Yet there is little agreement as to what explains informality.
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Either way, informality hurts workers and their fellow citizens (see article).
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The next generation of businesses, however, might find informality much harder.
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But it can take away some of the intimacy and informality.
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This sense of connection is accentuated by the apartment's spatial informality.
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Originals' language patterns demonstrate a preference for spontaneity, fun and informality.
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Informality is a wise last resort for many of the world's poorest.
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Indeed Africa's rate of informality may now be lower than Latin America's.
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But India's informality and bad infrastructure also create obstacles for new entrants.
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To learn more about Melaney Ann Mitchell and Informality, visit her website.
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The mixture of formality and informality is part of the piece's character.
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"The challenge compared to other places is the informality," Ms. Chaouni said.
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" Atkinson particularly admired Wilder's "mischievous ideas about the informality of good theater.
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For years the received wisdom was that the remedy for informality was development.
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Governments have come to realise that they need to do something about informality.
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Bradford's unfussy directness has drawn comparisons with the awkward informality of David Park.
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It also highlights the informality with which he has traditionally approached his fans.
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No doubt this reflects, in part, a long-term cultural shift toward informality.
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My colleagues around the country grumble about students' sloppy emails and blithe informality.
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Candor, informality, and directness have dissolved not only prohibitions but also defensible standards.
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"There is an informality, a personal touch, a sense of humor," he said.
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But that is a slow process, and it is made slower by informality itself.
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The informality of Mr. Pitsillides, in his T-shirt and apron, belies his professionalism.
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But it then reverted to informality after the release of the "Access Hollywood" tape.
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In even more repressive countries, informality may be the only way for people to survive.
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The informality of arbitration is touted as its advantage -- and equally criticized as its failure.
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"They had this informality about them that always made it spontaneous and fun," she adds.
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A wonderfully disconcerting aspect of this choreography is its extraordinary mixture of formality and informality.
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But we are all unanimous about what tonight has to be about — enjoyment and informality.
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The play was haphazard and disorganized, but such informality seemed to be precisely the point.
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But in recent years, that deference has waned (she blames the informality of social media).
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In helping to define the world's uniform informality, the Gap helped make its strategy obsolete.
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Worse than the text abbreviations was the level of informality, with no address or signoff.
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They have seen large drops in informality compared with other OECD countries in the past decade.
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She is a player of rare expressive energy and disarming informality, of whimsy and theatrical ambition.
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Yet she has noticed that the informality of the tech industry can mislead new millennial employees.
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Digital technologies also would reduce informality by making compliance with registration requirements easier and less costly.
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"First dude" actually garnered 3 percent of the total vote — surprisingly high, given the term's informality.
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The informality of the hiring process at the Weinstein Company that made it ripe for abuse.
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International development scholar Ananya Roy argues that informality is an idiom of planning itself: By informality I mean a state of deregulation, one where the ownership, use, and purpose of land cannot be fixed and mapped according to any prescribed set of regulations or the law.
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"Mix and match china and chairs; the informality will pair perfectly with a potluck feast," Joanna writes.
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The company is offering flexibility and informality to a generation that is increasingly untethered to traditional offices.
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But the experience of countries like SouthKorea and Kenya suggests that it can reduce corruption and informality.
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We set out from Fort Myers in the afternoon, with all the informality of a morning commute.
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At Harvard, Professor MacFarquhar taught history and political science and was known for his wit and informality.
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In other words, informality is an intentional mode of the state and "planning is not an antidote to informality," as Roy puts it, but a code to camouflage the profit-driven reality of razing certain neighborhoods and converting them into commodities when the capital opportunity matures for speculation.
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Apple is, in some ways it's like a big startup, in that it has an informality about it.
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Activists say this informality protects favela residents from gentrification, as big investors aren't interested in properties lacking titles.
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The informality that may work well in a small startup doesn&apost translate when new management roles emerge.
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It's the only one described as an "occasion to introduce" Tymoshenko to Giuliani, giving it an air of informality.
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The problem with these networks is their very informality means that only a few women have access to them.
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Outside of the studio, I started and co-edit Informality, which documents the conversation about art in Kansas City.
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The well-tailored informality and emphasis on seasonality have much in common with Mr. Meyer's flagship Union Square Cafe.
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The original design for the area, by Pierre L'Enfant, D.C.'s great planner-auteur, called for a shaggy informality.
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Even fine dining has become more about informality and fun, a luxury restaurant group CEO previously told Business Insider.
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But to spur a large-scale move out of informality, firms need to see the benefits of changing their ways.
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Combining structural reform, clever wheezes and technology to curb informality would be good for government finances, growth and poverty reduction.
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Some economists say that informality is a result of low growth—but it may be cause as well as consequence.
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His informality contrasts with the distance which most leaders in the former Soviet Union maintain between themselves and the voters.
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But he was more charismatic than most bureaucrats — six feet eight inches tall, with an easy wit and refreshing informality.
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Another reason is related to Brazil's famous informality: wearing a football shirt is a way of connecting with the world.
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As countries become richer, so the theory went, formal sectors grow and those where informality reigns, such as street-vending, shrink.
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Rather than "informality", the key distinction Mr Levy makes is between firms that have salaried employees and those that do not.
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Reducing informality would also be a win-win: greater job protections for the people and more tax receipts for the state.
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"Informality is the key to my label," said Mr. Alba, with his 10-year-old golden Labrador, Jasper, at his feet.
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No economy will get rid of informality entirely, but bringing some unregulated activity out of the darkness would improve millions of lives.
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Unfolding my map, I searched for"Plaza de la Informalidad" (Informality Square), a project I had seen making its rounds on Instagram.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - If the most popular foods of Rio de Janeiro have one thing in common, it is their informality.
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For much of the nation's history, transitions between administrations have been characterized by informality, in areas ranging from record-keeping to disclosure.
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Benedict has become the point of reference for traditionalists and conservatives who disdain Francis' informality and his focus on inclusiveness over doctrine.
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If you find the informality, speed and shoot-from-the-hip unprofessional and juvenile, it's probably not a great fit for you.
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Like the royal couple themselves, it combines British and American sensibilities, formality and informality, a long history with contemporary tastes and personal meaning.
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The other piece that's interesting is Snapchat exists not because the app's experience is great, but because of immediacy, informality, and instant video.
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Women also have a harder time getting away with informality, he said; they are more liable to be judged for ignoring fashion trends.
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I wouldn't mind something in-between the two — a non-secret wedding with some guests and elopement-style informality — a welopement, you might say.
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The setting – an early 20th-century Craftsman-style mansion nestled on acres of lush gardens – may be grand, but an air of informality rules.
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The Argentine pontiff, who had endeared himself to Catholics and non-Catholics alike with his benign informality and ascetic lifestyle, is on the defensive.
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I think that as it continues to grow, some of that informality might need to shift, or at least be complemented with more structure.
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A serious effort to reduce informality requires a shift to universal social protection combined with flexible labour laws and simpler tax and business regulations.
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The challenge now is to make our machines "speak" human — to imbue them with context and inference and informality so that conversation flows naturally.
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It is patently unfair to impose my personal love of Detroit's scrappiness and informality as the governing aesthetic of all materials showcasing the city.
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In and out of public life, he visited the country almost every year and was popular there, known for his informality and dry wit.
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Today open-plan offices and unassigned "hot desks" aim to flatten hierarchies and increase informality for many of the City's 400,123-odd whitecollar workers.
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" Charles Milne, Lewis's tutor, recalls him as a "very confident without being cocky young guy," with "a natural easy informality in dealing with adults.
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He toggles deftly between the distant and recent pasts, imbuing the story with a kind of meandering informality while managing to keep it coherent.
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In combining the polish of an upscale brasserie with the informality of a neighborhood pub, the 45-seat tavern has managed to satisfy many masters.
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Mr. de Blasio, aides say, likes the tables and chairs because they add an air of informality, not to mention a chorus of other voices.
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But the former president is also depicted in a chair, with his hands crossed and elbows on his knees — a posture of informality and intimacy.
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I added a comma and "informally," as I didn't think Mr. Gordon's clue signaled the informality of the answer strongly enough, especially for a Tuesday.
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Simplicity and informality joined hands with pomp and circumstance when Meghan Markle, 36, married Prince Harry, 33, Saturday in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
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The compilation, titled "Big Dance: Short Form," unspools like a clever anthology of vignettes focussed on dance, one melting into the next with deceptive informality.
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It said a better way to support small businesses was a simplified tax regime that could "facilitate firm entry and reduce informality" and potentially raise productivity.
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She said that as the informality of digital speak spills over into professional communications, a single exclamation point is becoming just as common as the period.
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He wears blue Levis and black Nikes and delights in a late-blooming informality after years of heading university departments and turning up in a suit.
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Once in, you were likely to stay, if only to hear Christine Baranski's laugh, which somehow struck notes both of indulgent, friendly informality and cold, superior contempt.
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They're unframed and tacked to the walls, creating a sense of the informality of the artists' methods, allowing viewers a closer look at the marks and materials.
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I still maintain that Los Angeles is the best place to eat in the world — for its splendid produce, for its informality, and for its unimaginable diversity.
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"This informality of theirs is what we see as an opportunity in building this new business line and bringing these [merchants] into the online world," said Adesina.
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India's rampant informality is one reason why its tax-to-GDP ratio has been stuck at a measly 15% or so for decades, cramping education and health care.
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But come the '80s, the vague outline of American style finally came into sharp focus: modern clothes with a sense of informality and freedom, rooted in utilitarian sportswear.
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The authorities recognize the need to address these challenges, as well as to tackle the large informality in the economy, the low spending in human capital, and poverty.
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A voice that called itself Amanda started the pitch with a chatty informality that was far superior to a standard recording, though it was still halting and tentative.
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Kipling never learned to lighten up—or to appreciate American humor and informality—and America, by his lights, never got over being headstrong and overly sure of itself.
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With this idea of informality in mind, Rountree and his partner, Alma Saladin, recently organized an exhibition in Mexico City inside a four-story apartment complex currently under construction.
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But about three-quarters of the art is displayed in the tumbledown former officers' homes known as Colonels' Row, in warrenlike rooms with peeling paint and a welcoming informality.
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Munch used the camera with an intimate, even playful informality, and relied on blurring effects and ornery cropping to capture the same discord he brought to painting and printmaking.
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Now the L.A. Phil, as it calls itself with deliberate Californian informality, must decide who will succeed her — a member of the respected team she built, or an outsider?
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What these women share is not a "look" so much as an attitude: a looseness, an informality, a sheer undauntedness in the face of having so much hair to handle.
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But its blend of seeming informality and objectivity has always looked related to other dances from her generation, like Ms. Rainer's "Trio A" (1966) and Trisha Brown's "Opal Loop" (1980).
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The same informality goes for the paintings of the royal children, a little untidy some of them, others busy with their books and instruments, their drawings and bits of handiwork nearby.
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They are known for bon-vivant informality, with a Gallic knack for cooking and a greater propensity than other Germans to use the friendly du pronoun rather than the formal Sie.
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They argue that the subtlety, flexibility, informality, and idiosyncrasy of scholarly mentorship cannot coexist with the bureaucracy and contestation of a union workplace, from wages-and-hours agreements to collective bargaining.
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"These temporary approaches in the global north were meant to bring informality to cities that didn't have them," said Ethan Kent from New York-based non-profit Project for Public Spaces.
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Yet, rather than address this problem head on by demonstrating as clearly and solemnly as possible their intent to be legally bound, the trend has been towards more and more informality.
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Yet even when you see the thought behind his images, the gentle disorder of his characters' lives, with their patched walls and messes, creates an inviting informality that strengthens his realism.
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For fans of a grittier tradition of Japanese photography — Daido Moriyama's grainy prints of lowlife Tokyo, or Nobuyoshi Araki's louche portraits of well-knotted models — Suda's informality can take some adjustment.
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"Francis Alÿs is a great example of someone who captures how interesting the informality of Mexican urban space is," says Marco Rountree, an artist and co-director of the experimental gallery guadalajara90210.
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Sousa believes the high minimum freight prices will encourage informality in the transportation sector and lead to verticalization as companies could opt to buy or expand their truck fleets to control costs.
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The fund's economists inferred the size of the informal economy indirectly, based on more visible indicators that either cause informality (heavy taxes, high unemployment and patchy rule of law) or follow from it.
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Women abound, some in positions of power, and yet, somehow the social informality of the boys' club is too often still the currency of mentorship, of opportunity, of getting ahead, of going along.
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At Freedom Hall on Thursday, there was a sense of informality as young children ran circles around their parents and friends from around the country and globe greeted one another with hugs and handshakes.
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But other desserts, like the rice pudding with chopped pistachios or the chocolate mousse under leafy chocolate shavings, have a slouching, stuff-in-a-bowl informality that seems to belong in a wine bar.
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It might diminish the informality to a certain extent, but when the kids are young and they're growing up with these more reasonable standards, I don't think it takes away that much from the moment.
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But current and former administration officials say Trump has approached his foreign leader calls with a spontaneity and informality his predecessors largely tried to avoid, leaving officials at times surprised and puzzled by the conversations.
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Loving's 51s dyed-fabric constructions have a scruffy, rags-and-patches informality that only heightens their elegance; La Noue qualifies his paintings' sumptuous palette and overall visual gregariousness by way of encrusted, willfully unlovely surfaces.
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Democratic Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said the deal continued a culture of informality between automakers and regulators that has led to the deaths of hundreds of Americans through safety lapses.
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The AIDS epidemic that began in the 1980s ended the informality surrounding the business, and as the costs and risks around testing and handling donated sperm increased, medics opted out and entrepreneurs swiftly filled the gap.
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The informality and ephemerality of snaps made people more willing to send them on a whim — much as an earlier generation of teenagers would wave to each other as they passed in the hallway between classes.
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The deadlines were enough to give me a bit of structure within the "nothingness" but the informality of the workshop made it so that I didn't put the existential weight of the world on what I wrote.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Olympic organizers will bring typical Brazilian informality to the medal ceremonies at Rio2016 with three different kinds of podium music depending on whether the sports are considered classical, pop or cool, officials said.
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The informality of podcasts, which are listened to either in the privacy of a car or that of a pair of earphones, makes them popular with those trying to advertise products that are traditionally difficult to market.
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Mr. Delury also said that it can be linguistically confusing for Asians when Americans transition quickly to calling them by their given names — an informality that can often be seen as disrespectful in an East Asian context.
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But each section is accompanied by disparate strands of photography, sculpture, and video works that allow for a level of immersion that transcends both the occasional pretension of the gallery space and the informality of listening to music.
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Besides Via Varejo's customer base of 60 million people, BanQi also aims to lure outside clients that are unattended by traditional banks whether because of their credit score or their informality job status, Chief Financial Officer Felipe Negrao added.
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A paper from Friedrich Schneider of Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, suggests that the tax loss from informality in the European Union was about €23 billion in 2000, or 250% of GDP—money the region's indebted governments would find handy.
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Discount carrier Spirit Airlines is planning to roll out next month booking services via text message, allowing travelers to buy flights and change reservations through text messaging platform WhatsApp — with almost as much ease and informality as organizing happy hour drinks.
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While other options exist for delivering the speech -- including delivering it somewhere outside of Washington -- White House officials said they are hesitant to hold a campaign-style rally instead of the State of the Union address because of a perceived informality.
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But what we know is that until recently they might not have been in a position to stand up onstage alone, addressing the audience with generosity and informality, empowering the room, imagining the music as a space of open unity.
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These canvas sculptures give a performative informality to the repeated, standardized forms of minimal art, and Mr. Walther sketched possible arrangements for them in tender paintings on paper — which themselves could be stacked and rearranged like a deck of cards.
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That informality has permeated the office environment as well, with startups in Silicon Valley garnering a reputation for embracing out-of-the-norm office perks to compete for the best and brightest of the region&aposs stock of tech talent.
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At the same time, this informality is also a symptom of a widespread lack of support for art in Moscow, meaning that however interesting these works are, it is uncertain whether the efforts will help consolidate artistic practices or will remain isolated efforts.
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Different systems of values and truth occupy simultaneous spaces where language is the most extreme possibility of reality — private and public are in Tehran concepts of time, and what we call the public space is an abstract and adaptable surface that thrives on informality.
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High levels of crime in Latin America are related in part to "the easy coexistence Latin Americans seem to have both with murder but also with informality and the inability of the state to, in a way, maintain territorial control and ensure strong institutional responses," Muggah said.
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Tim Brown, a World Cup soccer player from Wellington, New Zealand, and Joey Zwillinger, the head of an eco-friendly algae-chemical company, met through their wives a while back, and, observing a trend toward workplace informality, went into business with a loose idea: knitted woolen sneakers.
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As far back as the 1930s, when the popularity of cowboy films helped jeans make the leap from workwear into the wardrobes of Hollywood stars, denim has been understood to stand for something larger about the American spirit: for rugged individualism, informality and a classless respect for hard work.
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WASHINGTON — When President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping of China to his palm-fringed Florida club for two days of meetings on Thursday, the studied informality of the gathering will bear the handiwork of two people: China's ambassador to Washington and Mr. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
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This proposal does little to advance a commitment to real reform and increased safety requirements and only continues a culture of informality between automakers and regulators that lead to the deaths hundreds of Americans from defective ignition switches, exploding airbags, vehicles that burst into flames and other deadly defects.
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But the more consistent they are — either by being permanent backstage types (like John McCain, who tends toward informality, no matter what the setting) or front-stage types (like Ronald Reagan, who always seemed to be performing, no matter what the setting) — the more comfortable the public seems to be with them.
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Ms. Varsava, who is both a law student at Yale and a doctoral candidate in modern thought and literature at Stanford, used computer algorithms to analyze Justice Gorsuch's majority opinions during his decade on the federal appeals court in Denver, considering things like informality, varied vocabulary and use of the active voice.
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In both "Duo Concertant" (1972) and "Sonatine" (1975), a Balanchine male-female couple moves with the pronounced informality and spontaneity of Robbins dancers; and in one of Balanchine's last ballets, "Robert Schumann's 'Davidsbündlertänze,' " the eight dancers — almost never focused out front (as Balanchine dancers usually are) — make a community that is more Robbins than Balanchine.
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Her political outspokenness also breeds a certain informality: we know what Lady Gaga stands for in a way we never will with, say, Taylor Swift, and while I personally might not agree with all of it, as a consumer of music and culture, I'm grateful at least that she uses her platform to say something.
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In contrast to this emotional rigor, the informality of the legal process verges on the comic; the defendant and his attorney wear open shirts and sweaters, in the same way that Pedersen, in Afghanistan, is woken without a salute by one of his subordinates, who then enjoys a cup of coffee and a good cry.
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Powers allows herself the veteran rock critic's slangy informality (Buddy Holly "was … getting laid on the regular"), which can create a tonal instability when set against historical filler ("By 2000 … people spent more and more time within the virtual realm made possible by a new phenomenon called the World Wide Web") and quotations from academic sources.
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Looking at these shows and initiatives might lead us to romanticize the pervasive sense of informality in contemporary Russian art, but it is also necessary to remain critical and realize that at times the curatorial concepts seem so theoretical that they reduce the works shown to a network of functional relations in which art becomes secondary, while at the same time the curators haven't had enough time to pursue intensive research in their artistic selection — they worked with what was available.
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