was at the mercy of another wealthy owner-investor, Edgar Bronfman Jr., a scion of the family that owned the Seagram distillery company; he had acquired MCA, Universal's parent company, in 1995.
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The fact that many clubs are wholly or partly state-owned, meanwhile, has left teams at the mercy of broader economic forces, with budgets cut and ambitions dulled for political, rather than sporting, reasons.
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You take only the essentials, and in a place that is decidedly at the mercy of the elements, the quality and level of performance that those essentials are capable of are of exaggerated importance.
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If the point of obligation was pushed onto marketers, they would be at the mercy of refiners to access the special blends of motor fuel that comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.
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He leaves her at the mercy of a complicated network of corrupt politicians and murderous minions, and "Widows" loses a lot of its power when those guys crowd the actual widows off the screen.
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This case is evidence of the central inequity around abortion: It is easy for women with means to get an abortion, while poor women are at the mercy of statutes that restrict their rights.
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If our adult lives are no longer at the mercy of only one other person for our nourishment and health, they are yet entangled with political and natural forces that far exceed our control.
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Opponents of the extradition bill see it as a threat to the rule of law and fear it would put them at the mercy of China's justice system, where human rights are not guaranteed.
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"Victims of this attack will be at the mercy of the attackers, because they'll have machines existing on the internet that were previously segmented, and they'll have no idea this is happening," the company said.
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The best college football coaches will get statues outside their stadiums, and they'll stand there, scowling in bronze, sternly pointing the way forward in all weather; the rest serve at the mercy of restive subjects.
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"Brands do not see or hear, so they are at the mercy of their owners or care providers who must preserve the dignity and special character that the brand exemplifies," Caporella said in the statement.
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"Instead of immediately being at the mercy of what the world wants from you, your phone will be operational only ten minutes after you wake up — think of it as your helpful coach," she said.
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The tip was to keep buying National Video and the only thing that Pop knew to do was continue buying the stock, which means he was at the "mercy" of the stock's movement, he said.
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The show even took a few moments to wallow in the miseries of the weather, as the wet, shivering contestants reconcile themselves to the next month of their lives at the mercy of the elements.
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Back in 2015, Tsipras and his Syriza party won the election with a promise of confronting the EU and ending austerity in a country that, since 2010, had been at the mercy of international creditors.
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The goal at the time was to avoid the pressure of the public market and make needed tougher decisions, like store closures, that are harder when at the mercy of quarterly reports and public investors.
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The tiny might be at the mercy of a cruel or kind giant who keeps them as a pet or tortures them mercilessly with feet or by engulfing them in a giant mouth or ass.
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It's like a few people are excluded, but really, it's like the rest of us are just sort of at the mercy of the system that's not really working at its full capacity for anyone.
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The laws have yet to catch up to the crime, and the average person doesn't have the means to quickly take down intimate images from the web—they're often at the mercy of tech giants.
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It's tempting to believe we're invincible and can just power through the snow or the heat, but we are probably more at the mercy of atmospheric pressure and temperature hikes and drops than we think.
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I am scared and concerned for students of color, queer* and trans* students and all university community members at the mercy of an arbitrarily expanded police force without clear oversight or attachment to the community.
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But if you are a true gourmand and enjoy abandoning all caution with respect to food, then put yourself at the mercy of Krolewskie Jadlo ("king's feast"), the sole medievalist eatery in the five boroughs.
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Women are at the mercy of the laws of the nation in which they travel, and just saying something like, "I'm a Canadian, you can't do this to me!" won't get you out of trouble.
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He is at the mercy of the South Carolina municipal courts, an idiosyncratic system in which police officers serve as prosecutors, judges are not required to have college degrees, and public defenders are often absent.
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But that solution is only temporary: It means that both girls remain at the mercy of the men they have enlisted to help them, and if those men turn on them, they are in trouble.
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Croft believes market fundamentals are improving but said that oil markets could be at the mercy of other factors — such as President Donald Trump's approach to trade policies, much of which he communicates over Twitter.
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The current system is completely dysfunctional, and in the current profit-driven health care system, we are at the mercy of the private insurance and pharmaceutical companies, whose greed dictates the cost of health care.
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So Pastor Danny fell back on his usual tactic — improvisation — and raced into MS-218 territory, hoping to place himself at the mercy of Samuel, the MS-213 leader in the area, before someone died.
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The predictable result is that subway cars now wheeze along at the mercy of warped tracks, frayed cables and a signal system that was state of the art, maybe, when Americans were dancing the jitterbug.
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While successful at first, People Express decided it wanted to compete in bigger markets and soon found itself at the mercy of airline giants such as United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, the Times continued.
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And throughout, the South Korean government is painted as ineffectual, apathetic, and at the mercy of the Americans who maintain influence both through their presence at the military base and in South Korea's cultural hegemony.
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Why are consumers safe when they purchase tangible consumer products with cash, but when they sign up for routine financial products like mortgages and credit cards they are left at the mercy of their creditors?
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