The Western world isn't becoming less democratic, but it is becoming less liberal.
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So to the extent that political systems are becoming less liberal, I think they're also becoming less democratic.
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The overall gap has widened over time, according to Pew, which means the US population is becoming less white more quickly than Congress is becoming less white.
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People are becoming less active and more overweight, which means they are becoming less fit and less able to tolerate the activity and loading for which we were designed.
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She also said the Russian economy was becoming less dollarised.
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And cities are becoming less welcoming to foreign capital, too.
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But it too is becoming less welcoming to Chinese investment.
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China is becoming less attractive, he concludes with some sadness.
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The Wild West looked like it was becoming less free.
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There's ample evidence of truth becoming less and less relevant.
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By becoming less tasty, the menu options for caterpillars change.
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LGFVs are becoming less able to pay back their debts.
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However, that number is increasingly becoming less and less credible.
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Much of the criticism is justified, though becoming less so.
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The government itself is also becoming less hostile to gays.
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The central character becomes more human by becoming less human.
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Even as regional disparities widen, people are becoming less mobile.
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And pension formulas are becoming less generous for newer recruits.
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This is not to say Christianity is becoming less popular.
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And ridership is becoming less and less relevant each year.
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Meanwhile, both real and imagined A.I. is becoming less corporeal.
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The garter toss is also becoming less common at weddings.
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It's simply becoming less efficient to operate a budget airline.
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There are signs the protests are weakening and becoming less effective.
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Conversely, finance as a whole can shrink without becoming less concentrated.
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"In Europe, navigation is becoming less and less safe," Shaw said.
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The climate for Chinese firms in America is becoming less welcoming.
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Our elections are becoming less free, less fair, and less trustworthy.
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Gradually the path forward for Trump's opponents is becoming less clear.
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In the traditional sectors, the state is becoming less resource based.
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Heatwaves are increasingly common and winter rains are becoming less heavy.
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However polls suggest Japan is becoming less conservative on LGBT issues.
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One reason is that road traffic deaths are becoming less common.
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They are becoming less productive as the ecosystems within them collapse.
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Second, the firm is becoming less rigid about its system of points.
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After that, they noticed the signals becoming less synchronized and more complex.
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It's one of the reasons the food is becoming less and less.
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Globally, policy is slowly but surely becoming less supportive of boom conditions.
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Becoming less lucid when speaking is a fairly normal part of ageing.
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Even Jon Snow is somehow becoming less attractive to you (kind of).
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You'll notice your face becoming less oily the more you use one.
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The new currency is becoming less widely used as well as cheaper.
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Rainy weather patterns in the southwestern United States are becoming less frequent.
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Almost everywhere marriage is becoming less obligatory, less coercive and less dutiful.
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And because of this, I fear that I am becoming less employable.
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No matter what the government does, the workplace is becoming less secure.
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And it's becoming less so now, according to a new Reuters poll.
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Whatever the cause, however, abortion is becoming less necessary and less desirable.
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SEGREGATION IN AMERICA is becoming less about race and more about money.
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Severe cold snaps were still happening, but they were becoming less common.
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Reflecting this reality, the tax cut is becoming less popular over time.
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Anal sex and ass play were becoming less taboo and more trendy.
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"I believe we're becoming less active," a prescient epidemiologist said in 1990.
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Globally, traditional autopsies are becoming less frequent, both for adults and for children.
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The "threshold age" when people start becoming less satisfied with their job situations?
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Here's the thing: Six home runs in a game is becoming less unusual.
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But some charges are becoming less common and others are easier to avoid.
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"Restaurants are becoming less of a value relative to grocery stores," Setyan said.
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This year's UN World Happiness Report found that Americans are becoming less content.
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Kanye West's Yeezus follow-up Swish is becoming less mysterious by the day.
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Trends seem to move more quickly and weather patterns are becoming less predictable.
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It's becoming less acceptable to pass it off as character building or insignificant.
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As time goes on, our conversation is becoming less #yasqueen and more confessional.
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There are signs that South Koreans are becoming less tolerant of this approach.
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"The traditional ways of valuing record labels are becoming less useful," he said.
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The motor of the British economy is becoming less productive and more unequal.
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"As time goes on," he said, "unfortunately things are becoming less clear." video
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But historical motivations for voting are becoming less instructive as climate change worsens.
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In a globalized world, "people are becoming less sure about themselves," he said.
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Okay, how about: Are intense heat waves (like this one) becoming less unusual?
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It was becoming less of a guitar-bass-drums, post-punk revival band.
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Because of improving medical practices, brain death in Spain is becoming less common.
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Screens are becoming less common on flights in order to shrink economy seats.
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In many sectors of our economy, things are becoming less expensive, not more.
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That means the food system is becoming less resilient against pests and diseases.
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So most eradication technologies have a "shelf-life," becoming less effective over time.
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Disease and premature death are still appallingly common, but they are becoming less so.
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That Japan is rapidly becoming less socially homogenous threatens its understanding of itself, too.
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"The rationale to have a multi-industry company is becoming less significant," Biller said.
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I don&apost see a lot of evidence that California is becoming less polarized.
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As Zello's usage grows, it risks getting overloaded and becoming less useful to rescuers.
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But it seems that each day, those reasons are becoming less and less pronounced.
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I don't remember exactly when the ladder of racial categories started becoming less conceptual.
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But public transport is becoming less busy in those cities, and in others besides.
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A longer Black Friday season, which is becoming less frenzied than in previous years.
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Our food is becoming less nutritious due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Rent is becoming less affordable, particularly those who are low-income, and getting worse.
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More jobs are being created and Americans are becoming less dependent on foreign energy.
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"The difference (between East and West) is becoming less pronounced every year," Wijman said.
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"It might be (becoming) less effective because the tactic is well known," she said.
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Men who had circumcision didn't have any problems with their penises becoming less sensitive.
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But as more city residents buy homes upstate, that distinction is becoming less obvious.
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Yet even as they age, the word retirement is becoming less and less clear.
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Even the writing style changes for these chapters, becoming less nostalgic and more didactic.
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Simply put, the north and south poles are becoming less white and more blue.
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It wasn't just that blogging was becoming less and less of a viable business.
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As the centuries pass, do the legacies they represent fade, becoming less relevant or accurate?
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Unluckily, oil prices are rising just as global financial conditions are also becoming less forgiving.
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"The U.S. is steadily becoming less Christian and less religiously observant," the Pew study concluded.
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"Art schools are becoming less and less accessible for non middle-class people," says Niazi.
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This sees premiums increasing, and their cover becoming less relevant as circumstances change over time.
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Sources said membership could fall further because increasing regulation meant clearing was becoming less profitable.
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Is Rotten Tomatoes becoming less relevant when it comes to big-budget movies' ticket sales?
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Generally, it fades away, potentially becoming less annoying than even a scratch on a screen.
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Do you find yourself becoming less and less excited about Apple's newest iPhone every year?
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But the idea was politically toxic, actually becoming less popular the more Bush discussed it.
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But having a surplus of cheap labour is becoming less of a lure to manufacturers.
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For some, business travel is becoming less of a commute, and more of a commune.
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Rising income inequality may also help to explain why American diets are becoming less equal.
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But there is at least one industry in which the practice is becoming less mysterious.
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One thing is for sure — starter homes are becoming less desirable among their target market.
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"Terrorism is becoming less surprising, unfortunately," said Mr. Slackman, a former Times correspondent in Egypt.
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"The Late Heavy Bombardment is becoming less heavy as the years go by," he said.
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Avocado prices are also becoming less volatile, according to the Wells Fargo analyst Jon Tower.
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Basically, antibiotics are dramatically over-prescribed and, due to bacteria resistance, are becoming less effective.
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Yes, but: The report nonetheless shows how the global economy is becoming less carbon-intensive.
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The voting-age population was becoming less white and more African-American, Latino and Asian.
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Mascara, the long-standing staple of makeup, is becoming less relevant to today's beauty rituals.
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Going public is becoming less necessary for companies to raise significant funding, according to Prasad.
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"I fear that our economy is becoming less dynamic," Lowe told a parliamentary economics committee.
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Once universally dreaded by banks, the Federal Reserve's annual stress tests are becoming less stressful.
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As I grew accustomed to the territory, I felt myself becoming less and less welcome.
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Crude dropped almost 2170.80 percent Tuesday as investors felt a deal was becoming less likely.
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Any indication our neighborhoods may be becoming less safe will always be met with anxiety.
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The regulatory backdrop is also becoming less favorable for some corners of the housing market.
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As far as sponsored content, Amazon is becoming less friendly to other companies, not more.
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I knew that cannabis wasn't fatal, but I was becoming less convinced by the minute.
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Taste, and more specifically, individual taste, is becoming less and less of a big deal.
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The death penalty is becoming less popular every year, according to a 2017 Amnesty International report.
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Overall, per head of population, firearm deaths are decreasing, largely because suicide is becoming less prevalent.
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Under Mrs May, Britain, a beacon for investment, risks becoming less attractive to foreigners, not more.
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As a result of that, net exports are becoming less of a drag on economic growth.
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It may now be that aging Midwesterners are becoming less willing to move to Chicago, too.
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And its hideousness will likely and unfortunately dull with every use, becoming less and less jarring.
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And, increasingly, wellness is becoming less aspirational than essential, as expected as free wifi in hotels.
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U.S. executions are becoming less common, with opinion polls showing rising opposition to the death penalty.
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One reason the holiday is becoming less popular is because it is viewed as too commercial.
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In addition, should regulatory developments lead to the subsidiary becoming less integrated within UBS AG, e.g.
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Or does it say something about Britain becoming less interesting and less relevant to the world?
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Educators are burning out and becoming less effective in raising student achievement than their healthier peers.
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But agriculture is becoming less lucrative as foreign governments manipulate global markets and artificially depress prices.
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The trips are becoming less frequent as the hospital struggles to restock the drugs Antonella needs.
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But data from the Census Department show that big cities across America are becoming less segregated.
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I found myself becoming less judgmental, not just of others, but also of my own body.
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But experts have warned that this approach is becoming less effective as the country's debts rise.
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But experts have warned that this approach is becoming less effective as the country's debts rise.
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The New Health Care By middle age, the lenses in your eyes harden, becoming less flexible.
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Trouble is, doing so is becoming less and less affordable — especially for already low-wage workers.
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Like finding stillness and becoming less reactionary and being able to not lash out at people.
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Most of the cities where house prices are becoming less affordable are in the South and West.
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One silver lining, Kafka noted, is that what hardware you buy is becoming less relevant — well, mostly.
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The falls came after signs in recent weeks that investors were becoming less pessimistic on the pound.
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As a result, handbags are becoming less of an emotional purchase and more of a rational one.
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They were still dealing with the effects of that government, but it's becoming less and less so.
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"The game is becoming less important," said Ubisoft CCO Serge Hascoet in an interview with Le Monde.
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"My music is becoming less about what I like, and more about what I am," he explains.
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When you are confident in yourself and your beliefs, that stuff starts becoming less and less important.
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More and more people with breasts are becoming less attached to even wearing a bra at all.
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In part thanks to Trump and his allies, facts are even becoming less meaningful in today's society.
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Unfortunately, conditions in the marine tropics are becoming less and less coral-friendly with each passing year.
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But the process of buying and owning an iPhone is, at the same time, becoming less luxurious.
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In a post-EDM world, rock is also becoming less and less of a focus for Coachella.
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But as the market matures and competition intensifies, the hardware advantage is becoming less of an edge.
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Discussing these types of cosmetic changes is still largely considered taboo, although it's thankfully becoming less so.
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And Republicans are becoming less and less accepting of his tweets as he continues to send them.
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Social-media services are also becoming less generous with their data, both for privacy and commercial reasons.
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The tone of the Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders is becoming less civil.
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But even as those details were coming together, the substance of the talks was becoming less clear.
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"The implication is that retail prices are becoming less insulated from these common nationwide shocks," Cavallo writes.
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"People are becoming less and less interested in politics," said Sebastien Renault, a 35-year-old florist.
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Meanwhile, he is becoming less and less effective as his position weakens and his enemies grow stronger.
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What the numbers show is the US economy is becoming less dynamic over time, not more dynamic.
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But as capabilities have advanced, the idea of autonomous weapons reaching the battlefield is becoming less hypothetical.
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But candidates are becoming less and less dependent on conventional media outlets to get their message out.
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I felt pretty confident that I could help her make certain changes, like becoming less socially isolated.
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But I'm becoming less so, the more we see of his bombastic grandstanding and mustache-twirling affectations.
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Big cities across America are becoming less segregated (see chart), according to data from the Census Department.
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Guaidó himself — once portrayed in almost messianic terms — is becoming less popular and drawing ever-smaller crowds.
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Mourdoukoutas's argument that libraries are becoming less useful is patently false, in a way that's fairly obvious.
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The shift toward Americans becoming less accepting of divorce is especially pronounced among Americans with college degrees.
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Low-powered and older bits of hardware might be limited to 2.4GHz only, but they're becoming less common.
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"Most countries in the region are becoming less equal, and some alarmingly so," said Crabtree, an associate professor.
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Meanwhile, monetary policy, which has played a big role in supporting stockmarkets since 2009, is becoming less accommodating.
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At least when it comes to your credit, medical debts are slowly becoming less of a black mark.
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Antibiotics are becoming less effective as bacteria develop resistance against them, leading to a resurgence of dangerous infections.
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In their absence, city governments are becoming less efficient and fewer politicians want to run for local office.
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More and more Americans are becoming less identified with a party and more generally anti the political establishment.
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"We are trying to reach out to officials but they are becoming less and less accessible," he said.
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And that means becoming less queasy about putting the words "profit" and "human suffering" in the same sentence.
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Pennsylvania's declining prospects and population happened to coincide with the state becoming less competitive on the presidential level.
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"Overall, political advertising is becoming less transparent," said John Wonderlich, executive director of the transparency-focused Sunlight Foundation.
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But just because these subcultures are becoming less taboo, doesn't mean that the authorities see them that way.
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As the weak oil price and Russia's recession have reduced budget revenues, regional governments are becoming less docile.
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And falling inflation means that the ECB's 0 percent interest rate policy is becoming less and less effective.
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European and American cities are becoming less racially segregated due to suburban sprawl, extortionate house prices and immigrants.
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Soon after Trump's inauguration, local law enforcement started noting that Latinos were becoming less willing to report crimes.
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I was the glue for such a long time, and I found myself becoming… less and less sticky.
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"Demands and suggestions have been becoming less and less feasible and even damaging to the state," Cerar said.
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Michelin is recognizing this shift in luxury dining, where the experience is becoming less fancy and more fun.
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With their numbers back up, it is becoming less uncommon to see a peregrine falcon in the city.
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Firstly, the relevance of software applications themselves is becoming less important as more applications move to the cloud.
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Shopping is also becoming less central to Chinese tourists' visits with the focus shifting toward sightseeing, he said.
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As we do so, the world is continuously becoming less resilient, less beautiful, less rich, and less sustainable.
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However, it is likely to face opposition from small countries that fear becoming less attractive to multinational firms.
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How do you feel about HIV becoming less and less of a threat thanks to those new drugs?
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It often recedes into the background, becoming less conscious than instinctual, even cellular, but it never entirely disappears.
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Still, according to Pew Research Center, women exiting the workforce to care for children is becoming less common.
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So often they demand more of themselves than is necessary, to the point of actually becoming less efficient.
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Practices are becoming less and less frequent as teams increasingly prioritize player health and rest over tactical instruction.
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"The implication is that retail prices are becoming less 'insulated' from these common nationwide shocks," Mr. Cavallo wrote.
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Now it is becoming less clear why the ruling elite would not just kill the new useless class.
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I was the glue for such a long time, and I found myself becoming...less and less sticky.
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Among other impacts, the sea ice itself is changing, becoming less extensive and thinner as the Arctic warms.
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But the latest survey added to signs from consumer sentiment surveys that jobs could be becoming less secure.
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NATO does have a free-rider problem that is becoming less of a problem but is still there.
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As Lee wrote: Candidates are becoming less and less dependent on conventional media outlets to get their message out.
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Second, Arizona is becoming less white and more urban every day, two trends that bode ill for GOP hopes.
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"Pakistan is becoming less isolated and more connected to the world, and that's the Pakistan we want to see."
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But political engagement is about more than voting, and class struggle is becoming less one-sided all the time.
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Growth in China, which added most to oil demand in the 2000s, is ebbing and becoming less energy-intensive.
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In fact, data from the Japanese Family Planning Association suggest that public attitudes are becoming less permissive, not more.
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Thanks to technology, the ocean's expanse and remoteness are becoming less formidable—and less of an excuse for inaction.
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Injuries from such accidental shootings, which occur nearly twice every hour in America, are at least becoming less common.
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Magic seems to be a rare example of something I loved as a kid becoming less problematic over time.
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Is it a belief that the world is about to tip into recession and companies are becoming less profitable?
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Or, rather, the roles of "mom" and "dad" themselves are converging, and gender is becoming less of the point.
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Joan Richardson, who oversaw the poll, says it's clear that the teaching profession is becoming less attractive to Americans.
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Waves of the Justinian plague variety continued to break out for the next three centuries, gradually becoming less virulent.
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Four hundred years later Yoshiwara remains a centre of the sex trade, but customers' desires are becoming less explicit.
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At the six-month mark of his presidency, America is becoming less impressed with Donald Trump's performance as president.
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Better performance of economically sensitive sectors such as financials could be a sign that investors are becoming less bearish.
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"Energy cost pressure is easing and problem markets, Indonesia in particular, are becoming less problematic," Davy Research analysts said.
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"Energy cost pressure is easing and problem markets, Indonesia in particular, are becoming less problematic," said Davy Research analysts.
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With the rise of populism, he said, it is evident that trust is becoming less prevalent in society globally.
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But long-term, Brazil is becoming less corrupt; democracy and the rule of law are becoming stronger, not weaker.
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"The promise of a trade deal coming this year, I think that's becoming less and less likely," Shah said.
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But, by paying a backhanded compliment to the threat from synthetics, it shows the industry is becoming less complacent.
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Some people think the demise of "The Hairy Hand" shows that Mexicans are becoming less interested in eerie entertainment.
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A spokesman for Swedish utility Vattenfall said price rises supported its strategy of becoming less reliant on fossil fuels.
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Second, strikes are becoming less commonplace and are often covered by the media poorly or in a negative light.
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Antibiotics, our greatest defense against disease, are becoming less effective as some strains of bacteria become resistant to them.
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"It is becoming less acceptable to run schools at unhealthy hours, and this bill reflects that sentiment," she said.
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In supply, the story is familiar: As renewables grow, power is becoming less controllable (less "dispatchable" in the lingo).
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The startup is pivoting toward becoming less of a Nigeria-centered company and more an emerging markets fintech platform.
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But in a state becoming less dependent on manufacturing, people wonder where the well-paying jobs will come from.
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Consequently, rising employer-side spending on workers' health plans registers in this chart as health insurance becoming less affordable.
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And as understandings of gender change, the distinction between male and female grooming markets is becoming less clear-cut.
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The center of Irma was becoming less well defined on National Weather Service Doppler radar data, the NHC noted.
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There are a lot of stories right now about the Obamacare marketplaces losing health plans and becoming less competitive.
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More troubling, over two-thirds of surveyed business owners agree that the District is becoming less friendly for business.
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That makes the notion of an organ becoming less healthy during transit all the more galling, Dr. Scalea said.
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One of the recurring themes of this conference was that Americans are becoming less committed to liberal democratic norms.
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Increasingly, the role of a single designer once a superbrand is on cruise control is becoming less and less important.
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But as early results begin to trickle in, it's becoming less and less clear what is going to happen tonight.
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But that's becoming less and less true — and patients are increasingly bearing the brunt of exceptionally high health care prices.
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Tablets are becoming less popular, too, and account for only 10 percent of traffic, 5.7 percent less than in 2016.
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At the same time, the iPhone is becoming less important to Apple's total sales as the smartphone industry stalls globally.
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In an era when female menstruation is slowly becoming less taboo, society still has a lot of work to do.
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I was just looking at some saucy ads in the '50s, but those are becoming less outliers and more mainstream.
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That's especially true these days, with many states becoming less punitive and more treatment-oriented when it comes to drugs.
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"Immigration has become the argument, with the economy, Remain's strongest card, becoming less relevant in the last month," he said.
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Now their problems are deepening as diving global energy prices mean even the Qatari welfare state is becoming less generous.
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Essay College is becoming less and less affordable to more and more families higher and higher on the socioeconomic ladder.
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But it might result in China becoming less eager to patrol the nine-dash line right up to the edge.
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Kantar says this could be down to salad becoming less popular as a main meal (you're missing out btw, guys).
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The study also examined "browning", a process that's impacting forested areas of Canada, which are becoming less healthy over time.
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But that is becoming less of a problem as developers are shifting their focus to the lower powered set-ups.
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Based on what we know, they are becoming less helpful in obtaining elite status and avoiding close-in booking fees.
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"The day that we can't protect human sources is the day the American people start becoming less safe," he said.
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When Dr. Voyles rediscovered a few vanished frog species, she initially suspected that the Bd fungus was becoming less deadly.
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Closed adoptions are becoming less feasible now that states are changing laws that allow adoptees to receive original birth records.
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If you become too beholden to callbacks and timelines, you risk becoming less a storyteller and more of a custodian.
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But analysts and investors seized on a glimmer of positive news: The iPhone is becoming less central to Apple's fortunes.
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It's a description of a general characteristic of our time — objective facts becoming less influential than emotions or personal beliefs.
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With interest rates trending up, refinancing an existing mortgage to take out cash for a remodeling is becoming less attractive.
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These adults then judged the kids less harshly, becoming less likely to say kids these days don't read as much.
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Submission victories generally are becoming less common in high level bouts—with the ubiquitous rear naked choke accounting for most.
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So as climate change brings hotter summers, cattle are becoming less well suited to arid regions of the country, he said.
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But when the winds slow, the low tends to wobble, like a spinning top becoming less stable as it slows down.
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Summer is slipping away, the weather's becoming less reliable, and we've got that back-to-school feeling that September often brings.
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"As time goes on, it becomes more valuable because people are becoming less vigilant and it's still good [information]," he says.
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Brexit Britain is becoming less like its sensible self and more like the worst sort of foreign country—chaotic and headstrong.
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All this is coming in the context of a political system that is becoming less and less representative of public opinion.
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Once a tax-free El Dorado, where petrol was cheaper than water, the kingdom is becoming less attractive to foreign workers.
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Yet the germs causing these infections are becoming less susceptible to these drugs, and infections do not always go away easily.
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"Salary is becoming less and less of a priority for candidates," said Irina Novoselsky, CEO of the CareerBuilder online employment site.
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Bad weather baseball is becoming less and less of an anomaly as climate change continues to mess with our national pastime.
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But that puts a lot of faith in Republicans becoming less dysfunctional and more willing to cooperate with a Democratic president.
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There might be a tipping point where this insurgency becomes legitimate, becoming less of a political circus than an actual competition.
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Apple executives said unit sales are becoming less relevant as customers buy bundled products that include subscription services like Apple Music.
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He also went into ideas of ownership becoming less important, and compared the future of music consumption to utilities like water.
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If China's official growth figures are exaggerated, then it would not be becoming less carbon intensive as fast as it seems.
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Still, Brown's a white male in a party that is becoming less white and was intent on nominating women in 2018.
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But most borrowers routinely roll the loan over into a new one, becoming less likely to ever emerge from the debt.
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Jitendra Murmu, another daily-wage worker, said efforts to move work to cooler parts of the day were becoming less effective.
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Faced with the prospect of economic instability and loads of debt, young men are becoming less likely to invest in children.
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A.I.G. and GE Capital were released from the regime after slimming down significantly and in theory becoming less of a risk.
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It does seem to potentially indicate they believe monetary policy is becoming less accommodative and getting more towards that neutral rate.
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More people are finding their way to the band independently, and traditional industry promotional methods are becoming less effective than ever.
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But any chance of healing will depend on Ghost becoming less of the absentee father he's been the past two seasons.
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Already, she said, there are signs that upper-income households are becoming less confident, a sentiment that could affect consumer spending.
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Cash is becoming less necessary in many countries, but having an A.T.M. card that reimburses A.T.M. fees is an added bonus.
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The Inland Empire and the desert are more affordable than L.A. and the Bay Area, but they're becoming less so, right?
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But Tsai suggested that GMV, which has tripled since 2012, was becoming less important as a measure of the company's success.
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Q: How much of evangelicals' concern is driven by the sense that America is becoming less of a white, Christian nation?
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Hurricane Humberto Humberto is officially a hurricane, but thankfully it is becoming less of a threat to the US east coast.
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That the deficit fell to $49.3 billion in November from $55.7 billion in October suggests it's becoming less of an issue.
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Thanks to better availability of the C-section, the "obstetric dilemma" is now actually becoming less and less of a dilemma.
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If I want to be open to what God has for me, I also must be open to decreasing, to becoming less.
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This could also just be the next step toward all social media performing all and every function, becoming less and less differentiated.
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But some think large transfers from rich countries to poor ones are in any case becoming less important to international environmental efforts.
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At the opposite end of the ranking are many jobs that are becoming less common, in part due to displacement from technology.
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The cheap, digital live TV packages that Americans embraced in place of expensive cable packages are slowly becoming less of a bargain.
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Leafy neighborhoods south and west of Richmond are becoming less reliably Republican, a trend that has accelerated since Mr Trump became president.
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Some places are actually becoming less diverse — including Miami-Dade County as well as Hidalgo County, Texas (15.3), home of McAllen, Texas.
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She grew to depend on me, becoming less harsh and critical the more I consulted with her doctors and monitored her medications.
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Prisoners are becoming less likely to reoffend, and the overall recidivism rate is ten percentage points lower than in England and Wales.
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It's certainly becoming less so with the prevalence of women and non-binary artists—not just with gender, but race as well.
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He also said the United States was making progress on inflation, and noted that global headwinds were becoming less of a problem.
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Fries were instead delicately munched at sit down restaurants — in turn becoming less fast and more French (with truffle oil and Parmesan).
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The second is that it's not just Middle Easterners who are becoming less inclined to visit the US — it's the entire world.
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Food is becoming less nutritious and harder to grow in a changing climate, with harvests damaged by cycles of drought and flooding.
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Companies are becoming less willing to tell their shareholders and investors they have yet again failed their female colleagues, employees and consumers.
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It's not as if the president's job is becoming less stressful, but Mr. Obama appears able to remain calm amid the swirl.
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Persistently low prices may even indicate that Americans' inflation expectations are "becoming less well anchored," a red flag for any central bank.
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It's unclear if the days of league-wide protesting are over, but is becoming less consistent, despite Trump's tweets to the contrary.
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We recently took off an octopus and peanut salad we had on the menu because octopus is becoming less and less sustainable.
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Every time someone violates the Five Precepts, Suttarchai explains, he loses 20% of his soul, becoming less human and more animal-like.
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In the past, musk has been associated with fragrances that are both dank and overpowering, but that's becoming less and less true.
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Mexico, in turn, is becoming less dependent on the American market every year — meaning the deal is covering fewer and fewer jobs.
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"The people of the United States are becoming less and less religious and that is not an artifact of age," he says.
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For one thing, gun ownership is becoming less common over time, in part because of the urbanization and suburbanization of American society.
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To the Editor: Studies have shown that our world is becoming less religious and that more people no longer believe in God.
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Reducing the temperature will slow down the reaction, resulting in less LF. And in water, LF gases will dilute, becoming less potent.
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It starts with an electric grid that is becoming less dependent on fossil fuel and more dependent on solar and wind energy.
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But as restaurants like Yummy Noodles and A-Wah have closed in New York City, the dish is becoming less common here.
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The difference between genetically engineered (GE) crops and those that are conventionally bred is becoming less clear, according to a new study.
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In contrast, sweet, candy-like flavors were becoming less popular, dropping to nearly 258 percent in 210 from 83 percent in 28.
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And it's as great as it is in the broadband business and yes, the it's more capital intensive but becoming less so.
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"Rural places are becoming less Democratic, but the suburbs, which are way more populated, are becoming much less Republican," said the strategist.
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Last year, Business Insider called a DVD drive a "must have accessory" for a MacBook, but they're becoming less common and necessary.
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There are numerous types of makeup-removing wipes on the market, but beauty lovers are becoming less fond of the cleansing method.
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As cloud-based services become increasingly common, the need to actually import Indian workers on U.S. work visas is becoming less important.
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If strategies to support the lira start becoming less effective, the central bank will be forced to reverse some of its easing.
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Black women officeholders, on both a national and local level, are becoming less of a rarity, said Kelly Dittmar, a CAWP researcher.
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The Rhode Island lawmakers are not the only legislature accused of drinking on the job, though the practice is becoming less prevalent.
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Some of this would also result from the individual market plans becoming less generous, meaning higher deductibles and copays for those enrollees.
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And here, as a result, is the problem: by becoming less subjective, we become more cut off from sources of meaning and value.
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Thylacoleo, being highly adapted to forests, simply could not adjust to the loss of its habitat, becoming less effective at hunting over time.
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It's becoming less fashionable in other LME markets as well, hence the renewed public dialog between exchange and participants about the warehouse system.
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The oceans have absorbed about 30% of the increased flows of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, becoming less alkaline as they do so.
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The report said simply, "clients are becoming less sure about how they want to be charged," across "every single region" of the globe.
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There is only so much time in the day to be advertised to; ads themselves are becoming less effective, because they're now everywhere.
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Their unusual gathering is likely to reinforce a sense among pro-democracy activists that the generally well-liked police are becoming less neutral.
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This has affected the balance of power within the coalition, boosting Atlantia's share price as investors bet that revocation was becoming less likely.
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As nuclear power has become less competitive with other energy sources, they are becoming less profitable as they become more expensive to maintain.
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One recent study showed how the erosion of local reporting in particular is directly contributing to Americans becoming less informed and more divided.
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In a widely cited essay for Foreign Affairs, he argued that the crackdowns weren't a sign that these countries were becoming less democratic.
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"Investments in research and development and in production capacity for innovations are becoming less profitable," says Wolf, explaining the reasoning behind this decision.
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The accessories needed to dress like a warrior are becoming less a commentary on the political climate and more like a survival necessity.
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Despite investors becoming less bearish on the company, almost 17 percent of Chipotle's float, or shares available for trade, have been sold short.
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Just last week, PepsiCo, which owns Frito-Lays, announced that its flagship soda was becoming less and less important to itself and consumers.
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It's becoming less fashionable in other LME markets as well, hence the renewed public dialogue between exchange and participants about the warehouse system.
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"Global factors explain an increasing part of national inflation, whereas domestic factors such as national unemployment rates are becoming less relevant," Kraemer said.
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Capital Economics' Dales said the statement indicated the central bank was becoming less concerned about housing and more concerned about employment and inflation.
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Fund managers are becoming less bullish on the outlook for prices but few have dared to bet on substantial price falls (tmsnrt.rs/2OQQrkO).
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I was realizing today that my body is becoming less of an object of comparison in my mind, and more of a tool.
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When it comes to unwanted sexual advances of any kind, or in any context, women are becoming less likely to suffer in silence.
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It is not clear that such efforts are working, that the Afghan police is effective, or that the government is becoming less corrupt.
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"Increasingly, the traditional seasonal boundaries around home shopping season … are becoming less pronounced" as the fierce competition forces buyers to lengthen their searches.
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But the World Bank's October report noted some central bank tools were becoming less effective and that Lebanon's risk profile was rising sharply.
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The limited data that exist suggest that FGM is becoming less common (see chart 2) and may be shifting to less harmful forms.
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The lawmaker podcast boom is just another way that our political news is becoming less accountable to the public and more personality driven.
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Even as officials place a big bet that autonomous cars will solve many of our safety problems, American roads are becoming less safe.
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Nobody on hand said they had seen or heard of evidence of school lunches becoming less healthy since the Trump administration changed course.
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The charge that China uses joint ventures to force foreign companies to transfer technology to Chinese entities is becoming less of a concern.
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Exposed data can also erode the relationship between patients and their doctors, leading to patients becoming less willing to share potentially pertinent information.
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"It's not true that Turkey is becoming less secular," said Ezgi Yagmur Kucuk, 20, a trainee anesthetist who does not wear a veil.
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But despite this murkiness, some analysts and economists say they are becoming less optimistic that the United States will remain unscathed by China's struggles.
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And some traditions that limit choices for single people, such as parents placing newspaper ads to announce eligibility and interest, are becoming less common.
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In its fourth quarter 2018 earnings report, Netflix said it is "becoming less focused on 2nd run programming" due to its original content success.
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A recent Pew Research Center study confirmed a trend we've been seeing for a while now, which is that Americans are becoming less religious.
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But given how little Congress is able to do these days even when the rules are suspended, the efficacy argument is becoming less persuasive.
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Vehicles are becoming less affordable, due to tariffs on steel and other commodities, rising interest rates and the cost of premium features and technology.
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As cheap reserves get tapped out, Algeria risks becoming less competitive, especially if it sells gas on an oil-linked basis, industry sources say.
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Certainly the long-term outlook for coal is becoming less certain as more countries commit to ending, or severely curtailing, use of the fuel.
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With ever less ice in the Arctic this is becoming less of a problem, meaning America should be better able to track Russian submarines.
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Even with terrible fighting in such places as Congo, Syria and Yemen, wars between and within countries are becoming less common and less deadly.
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This is a goal that many scientists say is becoming less and less feasible over time, given the current pace of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Each character in this week's episode continues on their own private journey to becoming less of a caricature and more of a real person.
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Meanwhile, for the younger generation, status is becoming less about material possessions, and increasingly about the experience of consumption and story behind the brand.
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LAST week, a fellow Gulliver posted a story about how United Airlines, seemingly everyone's least-favourite full-service carrier, is slowly becoming less awful.
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But the difference here is that, as Uber and Google are proving, videos like these are becoming less concept demo and more preview teaser.
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The Chinese officials, who were not named, said the market for U.S. government bonds is becoming less attractive relative to other assets, Bloomberg said.
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Beyond the embarrassment of having a watchdog website co-opted, there is a more pressing concern about IOCCO's reports becoming less straightforward to obtain.
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His information warfare attacks are becoming less costly as he utilizes direct public messaging with you as a tool to attack the United States.
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Not a single report from technology companies and researchers in this field claims that the cyberthreat environment is becoming less hostile or less significant.
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These restrictions could also be linked to the market price for softwood lumber, becoming less strict as prices increase and stricter if prices fall.
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Experts say Saudi Arabia's moves in soccer dovetail with its long-term goals of modernizing its society and economy and becoming less oil dependent.
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With press conferences becoming less integral as a tool of presidential communications, it's natural that you would see candidates for office also downplaying them.
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Flickinger said firearms are becoming less important to Walmart's bottom line and estimates that sales have fallen 6% to 8% annually in recent years.
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A lot of the tropics are becoming less habitable and submerged under the sea and the very far north is producing more habitable space.
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Instead, she shattered a bunch of narratives, including the oft-cited idea that America becoming less white would lead to a permanent Democratic majority.
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America is the place that skilled engineers and technology entrepreneurs want to immigrate to, but where they are becoming less welcomed day by day.
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I see his finger tracing its way westward across a map of Canada, the names of cities and towns becoming less and less familiar.
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Our heroes, who are all bummed out for their own reasons, have to team up and stop him, becoming less bummed out in the process.
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" But NBA players don't do that, he explains—"so day after day after day they're torturing their feet, and they're becoming less and less healthy.
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Young galleries and project spaces that would eventually start the downtown boom (The Box, Ghebaly) were opening, the Westside becoming less central to high art.
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"There are signs that European employees are becoming less captivated by the draw of working in this country," Morgan McKinley's Operations Director Hakan Enver said.
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The retailer was also able to defy deflation in the 4K TV category, which is becoming less expensive as the product is more widely distributed.
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Central banks around the world are becoming less influential "in terms of delivering economic outcomes," according to Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at Allianz.
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"People becoming less reliant on proximity to cities is just one example of the impact of removing the burden of unproductive travel time," says Levenstam.
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As Mr Wray told a Senate committee, "The day that we can't protect human sources is the day the American people start becoming less safe."
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If you're becoming less happy when you're with your partner, or the relationship is rocking your confidence, it might be time to call it quits.
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The decision to remove it might mean that Fiber is becoming less of an experimental Google project and more of a traditional, broadband cable company.
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After Drake's impassioned VMA speech about Rihanna, it seems obvious there is a deep connection between the two — and they're becoming less shy about it.
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Moreso, the implication that garnering political power—especially when the Trump's presidential cabinet is slated to be its whitest in decades—means becoming less black.
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The Social Security tax increases, likewise, finance more generous benefits for seniors at a time when defined benefit pensions are becoming less and less common.
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Polls show that many Americans aren't noticing the tax cuts in their paychecks, and the new tax law is actually becoming less popular over time.
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Distressed debt is also becoming less liquid, and harder to trade, because passive funds that track fixed-income indices focus on larger and safer companies.
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Secretary of education By Joni Finney College is becoming less and less affordable to more and more families higher and higher on the socioeconomic ladder.
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But it is worth crying over an entire set of federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies that are becoming less and less credible every day.
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There is reason to believe that busy is becoming less cool, that sacrificing everything to the altar of achievement motivation isn't the way to live.
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" Still mindful of the dangers of "liberalism," Pete Buttigieg says, "I view myself as a progressive, but these labels are becoming less and less useful.
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As Reese Witherspoon's daughter Ava Phillippe gets older, she's becoming less of Witherspoon's mini-me and more of a fashion plate in her own right.
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But Asian, black, Middle Eastern and Latina women aren't gimmicks, and finally, their presence is becoming less a stunt and more a matter of fact.
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While Kuroda insisted that the BOJ stick to its ultra-easy policy until 2% inflation was achieved, Amamiya and the technocrats were becoming less sure.
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It is hard to imagine this "juggernaut of an American team" — as Price, the International team's captain, described it — becoming less formidable any time soon.
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It is becoming less and less likely that Republican senators will break ranks and vote against Judge Kavanaugh, a judge known for his conservative positions.
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Moreover, while Facebook users are getting older and becoming less attractive to many big advertising spenders, Instagram has the attention of a much younger generation.
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The demonstrations were becoming less frequent, while an initial trade deal provided some hope that the relationship between the United States and China could improve.
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But even prior to that, the parties were becoming less discernible from each other, aside from a few wedge issues like abortion and gun control.
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About 20 years ago, as coffee was becoming less profitable, he switched to oranges, a crop that also happens to cope better with dry conditions.
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Clinton is doing well in the state, one that is becoming less rural and less conservative with the addition of new arrivals from the North.
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And the world they live in changes, rapidly, becoming less and less like the one they had grown up in, old graves covering with weeds.
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At some point, the market will demand either profitability or exits (both of which are becoming less common among unicorns), or valuations will start to fall.
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Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei called for more coordination to promote sustainable growth, as fiscal and monetary tools were becoming less effective at spurring economic activity.
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Talk of a Dutch Grand Prix, may also help to placate those who fear that European cities are becoming less important to Formula One's race calendar.
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Luckily, these barriers are becoming less of an issue over time as the private sector absorbs the know-how that currently resides within the public sector.
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They also helped push forward a trend toward cross-platform gaming, and App Annie expects that to continue in 2019 with more games becoming less siloed.
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With the constant technological advances in today's society, children are developing a strong attachment to their screens and becoming less interested in the world around them.
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What kind of economy are we going to have if cities are becoming less and less inhabitable, if we're experiencing crop failures and heightening natural disasters?
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However, recent evidence suggests central bank policy is becoming less effective, and markets may lose confidence in policymakers' ability to maintain the status quo, he said.
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In some countries, gender is becoming less important a characteristic for organising society: the Dutch parliament is considering whether official documents should record gender at all.
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The trend reveals that men aren't immune to pressures to look good and that having work done is becoming less of a taboo in society generally.
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But picking up a phone and talking to someone is an action many people — especially younger people — are becoming less familiar with in our everyday lives.
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"Any given woman in her lifetime is very likely to need both birth support and abortion," she explained, and both are becoming less and less available.
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Bulgarian Association of Apparel and Textile Producers and Exporters chief Radina Bankova said salaries were becoming less competitive, a problem for the textile industry across Europe.
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With the country's top leagues becoming less fearful of gambling, the N.H.L. is expected to put a team in Las Vegas, and the N.F.L. could follow.
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Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster told clients consumers are becoming less interested in upgrading to the iPhone 7, according to the firm's recent survey of iPhone users.
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"The day that we can't protect human sources is the day the American people start becoming less safe," Wray told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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The Chinese officials, who were not named, said the market for U.S. government bonds is becoming less attractive relative to other assets, according to the report.
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The death toll from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Italy continues to grow, and rescue teams are becoming less hopeful of finding survivors amid the rubble.
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Some researchers have suggested that men perceive the lessons as accusatory and grow defensive, becoming less capable of correctly identifying the behaviors that constitute the problem.
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"Oil is becoming less important since it only makes up about 210 percent of the S&P 200", said Maris Ogg, president at Tower Bridge Advisors.
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While giant software businesses have been built around CRM, CEO Fred Hsu said the market has changed, with the software becoming less differentiated and more commoditized.
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But there's another truth: This region is becoming less hospitable to farmers as more-industrialized countries burn loads of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
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Vintage was becoming less of a force on red carpets, in part because fashion houses became more willing to make deals with actresses, even C-listers.
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"The reluctance to pull the trigger on share repurchases suggests corporate leaders are becoming less enthusiastic about what they see ahead," said TrimTabs CEO David Santschi.
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If they do not change behaviour, American sanctions risk becoming less a tool of coercion than an expensive and rather arbitrary extra-territorial form of punishment.
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The idea that changing demographics — the US becoming less white — makes it harder to integrate schools is something that has picked up steam in recent years.
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Whether the world's central banks are prepared to combat another slump is becoming less of a hypothetical question as the global economy shows signs of strain.
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Whether the world's central banks are prepared to combat another slump is becoming less of a hypothetical question as the global economy shows signs of strain.
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Brinley also argues that South Korea is becoming less critical for GM's operations as it focuses on high-profit regions such as North America and China.
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On Wednesday, when Mr. Foxx asked whether the existing tunnel was safe, Amtrak officials said that it was structurally safe, but that service was becoming less reliable.
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While Apple insists that the shared information "is in a form that does not personally identify you," it's becoming less and less difficult to de-anonymize data.
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One passenger, who spoke to Business Insider and asked that she be referred to only as Shannon, said the quarantine is becoming less bearable as time passes.
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This may have affected the balance of power within the coalition, and it has boosted Atlantia's share price as investors bet that revocation was becoming less likely.
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But even U.S. Treasuries are becoming less attractive for Japanese investors as costs for currency hedging on such investments have jumped due to more expensive dollar funding.
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Be smart: Academics have found that without the critical government oversight facilitated by newspapers, city municipalities are wasting millions of taxpayer dollars and are becoming less efficient.
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It's no surprise that the term Belieber is becoming less and less omnipresent, as the traditional Belieber profile is split like an atom by his newfound followings.
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Akzo expects rising raw materials costs to mostly weigh on results in the first half of the year, becoming less of a burden in the second half.
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On the other hand, rising yields have a lot of negative ramifications for stocks, including rising costs for leverage and dividend payers becoming less attractive in comparison.
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Various positioning gauges meanwhile indicate that selling sterling in anticipation of being able to buy pounds back later at a lower price — "shorting" — is becoming less popular.
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Now, conversations about pleasure are more inclusive and all-encompassing, and society as a whole is becoming less judgmental where sexual interests, desires, and kinks are concerned.
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YouTube is adding more ways for video creators to make money, as the company and its users work toward becoming less reliant on sometimes-uncertain advertising deals.
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But as a generation of emerging artists is engaging with technology in intuitive ways, the natural inclination to use tech as a medium is becoming less forced.
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Sources told Reuters last week the government could start debating whether to revise the target for fiscal 2020 because it was becoming less likely to be met.
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Sustainable fashion is becoming less of a trend and more of a permanent fixture in women's wardrobes thanks to the eco-friendly (and totally adorable) brand, Reformation.
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The move comes at a time when the app stores are overrun with content, and consumers are becoming less inclined to seek out and try new applications.
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"The day that we can't protect human sources is the day the American people start becoming less safe," FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators earlier this week.
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And just as events in the Middle East are confronting Europe with enormous challenges to meet together, the region is becoming less vital for the United States.
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Various positioning gauges meanwhile indicate that selling sterling in anticipation of being able to buy pounds back later at a lower price -- "shorting" -- is becoming less popular.
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That should give us some hope that this happy trend will continue — that is, that terrorist violence might be becoming less of a threat to global stability.
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And its chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, is especially positive about the future of VR, which he sees as becoming less expensive (and less tethered) over time.
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So, why the return to NY when the week, according to many top publications like Vogue Business, Quartz, and BOF, is becoming less relevant to participate in?
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"It's very clear that too many markets right now are becoming less affordable and desperately need more new listings to calm the speedy price growth," Yun said.
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One answer could be that with the range of choices at every level, and the speed with which consumers require change, "regulation" itself is becoming less relevant.
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Not only would Google need to significantly increase its investment in its sales team, but it would be doing so for a business that's becoming less important.
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Fannin adds that becoming less reliant on the West for advanced technology will benefit China long-term, but "could be a challenge" for the targeted AI companies.
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"With continued outperformance on margins, returns and free cash generation relative to peers, we think historical airline valuation is becoming less relevant for Delta specifically," he said.
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Processing and gathering are becoming less profitable not only because of the influence of private equity, but because of the concentration of drilling in a few places.
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While the UK as a whole is becoming less religious, there's been a significant increase in the number of religious people currently held in the UK's prison system.
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Wireless connections are getting better, the buds themselves are becoming less noticeable, and a number of companies are offering "augmented audio" that filters and enhances your natural hearing.
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But any sign that the country is becoming less attractive to skilled foreigners, as the OECD suggests, could mean that America will pay a price down the road.
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Even in the current quarrelsome time, that contrary movement is evident—including among real-life native Americans, who are, though still deprived, becoming less impoverished and more confident.
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Monsanto is betting on dicamba-tolerant soybeans to replace those that withstand glyphosate, an herbicide used for decades but which is becoming less effective as weeds develop resistance.
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An update that looks to preserve the past, in the form of email services that are consistently becoming less relevant and popular, seems like a surprising step back.
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Australia as a whole is becoming less dependent on cash and the government even banned all cash purchases over $15,000 in a law that took effect this month.
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Studies show that as the brain is exposed to more and more cocaine, its reward center adapts, becoming less receptive to natural positives such as food or affection.
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker took a swipe at Britain on Friday, saying he preferred to give a speech in French because English was becoming less significant.
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The tight fiscal and monetary policy that had contributed to the euro zone's poor performance in the years after the financial crisis was becoming less of a drag.
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By allowing users to create a beautiful front page to their site, Verst is becoming less "blog-centric" and more of "a fully functioning website builder," he said.
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They were determined to create new incentives to ensure that congressional leaders stood with the base of their respective parties—each side becoming less accommodating to the other.
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Consumers, of all ages, are becoming less and less patient with disruptive online ads — forcing brands to try a more personal tact in the form of native advertising.
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There's a surplus of multimillion-dollar luxury ranches out west because they are becoming less appealing to younger generations, according to Katherine Clarke from The Wall Street Journal.
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"Due to frequent cyber-attacks and data leaks, people are becoming less attuned to privacy risks," Daniel Markuson, a digital privacy expert from NordVPN, said in a statement.
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More mainstream venture capital is flowing into cannabis-related companies than ever before, but the industry is becoming less attractive as it faces headwinds, investors told Business Insider.
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Travelers might also be spending less on US luxury goods because the resale market in China is becoming less lucrative, said Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail.
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Especially now that rideshare, bikeshare and scooters have become more popular, many urbanites are pointing out that owning—and having to park a car is becoming less necessary.
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Processing and storing the data is becoming less troublesome as well; Pix4D created software to quickly turn around the data and make it accessible for this particular purpose.
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American manufacturers rely on intermediate inputs from China, so taxing those shipments puts our own manufacturers at risk of becoming less competitive both here and in export markets.
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They can't talk, of course, but you can imagine how tired they are, how their little aches and sores have been becoming less and less possible to ignore.
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In contrast, natural gas and even wind, solar and water power are becoming less expensive, and will likely take on a greater share of the overall energy industry.
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Multiple studies have found that the political views of white Americans drift to the right when they are reminded that the country's population is slowly becoming less white.
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I mean, think of Notting Hill: Everything is beautiful, charming, there are small stores, even though in reality that's becoming less and less likely in the real world.
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What we are seeing is a convergence of sorts: Russia's authoritarianism becoming less personalized while the American system of democratic governance acquires more familial and clan-based features.
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The crisis, though, illustrated a "paradox" in a country that cherishes its generous welfare state and was becoming less inclined to pay for it through taxes, he said.
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Between the lines: The actions are a sign that "suing a company's regulator—an uncommon and aggressive tactic—is becoming less taboo," as the WSJ's Cezary Podkul notes.
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But with President Barack Obama out of office, the debate over "Obamacare" is becoming less about "Obama" and more about "care" — greatly complicating the issue for Republican lawmakers.
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The result for Grubhub, as Maloney explained in his letter, is that its customers — especially its newer ones — were becoming less loyal and weren&apost ordering as frequently.
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Some experts say the practice is becoming less common but for girls, it can lead to poorer allocation of household resources and medical care, neglect, and even infanticide.
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Nuclear waste is compact — America's total from 60 years would fit in a Walmart — and is safely stored in concrete casks and pools, becoming less radioactive over time.
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As I wrote about last week, voting in the Senate — particularly among the GOP in the 114th Congress — is becoming less predictable in some (but not all) ways.
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The new study is the most recent in a wave of research digging into how the night sky is becoming less and less visible to more people on Earth.
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But with regulations now clearer about which kinds are permitted, officials are becoming less inclined to turn a blind eye to those that try to operate under the radar.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's economy risks becoming less competitive if a long-awaited 5G spectrum auction is further delayed, an executive of China's Huawei Technologies said in an interview.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's economy risks becoming less competitive if a long-awaited 5G spectrum auction is further delayed, an executive of China's Huawei Technologies said in an interview.
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Now, thanks to simpler, more intuitive tools, technology is becoming less intrusive in the creative process and animators can finally get back to doing what they love: telling stories.
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As the web evolves though, the variations are becoming less about the surface visuals (which are pretty much the same across the board) and more about the underlying technologies.
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This position, fueled in part over the last seven years by deep-pocketed conservative advocacy groups and fossil-fuel companies, is becoming less common among everyone except elected Republicans.
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"Each central bank action is becoming less and less impactful, it seems, on the real economy, and less impactful, in many ways, on financial markets as well," Mather said.
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Companies are becoming less likely to buy their own fleet of trucks, preferring a delivery service instead, said Dennis Awori, the chairman of Toyota East Africa, a Sendy investor.
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Rather than evolving, as once seemed possible, into a forum where China's problems are discussed and different views are aired, the NPC is becoming less open and more controlled.
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Add to this the fact that the country is becoming less white and that nonwhites are disproportionately more likely to be Democrats, and an explanation for the anger emerges.
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China is looking to boost its domestic production of soybeans, potentially becoming less reliant on U.S. farmers amid a tit-for-tat trade war between the world's largest economies.
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From habitat loss and invasive species to impacts from climate change and toxic pollution, our world is becoming less and less hospitable for iconic species and backyard icons alike.
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I was in therapy, which allowed me to sit more comfortably within myself and take stock of my life, and I found that my picking was becoming less involuntary.
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However, the A/D line has not fallen anywhere near as far as the S&P 500 has; this is telling us that declines are becoming less broad-based.
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"The day that we can't protect human sources is the day the American people start becoming less safe," FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
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The company also said that American women were becoming less interested in permanent contraception, and instead were relying more on other birth control options, like long-acting reversible contraceptives.
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As 2017 begins to loom into sight, the world wide web is becoming less a vehicle for information, and more a toilet for literally anyone to dump their crap into.
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As fiscal policy comes into focus under President Donald Trump, the Federal Reserve is becoming less influential in U.S. markets, bond guru Bill Gross told CNBC's "Power Lunch " on Wednesday.
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In the fourth quarter of 2018, that number turned negative: Together, this shows a company that is becoming less profitable as it gets more customers and books more total revenue.
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If we don't feel pride and forward momentum in the projects we tackle and our own development, we can end up becoming less creative, productive and engaged in our work.
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Yes of course college still pays off, but it pays off because it's becoming less and less viable for someone to make a living with just a high-school diploma.
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But Miura noted the yen's strength - it gained 3.5 percent against the dollar over the past month - was making manufacturers more cautious going forward as exports were becoming less competitive.
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Some banks are becoming less willing to be seen to be publicly participating in Qatari or Qatari-linked loans as a result and would prefer to lend below the radar.
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Your dog may act differently when in pain, such as becoming less active than usual, or have obvious physical signs such as limping or gnawing/licking at one particular spot.
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Sterling has rallied this week as investors ramped up bets that a no-deal Brexit is becoming less likely and that Britain's departure from the European Union may be delayed.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - As the froth comes off China's home prices, there are increasing signs that some property developers, particularly those with a heavy debt load, are becoming less aggressive.
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In the short term, the important thing is that Apple, Brave, Optimal, Facebook, and many others are hammering home the point that "bad ads" are becoming less and less acceptable.
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The majority -- 6 in 10 -- of voters in this group believe the US' better days are in the past and most are concerned that the country is becoming less Christian.
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But even as Americans may be becoming less Christian, the Federalist Society and other conservative institutions that favor "originalist" judges inclined to oppose Roe retain a stranglehold over Republican politics.
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Canton and the region is changing in ways that favor Democrats, reflecting the Republican Party's broader problems with a U.S. electorate that is becoming less white and less culturally conservative.
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The concern is that central banks are becoming less effective with rates negative in Europe and less appetite for other stimulus policies, from government spending to central banks' buying assets.
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Monsanto is banking on its dicamba-resistant soybean seeds to replace seeds that withstand glyphosate, a herbicide used for decades but which is becoming less effective as weeds develop resistance.
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Aside from Virginia, which is becoming less and less of a swing state, only Ohio has been called and it just went to Trump, according to both ABC and NBC.
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In short, this analysis suggests that, if anything, porn is actually becoming less violent and that violent and aggressive content isn't what people want to see when they tune in.
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Investors are becoming less willing to accept weaker terms after aggressive documentation on recent loans such as petrol forecourt operator EG Group and French telecom network service provider Circet Groupe.
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LONDON (Reuters) - In recent weeks short covering, rather than long building, has driven oil prices higher, which suggests fund managers are becoming less bearish about prices rather than more bullish.
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The travel industry is becoming 'less structured' and more diverseRoche said the changing profile of the typical luxury safari traveler mirrors what's been happening in the travel industry in general.
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And yet, the administration claims that these money-generating measures still aren't enough—that Americans must pony up even more for parks that are becoming less public and less pretty.
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There is even a sense among major Western countries, in the wake of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, that democracy is becoming less attractive as a political model.
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It reflected a presidency that is becoming less and less conventional the longer it goes and often seems to revolve almost exclusively around the whims and outbursts of Trump himself.
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Shlomo Angel and researchers at the Urban Expansion Programme at New York University have used population data and satellite maps to show that most cities are becoming less densely populated.
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As the city's political elite have become increasingly beholden to China, and its business leaders ever more intertwined with the mainland, many ordinary citizens have pulled away, becoming less engaged.
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Industry watchers say the shift toward cremation is also part of larger trend that has seen visits to gravesites becoming less common, opening up cremation as a more practical option.
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With less than a week until the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, it sometimes feels like what's going to happen after January 19 is becoming less and less clear.
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A Monmouth University poll from June found that the GOP's tax bill is actually becoming less popular, with 34 percent of Americans saying they approve of it while 41 percent disapprove.
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Reports of everything from $20133,000 guard dogs to safe rooms disguised as ordinary bedrooms are becoming less of a strange commodity and more of an assumed necessity for the world's richest.
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Thanks to deep learning, machines now nearly equal humans in transcription accuracy, computerised translation systems are improving rapidly and text-to-speech systems are becoming less robotic and more natural-sounding.
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There's a lot of access journalism in Washington, D.C. One reason I think that the culture there is breaking down, though, is that the access is becoming less and less useful.
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One study published last year by researchers at Florida State University and South Korea's meteorological administration found that as ocean temperatures have warmed, hurricanes are becoming less frequent but more powerful.
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With expectations for a deal before a six-week recess begins July 26 becoming less realistic, lawmakers likely will be in session in September, instead of out on the campaign trail.
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The vote also led to fears of the economy slowing down and London becoming less favorable for financial services professionals and those who consider the city a useful link for Europe.
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If Sinema succeeds, this could be the first year that Arizona — which was a Republican stronghold but is becoming less so — elects a Democrat to the Senate in roughly three decades.
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Calling themselves the Sad Puppies, they felt that the award was becoming less accessible to fandom at large, confined to a smaller group that were pushing a political and social agenda.
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With native software development becoming less important, and the browser becoming more important, the lack of scale in Chrome OS will not matter as much, since native applications are not necessary.
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That means early investors were able to cash out at near-peak pricing while employees with unvested stock and retail investors were left holding shares that were only becoming less valuable.
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The drop-off in the rate of finding violations could mean that OCR's investigations are becoming less rigorous, said Catherine Lhamon, the former head of the civil rights office under Obama.
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As some brands continue to cast people who look the same way, some customers warn they are becoming less interested in buying from businesses that don't appear to care about diversity.
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A deeper concern is that the concept of GDP – a measure of output within an economic territory is becoming less and less relevant to the way economic activity is actually conducted.
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The self, he believed, was being dissolved by the increasing speed and pace of modern life — the individual was becoming less important than the techno-capitalist system it found itself in.
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The diamond industry is facing a period of consolidation, but one upstart jeweler is steadily carving out a reputation for himself in a sector that's becoming less dominated by major jewelry producers.
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Generally, the trade-off is you need some technical know-how and be able to settle for lower internet speeds for the sake of security, but that's becoming less true every day.
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Writing things by hand is becoming less common as gadgets and speech recognition software continue to replace pen and paper, but it's long proven that handwriting improves motor skills, memory, and creativity.
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As Mashable reported last year, three decades and hundreds of unwatched channels later, the clunky television bundle is becoming less popular, frayed by standalone streaming services including Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Video.
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"Investments are becoming less expensive, due to falling equipment costs, which will also enable further growth, especially in light of the new momentum from the Paris climate summit goals," he told reporters.
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And along with the great weight of evidence showing that countries are becoming less segregated by race and ethnicity, there is also growing proof that they are becoming more segregated by income.
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With the bolívar becoming less and less valuable on the global market, Fortune noticed that its latest freefall has made it roughly seven times less valuable than gold in World of Warcraft.
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By allowing the cabinet to push through legislation in a reasonable time frame, Italy would become more efficient, productive and prosperous while simultaneously becoming less bureaucratic and bound up in red tape.
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Paradoxically, though, during the quiet days I spent in Olympic Park, I found myself becoming "less inwardly focused than communally aware," as Prochnik put it, describing a Quaker meeting he once attended.
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"The substantial effort necessary ... may outweigh the benefits to society," Dombret said, adding that free trade in financial services was becoming less and less likely and it was time to face facts.
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At a time when education is becoming less financially accessible, Rutgers needs to establish itself as a leader by increasing investments in its students instead of in the athletic department's money pit.
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The figures in a new survey by a Berlin artists' association point to the general struggle among artists to support themselves through art in a city that is becoming less affordable every year.
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While some people believe political voting is becoming less and less part of Eurovision competitions, a call from Ukraine's Eurovision representative to vote for them instead of Russia proves it will never end.
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Now, they say agencies under President Donald Trump are becoming less responsive to them, making it harder to check whether the executive branch is correctly carrying out laws, as required by the constitution.
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Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, known as one of Apple's biggest advocates, told clients consumers are becoming less interested in upgrading to the iPhone 7, according to the firm's recent survey of iPhone users.
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Commute times were based on data from the Office for National Statistics, but an additional poll of 1,500 commuters by the RSPH identified some of the reasons why commuters are becoming less healthy.
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Even the film's ringleader, a talented songwriter and performer named Mike, seems to gradually wilt over the course of the film, becoming less assertive and creative in both his artistic and personal life.
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" When Jarrett Stepman resigned as associate editor in March, he said, "I believe Breitbart News is becoming less of a news site and more of a propaganda organization dedicated to the Trump campaign.
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Linear options, like movies delivered in theaters and primetime shows on cable TV, are becoming less appealing to consumers who want to watch everything on their own time and across many digital devices.
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The dollar dropped 0.4 percent against a basket of currencies, while long-dated Treasury yields hit fresh 10-month highs after Bloomberg reported the U.S. bond market was becoming less attractive for Beijing.
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New research suggests China is now the world&aposs second largest arms producer — after the United States and ahead of Russia — and it is becoming less dependent on foreign weapons and military technology.
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"China is becoming less dependent on imports of foreign weapons and military technology, and its industry has developed to a point where there is an increased demand for its weapons overseas," it said.
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Credentials are becoming less important than job-seekers' willingness to learn new skillsOther top employers say it's easier to develop technical skills than it is to get on board with a company's mission.
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The second obvious national problem the Chicago teachers strike shines a light on is the fact that the cost of higher education is becoming less justified for more and more liberal arts graduates.
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But after several months of harsh criticism and bad press, those daily on-camera briefings are becoming less and less frequent—a break from decades-long presidential protocol—and less and less substantive.
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In an interview with Pimco CEO Emmanuel Roman, Thaler explained why the so-called decumulation problem made a case for annuities and defined-benefit retirement plans — both of which are becoming less popular.
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China watchers saw this as a sign that even limited experiments with democracy, viewed as a possibility under a system where elites could debate among each other, were becoming less and less likely.
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But the pressure to conform is becoming less distinctive as a rule, which makes us more indifferent to our fate as individuals in some ways and more anxious about it in other ways.
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A growing percentage of teams consist of Mexican-Americans who live and train in the United States, a place that's becoming less inclined to build bridges with their southern neighbor in favor of walls.
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All this despite the fact that it is becoming less clear as to why getting involved in the civil war in Syria will prevent Americans from being killed in San Bernardino, Orlando or Boston.
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"Our cities are becoming less efficient, less sustainable, less liveable, even as India grows in stature," said Sreedhar Cherukuri, commissioner of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), which is overseeing the project.
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Speaking to CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Tuesday, John Abel, vice president of cloud and innovation at Oracle, said the notion of regularly reskilling employees to adapt to new systems was becoming less effective.
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FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker took a swipe at Britain on Friday, saying he would not give a speech in English because the language was becoming less significant following Brexit.
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In that sense, the need to kill a victim's battery before killing the actual victim is becoming less of a predictable cliché, and more of a way of building the stakes and establishing sympathies.
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"As a result of our success with original content, we're becoming less focused on 2nd run programming," it says, noting that Netflix originals now account for the majority of unscripted viewing on the service.
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However, as with iron ore, the outlook for coal for the rest of the year is becoming less certain, given some new regulations banning imports at smaller ports and a more thorough inspection process.
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U.S. cities are becoming less livable due to civil unrest linked to Trump's proposed policies and police officers' shootings of black people, according to the Global Liveability Index report from The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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They included losing weight, giving up smoking, reducing alcohol consumption, avoiding fatty foods, becoming less sedentary, meditating, and telling a complete stranger that you've been thumbing-in softies at a hundred bucks an hour.
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The American dream of homeownership is becoming less accessible, as home prices have increased four times faster than incomes over the past six decades, according to a study by Clever, a real estate company.
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Both the Yemen War and the alliance with Saudi Arabia are becoming less popular with political leaders from both parties, especially after agents of the Saudi government murdered the American-Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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As increasing numbers of parents keep their children from playing tackle football for safety reasons, the National Football League and other groups have sought to reassure them that the game is becoming less dangerous.
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Yet, six months on, Janet Yellen remains at the helm of the U.S. central bank and, according to one of its members, the chances of a drastic overhaul are becoming less and less likely.
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Last month, the Fed raised rates for the first time since 2006, a sign that the central bank was becoming less worried about unemployment and more worried that an overheating economy would generate inflation.
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Those details matter, because if, for instance, we hope to use exercise to increase how many calories we burn during the day, we need to avoid becoming less active over all on exercise days.
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While some foreign companies and foundations cut ties with Saudi Arabia or scaled back projects after Mr. Khashoggi's killing, many still do business with the kingdom and are becoming less private about their involvement.
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As for Malone himself, a noted Shania Twain stan, he&aposs open to exploring country sounds in his music — but he&aposs far more enthused that genre lines are becoming less and less relevant.
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The finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies warned that growth, while still strong, was becoming less synchronized and downside risks over the short- and medium-term had increased.
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Because these funds are typically age-weighted, becoming less aggressive as the first day of college approaches, you'll want to make sure the investment strategy of the plan matches the new person, said Lankford.
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Between what some consider a sex recession and a record number of Americans never having been married before, it's clear that the standard monogamous partnership -> marriage -> kids life path is becoming less culturally mandatory.
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Jeff Stone, R-Temecula, was the only state lawmaker who spoke out against the proposed changes, echoing the claims made by pro-police groups about officers becoming less likely to respond to calls for help.
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Today, however, with the prospect of a rapprochement with the former becoming less likely, and the potential of its outreach to the latter inherently limited, it is far less capable of fulfilling that intermediary role.
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But websites aren't the only medium around these days, and are becoming less and less visible, as platforms like Instagram, Youtube, and Snapchat offer more immediate and personal ways to disseminate content for millennial audiences.
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The idea of an app as an independent destination is becoming less important, and the idea of an app as a publishing tool, with related notifications that contain content and actions, is becoming more important.
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Another worry is that the American economy is becoming less resilient to the trade war, as the manufacturing sector bears the brunt of the economic harm, according to James Knightley, chief international economist at ING.
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Burial is becoming less popular and at the same time less ecologically justifiable, so from a morbidly objective viewpoint the funeral urn is functional design, decorative design, and a product for which demand is increasing.
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On the other side, I was worried that my relationship with Stephen was becoming less stable, even though I knew if we hadn't been on television, he wouldn't have been spending time with another girl.
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"Organizations that monitor the health of democracies are converging around a similar idea: On average, the world is becoming less democratic for the first time in several decades," Bloomberg's Lauren Leatherby and Mira Rojanasakul report.
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Thus, while spectacular and large-scale attacks like 9/11 are becoming less of a threat, we are likely to continue experiencing smaller-scale, yet still deadly, lone wolf–style attacks for the foreseeable future.
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The statistics "give us reason to doubt that governance is becoming less authoritarian and violent as Vietnam transitions to a market economy," said Benjamin Swanton, a longtime social justice advocate and development consultant in Vietnam.
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Experts told CNBC the two-day meeting, starting Thursday, is not expected to yield any kind of major deal and the prospects of a narrow agreement — or at least a framework — are becoming less likely.
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Property values could be rising because regulations make it difficult to build, for instance, and higher stock prices could be a sign that markets are becoming less competitive, and profits thus easier to come by.
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As websites become more sophisticated, traditional web pages with static content are becoming less common, while content specifically generated for an individual user is now more frequent, although still far from prevalent on government sites.
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Outside, behind the blast walls and security fences, a soldier runs a 6-inch painter's roller brush up and down an exterior wall, the white paint becoming less white and starting to run as he goes.
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The oldest and frailest in our society are becoming less visible as many who need the most support, such as those with dementia, are either in care homes or less able to get out and about.
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"Slowly but surely, the numerous headwinds that contributed to the market sell-off in the final quarter of 2018 are becoming less gale force and more strong breeze," Craig Erlam at OANDA wrote in a note.
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Consumers are shifting their online habits to mobile devices, and with that shift, Google's dominant position in desktop online search (it holds, for example, roughly a 90 percent market share in Europe) is becoming less certain.
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"If your truck is becoming less full because volumes are declining, you should have other beverages to fill that spot," said Bernstein's Dibadj, who has predicted beer and soft drink tie-ups for the same reason.
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"It's becoming less and less sexy to be going to the United States," said Tim Delisle, 22, a founder of the start-up Datalogue, which uses artificial intelligence to prepare and synthesize data for other businesses.
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Sexual health topics that are still sequestered to sex-ed class or a doctor's office are becoming less stigmatized, thanks in part to new platforms that encourage women to converse and share information about their bodies.
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"We hope and believe that people will still go to the movies in theaters where available, but we understand that for people in different areas of the world that is increasingly becoming less possible," Shell said.
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Tim Jinks, a specialist in infectious disease at Britain's Wellcome Trust global health charity, said the increase in cases of STIs was alarming, especially given that some antibiotics are becoming less effective due to drug resistance.
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Oren Cass, an economist at American Compass, in an appearance on Hill TV's "Rising" on Friday, said that even as the economy is expanding, health care in the U.S. is becoming less accessible for average Americans.
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Fund managers said the main source of concern was the potential blow to Saudi Arabia's relations with the West, which could involve sanctions against Saudi individuals and the U.S. Congress becoming less sympathetic to Saudi interests.
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High-profile names like Uber, Lyft and SmileDirectClub are all trading in the red, and following the WeWork IPO debacle, the Street is becoming less forgiving of companies that do not turn a profit — like Peloton.
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The issue is seemingly becoming less divisive: a Washington Post-ABC News poll released this week found that 89 percent of respondents, including 83 percent of Republicans, support requiring background checks for all potential gun buyers.
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"We hope and believe that people will still go to the movies in theaters where available, but we understand that for people in different areas of the world that is increasingly becoming less possible," Shell added.
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While some of the executives I spoke with admitted that their franchises sometimes put too much value on NCAA tournament performances, most believed that doing so was becoming less common across the league as a whole.
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Which is why so many millennials are drowning in so much student debt, while at the same time their educations are becoming less valuable in the market, which is hyper-competitive, heavily pro-business, and constantly changing.
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But now that you can even work in 33D inside Microsoft's once rudimentary Paint app, integrating CG materials is becoming less of a niche skill, and more of a requirement for anyone making a living in design.
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Even as research shows some progress with female characters in games becoming less sexualized in recent years (see: Lara Croft's less cleavage-bearing ensemble), the gaming industry still isn't viewed as one that's very friendly to women.
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Bank stocks were largely favored as U.S. Treasury yields jumped to 10-month highs after Bloomberg reported the U.S. bond market was becoming less attractive for Beijing, one of the largest foreign holders of U.S. government debt.
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But few imagined that happening soon, a key reason those in control of corporate accounts from North America to Europe to Asia are becoming less inclined to invest, hire more workers and place orders for factory goods.
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The report also notes that Chinese officials think U.S. debt is becoming less attractive compared with other assets, adding that trade tensions between the two countries could provide a reason to slow down or halt the purchases.
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Brooks is apparently arguing that conservatives are able to draw off voters, particularly young ones, over the issue of abortion -- that millennial voters indicated in a poll that they are becoming less accepting of late-term abortions.
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The brain compensates by producing less dopamine in general and becoming less sensitive to it over all, forcing the user to take even larger doses to experience the same level of reward — a development known as tolerance.
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The report also notes that Chinese officials think U.S. debt is becoming less attractive compared to other assets, adding that trade tensions between the two countries could provide a reason to slow down or halt the purchases.
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An official of one of the largest grassroots anti-corruption organizations in the country on Tuesday said that the U.S. is becoming less Democratic, pointing to rollbacks of the Civil Rights Act and rise of voter suppression.
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Win or lose this November, Abrams, Valdez, and Ortiz Jones are yet another sign of the changing face of American power, which is becoming less male and less white after a near-monopoly for 200-plus years.
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The dollar dropped more than half a percent against a basket of currencies, while long-dated Treasury yields hit fresh 2431-month highs after the Bloomberg report said the U.S. bond market was becoming less attractive for Beijing.
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The study contends that factors including a growing wealth gap, declines in productivity growth and a rise in the number of working-age people neither employed nor seeking jobs show that the U.S. economy is becoming less competitive.
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"With Hillary Clinton's lead continuing to grow in states like Florida that she doesn't even necessarily need to win the election, the question is becoming less whether she will win than the magnitude of the landslide," Debnam said.
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Although such figures are becoming less rare on a continent infamous for its coups and gerontocrats, a peaceful departure after years of plunder does not guarantee the prize as the hopeful's record while in office is also considered.
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Passenger rail access to New York City from the west is becoming less reliable and more vulnerable to a catastrophic blow that could grind parts of the city, and large swaths of its economy, to a virtual halt.
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A joint study by medical professionals from Benin, Sierra Leone, and The Democratic Republic of Congo surveyed 500 young people from Cotonou and found that sex solely for procreation is becoming less of a priority for young people.
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But where Kavinsky and Jamey are fictional, and becoming less-prominent names on our daily social media scrolls, Noah Centineo is here, and he's the real deal, and—despite 2018 coming to an end—he's not going anywhere.
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I wondered, as my brother and I left home to pursue higher education, and my dad neared retirement age, if the truths in his life were becoming less concrete, as well, and his preference in art morphed reflexively.
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"As much as the Trump administration is touting 'America First,' we believe we live in a global world, and provenance is becoming less important," said Michael Maher, a founder of Taylor Stitch, which is based in San Francisco.
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Subscriptions are the fundamental organizing principle of YouTube – akin to a Twitter feed, they deliver to users exactly what they've signed up to see – but, Kjellberg said, they were becoming less important to the way viewers found videos.
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Conveniently for Democrats across the nation, these are the same policies the Democratic Party is becoming less and less afraid of championing, as a Republican White House and a conservative Congress try harder and harder to silence us.
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In the past, senior bonds have been sold to retail investors in a number of EU countries, although we are seeing signs that banks are reassessing this practice and distribution through their branches may be becoming less common.
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Based on the sudden rush higher in bond rates and the Fed becoming less dovish, even a little hawkish, I wouldn't advise waiting much longer to figure out how much you may need to increase your cash allocation.
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HELENA, Montana — Ponderosa pine and pinyon forests in the American West will die at an increasing rate as the world grows warmer, becoming less and less resilient when they are weakened by higher temperatures, according to new projections.
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The things that kill people globally are also expected to change over the years, with infectious diseases such as malaria becoming less common causes of death than chronic and non-communicable disorders like diabetes, lung cancer, and kidney disease.
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Just when you think this season might be a redemptive arc for Noah, since all signs are pointing to him gaining some humility and becoming less of a jackass, this show pulls the rug out from under us all.
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While flying within or to the US is increasingly infuriating thanks to shrinking airline seat sizes, intensive and possibly arbitrary security measures, random fees and untrustworthy excuses for delays, the good news is that accidents are becoming less common.
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At the beginning of the episode, Fran and Annie finally have their long simmering blow-up over Annie's relationship with Ryan (Luka Jones), a bumbling man-child who is slowly becoming less terrible than when we first met him.
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But older people have found their traditional forecasting methods becoming less predictable over time, she said - in some cases because the indicators they once relied on had disappeared, while in others the behavior of animals and birds had changed.
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It would be nice to believe that once both have passed, American politicians on the right will suddenly snap to the realization that the planet is rapidly becoming less livable and begin combatting the climate crisis with unprecedented gusto.
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We already have our first terrible sign: Uber board member from TPG Capital David Bonderman made an incredibly sexist remark towards fellow board member Arianna Huffington — WHILE ON STAGE AT THE ALL-HANDS MEETING ABOUT UBER BECOMING LESS SEXIST.
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Unlocking the potential of eye tracking technology The early January theft of more than 320,000 user emails and passwords from cable giant Time Warner gave validation to the argument that simple password authentication is becoming less and less reliable.
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Downward rating pressure may arise from weakened central government ability or propensity to provide extraordinary financial support to Bank DKI, with the latter likely to stem from the bank becoming less important to DKI in supporting the regional economy.
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But, the study concludes that, over time, a partner's income is becoming less and less important for both men demonstrating that Brits are generally becoming more and more open to dating people with a different financial and educational background.
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Restaurant Brands said in a statement the cafe chain was "becoming less relevant to the company's overall direction" and that it intended to focus on its core business of quick-service restaurant brands such as KFC and Pizza Hut.
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It's a very real thing how a person's actions can impact family life, and Jack having had a problem drinking or becoming less aware of the problems that were happening in his home because he had been staying away.
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Many economists also fear the possibility of debt financing becoming less available or more expensive, which in addition to an ageing population in the U.S., will weigh on the growth needed to raise tax revenue and limit the deficit.
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Optimism over a trade deal and over the Federal Reserve becoming less aggressive on raising interest rates have helped fuel a 10.6 percent rise for the S&P 500 this year, although the rally has stalled in recent days.
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As data from all those new patients implanted at new centres trickled in over the following months, it became apparent that while many were becoming less depressed, they weren't progressing as rapidly as Mayberg's previous, non-trial patients had.
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In his experience, college students are not becoming less resilient or more susceptible to mental illness, said Ben Locke, executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services and director of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) at Penn State.
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Yet there often remains a gap between rhetoric and reality on the issue of urban trees, researchers and activists warn - like in the leafy D.C. suburb of Arlington, Virginia, which activists worry is becoming less leafy by the day.
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The absence of a gathering — the result of a regularly scheduled break in the summer, according to company spokesman Rob Shilkin — led to fears among employees that leadership was becoming less transparent following several controversies over Google's government work.
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Not only could social recommendations get users listening to Spotify for longer, thereby hearing more ads or becoming less likely to cancel their subscription, it also helps Spotify lock in users with a social graph they can't find elsewhere.
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"At a time when the media is becoming less free around the world, it is highly worrying if a public broadcaster is being targeted for doing its job of reporting in the public interest," the BBC said in a statement.
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The Sweet Escape yielded a handful of hits but never dominated the zeitgeist in the manner of Tragic Kingdom or L.A.M.B. Which isn't to suggest that Stefani herself was becoming less popular; if anything, she was more visible than ever before.
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It is particularly outraged by the part of the EU withdrawal agreement known as the backstop, which could lead to the province retaining different regulatory arrangements from the rest of the UK—and thus, in Unionist eyes, becoming less British.
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And that's a notion we're supposed to at least feel weird enough about to cheer when Verris bites the dust; it's implied that creating subhuman clones of real humans is a step on the path to becoming less than human ourselves.
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The causes are unclear, according to the Tribune, but some officers felt the furor over the video showing police shoot teen Laquan McDonald 16 times led to many officers becoming less aggressive on the street, which in turn emboldened criminals.
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Indonesia has the world's largest population of Muslims, and sizable Buddhist, Christian and other religious minorities, but the propagation of conservative and hardline interpretations of Islam in recent years has fanned fears that the secular nation is becoming less tolerant.
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Buoyed by expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, but also suggesting investors are becoming less sensitive to uncertainty around the trade war, the S&P 500 has surged 20% year to date and hit record highs last week.
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Buoyed by expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, but also suggesting investors are becoming less sensitive to uncertainty around the trade war, the S&P 500 has surged 20% year to date and hit record highs last week.
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Because the current trend is that the U.S. is becoming less dependent on oil, it may be that the mission of protecting Persian Gulf oil is no longer vital and the U.S. military can reduce its presence in the Persian Gulf.
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"Salary discussions in the workplace are becoming less taboo, (but) in order to close the wage gap and reach pay equity we need to continue creating awareness through data while ensuring tech talent is empowered to ask for their worth."
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Optimism over a trade deal and over the Federal Reserve becoming less aggressive on raising interest rates have helped fuel a roughly 11-percent rise for the S&P 500 this year, although the rally has stalled in recent days.
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An article by Jeff Guo published last year in the Washington Post explains how research suggests that the upward mobility of Asian-Americans before the 1960s came as a direct result of society becoming less racist, not because of educational attainment.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Police and prosecutors are becoming less willing to take action over rapes reported by sex workers, the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) said as a play highlighted their work to bring England's first private rape prosecution.
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And as the comet has been moving away from the sun, Rosetta's solar panels were becoming less and less able to generate enough energy to power the spacecraft, and the amount of data the spacecraft could send back has been dropping.
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Alas, under the direction of Steven S. DeKnight — who's spent his career working in television, on shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Daredevil — the sequel takes the path of least resistance, becoming less pleasantly erratic, more ponderously predictable.
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That's also becoming less and less true in the aftermath of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, signed in April, as sites have cracked down on NSFW communities or shut down altogether for fear of repercussions of hosting adult content.
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The absence of a gathering — the result of a regularly scheduled break in the summer, according to a company spokesman, Rob Shilkin — led to fears among employees that leadership was becoming less transparent following several controversies over Google's government work.
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"I'd definitely visit, but it feels like a lot of vegan food is becoming less healthy, with fast food places opening up and serving burgers and fish and chips," said 30-year-old Jen Shelo, a vegetarian social care worker.
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The anonymous tipster said they feared Homoki was planning something because he had becoming less stable and said, "almost guarantee if he ... is confronted while at home, he will open fire on Federal Agents or police," according to the search warrant.
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Opinion by: Krystal Ball An official of one of the largest grassroots anti-corruption organizations in the country on Tuesday said that the U.S. is becoming less Democratic, pointing to rollbacks of the Civil Rights Act and rise of voter suppression.
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Opinion by: Saagar Enjeti An official of one of the largest grassroots anti-corruption organizations in the country on Tuesday said that the U.S. is becoming less Democratic, pointing to rollbacks of the Civil Rights Act and rise of voter suppression.
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Indonesia has the world's largest population of Muslims, and sizable Buddhist, Christian and other religious minorities, but the propagation of conservative and hardline interpretations of Islam in recent years has fanned fears that the secular nation is becoming less tolerant.
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UpFront Ventures' Suster (referenced earlier) also talks about larger venture firms becoming less active in seed, as investing at the seed stage can limit their ability down the road to invest in competitive startups who emerge as growing contenders in a specific sector.
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But the facts lead us to a dark place when it comes to our relationship with China, which is becoming less of a partnership and more like a fight between mortal enemies looking to gain any advantage they can over the other.
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The figures point to the general struggle among artists to support themselves through art in a city that is becoming less affordable every year; it also uncovers a striking pay gap between men and women artists: men are paid an average 28% more.
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The well-pedigreed wall metaphor (Jefferson had borrowed it from Roger Williams, a 17th-century Puritan theologian) is centuries old, but it is becoming less and less apt as a description of the unique relationship between America's religions and its state institutions.
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As the world tries to make sense of economic tremors from the Brexit fallout, upcoming U.S. elections and volatile European financial markets, it's easy to see why investors are becoming less willing to roll the dice and throw money at oversaturated venture markets.
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"Suggestions of a new war or military skirmish between the two nuclear-armed Asian neighbors, both with populations in excess of 1 billion, are slowly becoming less taboo, highlighting the potential for serious escalation," wrote Ankit Panda, a senior editor at The Diplomat.
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Like the nation's population as a whole, the American Church is becoming less white, a demographic shift that has led many denominations to ensure they put more emphasis on diversity in leadership and make worshippers of color feel welcome in their sanctuaries.
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Downward rating pressure may arise from a weakening of the central government's ability or propensity to provide extraordinary financial support to Bank DKI, with the latter likely to stem from the bank becoming less important to DKI in supporting the regional economy.
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As we move towards a new era of medicine where drug products are far more complex and costlier than the ones we are grappling with today, the policy levers we have historically used to balance innovation and affordability are becoming less effective.
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In a section likely to raise hackles in some national capitals, Brussels also warned that life as a European civil servant was becoming less attractive and that "a further reduction in staff levels could jeopardise the good functioning of the EU institutions".
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Conservative MP Bob Seely told the FT: "Either there is an innocent explanation [for the delay in Mr Abramovich's visa], or the government is becoming less sympathetic to Russian oligarchs in the UK. Either way, denying visas to oligarchs is potentially important."
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Hanlon said attendance at sports events was becoming less important than TV audiences because of the piles of money that advertisers are willing to spend on live sports, where advertisers can count on viewers seeing their ads instead of fast-forwarding through them.
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Despite this performance, risk analysis company Verisk Maplecroft warns the region is becoming less attractive as an investment destination and says the economic outlook for the next ten years is looking bleak, according to their core drivers report published earlier this month.
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With marijuana becoming less taboo (according to the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of Americans support its legalization) and given the MTA's aging trains and unreliable service, using proceeds from one to shore up the other seems like a solid policy idea.
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As noted in the new study, German Shepherds accounted for 2.7 percent of all breeds documented in the database, but the dog's popularity decreased from 3.5 percent of all dogs born in 4.763 to 2.2 percent in 2013; these dogs are becoming less popular.
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"We do not envisage the start of negotiations as resulting in renewed pound selling, and maintain a view of sterling appreciation through the remainder of 2017," wrote MUFG currency strategists in a research note, adding that the pound was becoming less sensitive to Brexit developments.
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But the news isn't all bad: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina says it's reducing its requested premium increase for next year to 14.1% (it originally had asked for a 22.9% hike) because the market in that state is becoming less volatile. 5.
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While it might have been acceptable in Asia to consume the animals a century ago, Lee said it was becoming less morally acceptable to do so as values had changed and the animals – popular choices for pets – were now considered part of the family.
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The study's corresponding author, Clay Routledge of North Dakota State University, told PsyPost that while research has indicated that people are becoming less religious (Millennials are the least religious generation in the history of the United States) and more secular, he saw a different interpretation.
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In a 2002 New York Times interview, Bowie, who just died Sunday, spoke of record labels becoming less important and distribution methods changing, which could gesture toward the explosion of unsigned artists finding success after putting their music out on YouTube and other online services.
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Advertising agencies are becoming less relevant as companies decide to purchase and place their own ads (known as media buying) or hire agencies for single projects rather than choosing one agency to handle all their business, said Brian Sheehan, professor of advertising at Syracuse University.
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Shared bathrooms at the end of the hall and having no individual kitchen or living room is becoming less weird for some of the city's workers thanks to Starcity, a new development company that is expressly creating dorms for many of the non-tech population.
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"The returns are becoming less and risks are rising ... The risk is rising with regards to the returns you potentially get from long-only equities," he said, referring to the common investment strategy of solely buying shares that are expected to increase in value.
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Despite its provenance, and despite cautious phrasing, the report, "Innovative China", offers evidence of flaws in China's economic model: a much-puffed rise in business creation has been overstated; capital-allocation is becoming less efficient; and bankruptcies are rare, leaving zombie companies stalking the land.
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In a report earlier this year, the State Department warned that Islamic State, al Qaeda and its affiliates have adapted by dispersing and becoming less vulnerable to military action after the United States and its partners made "major strides" against the armed Islamist groups.
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Shared bathrooms at the end of the hall and having no individual kitchen or living room is becoming less weird for some of the city's workers thanks to Starcity, a new development company that is expressly creating dorms for many of the non-tech population.
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Ameli-Renani noted that the "relentless" increase in China's private-sector debt to around 200 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) was concerning, both because of the pace of the rise and because the debt was becoming less efficient, with each "unit" of debt producing less growth.
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"If he becomes more aggressive in attempting to remove any criticism of his administration, then they may start to find ways to organize to resist him, which could then push him into becoming less tolerant and then you get a spiral towards polarization," explained Herrera-Lim.
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China is becoming less of an investment priority for companies, with 56 percent of those in an American Chamber of Commerce survey placing the world's second largest economy on the top three spots on their priority list, down from the peak of 78 percent in 2012.
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At the same time, college is becoming less and less a feeder system for men who play soccer, and the college format of playing for a relatively short season has been cited as one reason that American men are not as good as players from other countries.
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"My main reason to be concerned isn't that it's becoming less solvent, but because we're leaving so many people who could work with an all-or-nothing choice," Mary Daly, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and leading critic of SSDI, says.
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Without changes, younger Britons risk becoming less prosperous than their parents' generation for the first time since the Black Death pandemic that ravaged the region in the Middle Ages, according to the country's chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, who delivered his annual budget on Wednesday.
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"It's evident we are losing many valued and highly trained contributors to the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math at a time when there are indications that we are becoming less competitive on the world's stage," said Wu, who was not involved with the new research.
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True, China's economy is stronger and gradually becoming less export-dependent than Mexico's, but its growth slowdown has been crucially contained by the $600 billion (by its own dubious count) global trade surplus it amassed last year — nearly half of which is run with the United States.
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Even as the AI in Codemasters' F1 series has made major strides in recent years, becoming less prone to sticking to the racing line like glue and more reactive to what was happening around it, AI drivers seemed to have one prime directive: don't hit anyone.
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Despite the deep-seated beliefs about gender differences, there were some signs in the survey responses that attitudes about gender roles were becoming less rigid, particularly among women and Democrats, who were more likely to say that society should be more accepting of nontraditional gender roles.
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As smartphones pushed the boundaries and iterated at breakneck pace over the last decade, they've quickly run into limitations governed by the laws of physics: A phone can only get so thin or light, and the year-to-year speed and battery upgrades are becoming less-and-less impressive.
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I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD AND YOU MEET PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY NEED A HEALTHY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE JOBS AND WAGES AND TO HAVE A HEALTHY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, YOU NEED A COMPETITIVE TAX SYSTEM OUR TAXES BECOMING LESS COMPETITIVE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
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Although Trump has at least tepidly rejected the kind of overt white nationalism embraced by the movement, he has brought what Spencer described as a kind of "existential quality to politics," particularly around the idea of white identity in a country that is becoming less and less white.
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Before her speech, Clinton had spent the week doubling down on her criticism that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has chosen to align himself with conservative extremists, nationalists, and white supremacists — whose ideas may be becoming less and less "fringe" due to the alt-right's push into the mainstream.
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While it is not our base case, SCF's ratings would also be sensitive to the consumer finance segment becoming less strategic for Santander or to SCF becoming significantly less integrated within the group, leading Fitch to no longer view it as a subsidiary that is key and integral to Santander's operations.
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"In a world where the richest moments in life are becoming less about the things people have and more about the experiences they have to share, the acquisition of Ticketbis will allow us to connect millions more people with inspiring events," said Scott Cutler, President of StubHub, in a statement.
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While there are no medications approved by the FDA to treat BDD, studies and clinical trials have shown that SSRIs are safe to use and often lead to patients becoming less stressed, less anxious, and their quality of life has shown to significantly improve over time, especially when paired with CBT.
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A month later — on March 27, 1976 — Gates took the stage as the keynote speaker at the Altair Computer Convention, signalling his own ascent in the world of computers as well as the fact that it was becoming less and less likely that he would return to school anytime soon.
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"What we are noticing in the market is a sudden change in investor sentiment, where traders are becoming less inclined to look at riskier assets and are encouraged to safe havens instead," Jameel Ahmad, global head of currency strategy and market research at online brokerage FXTM, said in a note.
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Her staff members and plenty of allies argue that as a result, she is being ignored by the news media and some voters during a pivotal moment in the primary, and she is at risk of becoming less relevant in the nominating process — something her campaign is now trying to reverse.
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Alberto Gallo, head of macro strategies and manager of the Algebris Macro Credit Fund, told CNBC last month that central banks should look at removing artificial stimulus for three reasons – it is becoming less useful, has side-effects and to build an adequate policy buffer to deal with future risks.
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Researchers from VOX-Pol, an academic network that includes professionals from Dublin City University and the University of Sussex, said the platform was becoming less effective for ISIS "due to the rapid takedown rate of pro-IS accounts from the site" and "substantial and aggressive disruption," using another acronym for ISIS.
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It would be better if democratic institutions were becoming stronger in the US, and it would be better if people thought that, but at the same time we have to look at the current situation, compare it to rates in the past, and ask if the system is really becoming less democratic.
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But while that's the case, it's hard not to feel like festivals are becoming less connected to the music industry and forming stronger connections with the "experience" industry, who are the people that will let you fly in a hot air balloon or give you a "Legends Tour" of the Etihad Stadium.
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Eventually, when manufacturers try to sell us even more pixels we'll never hope to see through 8k or 16k displays, the only effect that would have on our game is the line art becoming less perceptible on your display than the particles of dust on it, and text that is microscopic and illegible.
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If you are worried about the world becoming less and less stable with each passing month, about democracies around the world coming under assault from strongmen and would-be strongmen, about society succumbing to its worst impulses, do not read the new book from political scientist Yascha Mounk, The People Vs. Democracy.
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Related: Jamaica Dropped the Mic on 4/20 and Told the UN to Get Its Act Together On Weed Aaron Salz, a financial analyst who watches the marijuana market, estimates that Canadian dispensaries are already doing "upwards of $500 million in sales per year," and some financial institutions are becoming less trepedatious.
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E-commerce is becoming less anonymousPremack: It's sort of like the difference between going into a dressing room and kind of being ignored by the people running the dressing room versus, you know, someone coming back to the room and asking if you need a different size or something along those lines.
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CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Shared bathrooms at the end of the hall and having no individual kitchen or living room is becoming less weird for some of the city's workers thanks to Starcity, a new development company that is expressly creating dorms for many of the non-tech population.
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But he&aposs bullish on the ride-hailing business in the US."We think that is a very developed, rational, competitive market, and it&aposs only becoming less competitive with the market being solidified with two players that are both public, that are both driving to profitability at a faster pace," he said.
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Albert Chang, the company's co-head of television, said that pilots themselves are becoming less of the equation, as Amazon and other outlets like AMC have increasingly opted to bypass the pilot process and use a writer's room to develop an entire series or season and just pick up the entire project at once.
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Shares of companies potentially in the cross-hairs of Trump's speech were higher, including pharmaceutical wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc and drug-benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co. Some analysts said on Thursday that investors could be becoming less worried about the speech while others said it was hard to predict what Trump might say.
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Shares of companies potentially in the cross-hairs of Trump's speech were higher, including pharmaceutical wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc and drug-benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co. Some analysts said on Thursday that investors could be becoming less worried about the speech while others said it was hard to predict what Trump might say.
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Certainly, part of that story is about our towns becoming less rugged and more uniform as property prices increase, and clubs are priced out, but it's also about an unwillingness from authorities to allow young people to use the night for hedonistic freedom, an unwillingness from business to let clubs be independent, unregulated, and unprofitable.
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Even more, Mr. Sessions's approach conflicted with one of the few major points of bipartisan national agreement over the past decade: that criminal justice could be more effective by becoming less punitive to low-level offenders; treating root causes of crime, like drug addiction; and reserving more resources to go after serious, violent criminals.
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In 2017, perhaps recognizing its strategies were becoming less effective, Victoria's Secret planned to hold the show in China for the first time (previous shows had been held in London, New York, Miami, LA, Cannes, and Paris) in an attempt to corner the Chinese lingerie market, which Euromonitor estimated would be worth $33 billion by 2020.
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In a sign that Saudi Arabia may be becoming less willing to support Egypt financially as its own finances are weakened by low oil prices, an Egyptian official told Reuters that the Saudis had informed the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Egypt's state oil company, in early October that it would halt the supply of refined oil products to Egypt.
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Interestingly, Visa says that Black Friday is becoming less important – last year, for example, it dropped to 13th in a ranking of the top shopping days by total payment volume (online, mobile and in-store.) You can already see top online retailers adjusting to this trend, by starting their "Black Friday" sales well before the actual sales event.
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That's not to say that bitcoin is becoming less popular as a means of exchange or a store of value — it's price in U.S. dollars is hovering near a one-year high — but people are increasingly showing much more interest in other potential applications of secure distributed ledgers (also called blockchains), which have nothing to do with money.
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Even if Americans are ostensibly becoming less obsessed with the numbers on the scale, and more interested in "getting healthy," as has been reported, there's still an underlying notion that having a handle on one's body -- that is, generally, being thin and fit -- is tied to being one's best self, most particularly when it comes to women.
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"That process of becoming more at ease with myself, becoming less inhibited, being more comfortable with my own skin, all of those things have been helped immensely by psychedelics," he says, cautioning that while his own experiences have been positive, psychedelics aren't for everybody, nor does he advocate that they'll help anyone else in the same way.
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He and his team determined that commuting was taking place beyond traditional rush hours; that members of the so-called millennial generation, born between 1980 and 2000, as well as aging baby boomers were becoming less dependent on cars and living closer to downtowns; and that more so-called reverse commuters were traveling between the boroughs and the suburbs.
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The Wall Street Journal fretted that G.M. will become the only top five automaker without a European presence and, matters of prestige aside, will seriously diminish cash flow as it loses sales in the many markets it is quitting, thus becoming less cheaply and easily able to underwrite its profitable consumer finance and other operations elsewhere.
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In his post that inspired this response, Rodney wrote, [Th]ere is evidence that people are becoming less inclined to visit museums and galleries, and for those of us (like me) who are invested in these institutions as one of the key bulwarks against the encroaching colonization of civic space and engagement by the relentless commodification of experience, this is dispiriting news.
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"The way he put this argument about changing our culture ... about Europe becoming less nice than it is, in other words, these people are here and they are making the culture crappy and making the place lesser, that&aposs straight out of the white supremacist/white nationalist playbook," said Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center&aposs Intelligence Project.
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And the dream of Bernie Sanders giving them (and everybody else) free college tuition is becoming less and less likely, so... Within minutes of arriving in Daytona Beach and watching the coeds having their good (and many times alcohol-fueled) times, I couldn't help but wonder how many people wake up the next day unsure about or horrified by the previous night's events.
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"With central banks globally in easing mode, cash is becoming less rewarding leaving equities as potentially the only alternative with an attractive yield and long-term growth potential," Kolanovic and Lakos-Bujas said Looking at traders' positioning, the market is unlikely to suffer another exodus from hedge funds, risk parity funds and other players in the near term, J.P. Morgan said.
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The Navdy ingredient also gives Harman a new category to add to its existing range of infotainment-related devices, in a field that could potentially become big business in an era where other early aftermarket standouts like Bluetooth add-on kits are becoming less relevant as cars without them installed as factory standard options are aging out of the market.
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"We should expect the same levels of growth this year during the week of Christmas; and with the online channel becoming less of an option as we get closer to Christmas day, it's a great opportunity for brick and mortar stores to gain share," Juli Lennett, vice president and industry advisor at The NPD Group, said in a report last week.
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Its form is more deconstructed than either Never Let Me Go or Remains of the Day: It begins as a detective novel, evolves into a family story, and then gestures at turning into a war story without ever quite doing so; you can feel the narrative becoming less coherent as you slowly lose confidence in the narrator's ability to understand the world.
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Frey observes that This is not the America of today and really only applies to a swath of the population ages 55 and above and in whiter parts of the country whose populations are increasingly diminishing, Only 30 percent of the population lives in counties where no minorities are highly represented and 96 percent of counties are becoming less white.
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Some utilities, however, are increasing their flexibility in providing power from different sources with batteries, which are becoming less expensive to produce and big enough to store electricity to fill the minutes or hours without wind and sun, according to Nathanael Greene, a renewable energy expert with the Natural Resources Defense Council, but are still not quite cost-effective enough.
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Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE is set to shift his strategy to win the White House, becoming less antagonistic toward the GOP establishment and adopting a less abrasive tone on social issues.
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Along similar lines, while any plane crash is a terrible tragedy, the fact that two have happened in recent months does not necessarily indicate that passenger airplanes in general are becoming less safe — let alone that we'd be better off not having the technology that has led to a dramatic reduction in aviation fatalities both in the United States and around the world.
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Orange is no stranger to trying to work closer with tech companies to bring some of their ethos, culture, and rapid customer growth to their business — which, like many large carriers, continues to bring in huge amounts of cash and strong margins, but is often based on legacy services and therefore runs the risk of shrinking, being curtailed by regulators, or simply becoming less appealing to consumers.
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Read more: Amazon is allowing ad-tech companies to sell ads in streaming TV apps, and marketers see it as a sign that the e-commerce giant is becoming less of a walled gardenWhile The Trade Desk's size is tiny relative to Google — Google's parent company, Alphabet, had an $836 billion market cap this week — Green has no qualms about calling Facebook and Google his biggest competitors.
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I was SVP of corporate development and chief of staff to the CEO and so a lot of the work that we were doing was strategic in nature, in that we were managing this transition from a bundled, access plus content plus service company through a world where the core of that, which was the dial-up access, was becoming less and less relevant.
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Jeanne Shaheen, ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, wrote: Taken together, questionable management practices at the Department of State; the attitudes of some in the Administration on the value of diplomacy; declining morale, recruitment and retention; the lack of experienced leadership to further the strength and longevity of our nation's diplomatic corps; and reports of American diplomacy becoming less effective paint a disturbing picture.
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