"If those sanctions were to be watered down, I would, for sure, support codifying them and making sure they don't get watered down," Ryan said.
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Then Dan Harmon started making the show for that small crowd and delivered everything they could ask [for]... which meant the show got watered down and watered down.
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Drink that sucker up before it gets all watered down!
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Pence backed down, seeking amendments that watered down the law.
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A plan for Sheffield and its environs was watered down.
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They've drastically watered down the federal ban on sexual harassment.
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This is a watered down version of the first one.
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Yeah, motherfuckers got to because this shit is watered down.
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But these watered-down versions of electoral promises have underwhelmed supporters.
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In the end, the protest was watered down throughout the league.
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Other controversial policies were significantly watered down or became vague principles.
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Harder-line drafts were watered down during years of political wrangling.
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Lyrically, it's a watered-down, less inventive version of Khalid's "Location."
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Tchilinguirian expects a watered-down agreement from OPEC as a result.
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So, they&aposve watered down the votes on the Democratic side.
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But she rejects that as a watered-down sort of Brexit.
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A lot depends on how much the reforms are watered down.
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Not sensationalized, not watered down; but desperate, heartfelt, awkward, and exciting.
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Podemos has gradually watered down its demands for an economic overhaul.
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Their have concerns about identity and their culture being watered down.
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It passed a watered-down law in November, which she opposed.
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Kate Crawford: It was, certainly, watered down from its original framing.
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Maternity coverage could be high on the list to be watered down.
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It's not as bitter or watered-down as some mega-brands are.
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Like other student packages, SiriusXM's student plan isn't a watered-down subscription.
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But, in a victory for the hawks, it is much watered down.
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Since nobody wants a watered down margarita, meet the Glacier Ice Ball.
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Bill McCoy was a rum runner who never watered down his hooch.
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But even the watered-down plan met with scepticism in some capitals.
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It's colonization of culture — a whitewashed, watered-down version of true heritage.
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Earlier this week, Trump called Sessions out for "watered down" travel ban.
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The orange juice was sour and watered down from concentrate, but inoffensive.
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Watered-down versions of raunch wear are standard issue at the mall.
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Just this watered down sense that no one has anything to say.
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The thing is, it just sounds a bit like watered-down dancehall.
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That right will be either removed, or significantly watered down after Brexit.
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You'll also love the watered-down Kindle Paperwhite, which starts at $28.
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The Senate tacked on amendments that significantly watered down the regulatory burdens.
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Not in the watered-down, common vernacular way that means really good.
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"Almost two dozen states have rejected or watered down legislation," Reiss said.
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But a watered-down or half-cooked deal won't get it done.
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An important point about P&As: They are not watered-down cryptics.
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And since only a portion of the ban will go into effect -- limiting people from six majority-Muslim countries with no US connection from entering the US -- it's essentially a watered-down victory for his "watered down" travel ban.
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However, he criticised the "watered-down report," which only made a single recommendation.
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He echoed her words, slightly watered down (not using the phrase "systematic racism").
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But he worries that, as implementation approaches, the rules will be watered down.
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Peanut-containing foods might mean watered-down peanut butter or purees containing peanut.
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But that should not mean that standards for clinical trials are watered down.
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Tax reform may not arrive until next year, and in watered-down fashion.
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Other rating agencies may follow if the watered-down reform does not pass.
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In the latest draft, the parties' most controversial proposals have been watered down.
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You know, if it gets totally watered down, just do the same thing.
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The legislation was watered down this week after months of negotiations with Israel.
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The Supreme Court ultimately upheld a watered down version of the travel ban.
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Trump blamed his attorneys advancing a "watered down" version of the controversial order.
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I imagine that that's a watered down version of what Beirut could be.
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Yet the Republican bills watered down or eliminated the protections in existing law.
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Why spoil the experience with a watered-down version of the real thing?
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To Eurasia's Mr. Garman, the risk is ending up with watered-down measures.
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The investment advisory industry has to give out watered-down, averaged-out advice.
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Past labor reforms have languished for months in parliament before being watered down.
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Not surprisingly, too much has been lost in these watered-down, simplified readings.
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"A watered down ban is still a ban," he said in a statement.
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Georgia watered down its disclosure rules during Fitzgerald's tenure as a state official.
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A few crowded American cities, including San Francisco, have watered down their parking minimums.
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But Wright insisted the government has not "watered down" the threshold for military force.
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Otherwise, his appeal will eventually wane, watered down like his least favorite Shirley Temples.
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"All IG reports are watered down by the agency that they're overseeing," Issa said.
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The decree was watered down after President Sergio Mattarella and rights groups expressed alarm.
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A heavily watered down version of Mr Macron's budget proposal was agreed in December.
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The idea was watered down by the Swedish government, then scrapped in the 1990s.
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It was never pawned off like Snoopy and Peanuts or watered down like Garfield.
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Last year, the government watered down its goals for free higher education and consolidation.
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A significantly watered down version of this may be what Tillerson is aiming at.
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There's nothing to stop somebody from doing it again if it gets watered down.
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We'd cover them in chippy sauce: cheap brown sauce watered down heavily with vinegar.
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All of the whiskies are served straight, not in a cocktail nor watered down.
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Corbyn, 70, has delayed and watered-down anti-racist reforms in his own party.
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To me, it was kind of a diluted, watered-down, wimpy, open-ended protest.
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Adding ice is out of the question, obviously — no one wants watered-down bubbly.
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He got them in the form of a watered-down bill that pleased nobody.
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That's just coffee that's refrigerated and becoming increasingly watered down as your ice melts.
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They have been holding out hope it might be watered down in further negotiations.
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Nothing is watered down about them: We are black, and we are unapologetically black.
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Evangelical churches also ran extensive campaigns against the change, which was eventually watered down.
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Several other tech companies have recently tried to consumerize watered-down versions of deepfakes.
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And the culture has anyway been watered down, says Ian Dunn, Coventry University's provost.
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Facebook Protect, at least on the outside, seems like a slightly watered down version.
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Investors cheered it, even if the final bill is likely to be watered down.
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The frustration on the Republican side was more that you watered down the amendment.
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The initiative, though still approved, was eventually watered down due to opposition from Italy.
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A watered-down version of the order was later upheld by the Supreme Court.
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But the proposal is likely to be watered down as lawmakers extract concessions and exemptions.
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But it has watered down an earlier plan to have workers represented on company boards.
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I think they're more interesting because they're not watered down to appeal to the masses.
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The stage appears to have been watered down, with Bieber and his dancers splashing around.
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They argued this stipulation would prevent the legislation from being watered down by outside interests.
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They have been holding out the hope it might be watered down in further negotiations.
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Take them out of their element, and that pure offensive magic sauce gets watered down.
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Often, celebrity collaborations offer a super-expensive, watered-down variation of the star's signature look.
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Even if gasoline prices rise sharply, other energy reforms may be watered down or delayed.
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After which TfL published a much watered down list of requirements to be taken forward.
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Iran, NATO, China It's just the most recent international pledge that Trump has watered down.
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Next thing you know, bros are doing a watered down version on the country radio.
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A plan to replace his ministers with independent technocrats, for example, was subsequently watered down.
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"The criteria will not be watered down," insists the European Commission's president, Jean-Claude Juncker.
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Some insiders think that policies such as the employee-ownership fund will be watered down.
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The same goes with the watered-down socialism of labor representatives on boards of directors.
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But, because the estate tax has been so watered down, it is no longer effective.
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"It was so watered down, it wasn't even useful," one of the former employees said.
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Despite the fiscal importance of this issue, the RAC program has been significantly watered down.
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Last summer, a House Energy Committee subpanel unanimously approved a watered-down energy reform bill.
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"The provisions that were going to support repair have been massively watered down," Schweitzer said.
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What we've gotten so far has been a watered-down version of that exciting promise.
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The draft text of the conclusions has been watered down under pressure from reluctant countries.
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Now, we've probably heard the all-inclusive rumors: watered-down drinks and low-end food.
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And it rejects the Clinton-era push for centrist voters with watered-down policy positions.
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The texture was slightly watered down, however, and I wanted more flavor from the vegetables.
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"The more you shake, the more watered-down your final cocktail will be," says Madix.
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The Republicans eventually failed to pass even their watered-down "skinny" repeal plan after Sen.
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Sequels have long had a reputation for being watered-down versions of their original movies.
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Trump described the order as a "watered down, politically correct" version of his original one.
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Which could, you presumably don't want a watered-down version where it says nothing, right?
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Last week the Romanian government watered down the share capital requirements of mandatory private pension funds.
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You can't have a watered-down version of the real world, especially if you're considering proposing.
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Barkley's response to Curry's unanimous MVP was that it illuminated how "watered down" the NBA is.
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But others say that industry lobbying watered down the bill so much that it's basically useless.
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The brands that are making our size are [making products that are] diluted and watered down.
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Last week Facebook rolled out a watered-down version of its ad transparency tool in Ireland.
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Already, China has watered down some of its joint-venture requirements for foreign carmakers and banks.
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You can't have a watered down version of the real world, especially if you're considering proposing.
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"If he does get social security reform approved, it will be badly watered down," Fleischer said.
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The truth is that I was not groomed for stardom and watered down for your enjoyment.
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The speech was ultimately a watered-down version of Trump's characteristic, strong-headed America First rhetoric.
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We really don't care for that moniker because we feel it's been watered down so much.
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And they boost the odds that eventual action will be a watered-down compromise with Democrats.
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The country's economy minister on Wednesday said a watered-down pension reform would threaten future generations.
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On tax, he has watered down the ruinously expensive plan he put forward during the primaries.
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Employers' groups say the bill has been so watered down that they no longer support it.
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But the watered down Real ID has crept toward implementation and remains a source of concern.
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Others that should have been stopped were just watered down with ineffective, unenforced conditions, she added.
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But chicken adobo was watered down so much, I couldn't tell what culture it came from.
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They fear that any legislative compromise on net neutrality will be too weak and watered down.
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The White House had signaled the administration preferred a watered-down version of the sanctions bill.
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But a contrived version of yourself is essentially a watered down version of your natural greatness.
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And even what we did, such as the Dodd-Frank reforms, is now being watered down.
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The promise of true reform was watered down by the local police union during reforms discussions.
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Whenever there was a "good" Muslim or South Asian, it was watered down, not so religious.
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A tougher U.S.-drafted resolution was watered down to win the support of Russia and China.
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Clearly, investors will be hurt the most if this provision of Sarbanes-Oxley is watered down.
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Notably, the Arizona bill was watered down to remove the genital testing components following public backlash.
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The watered-down intervention without the two-way exchange didn't move anyone to support undocumented immigrants.
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During days four through 10, the discharge will be more watered down and pink or brown.
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Worryingly, there are also signs that NP training is becoming watered down by assembly line programs.
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Laws like these, without the backing of the Constitution, can be overlooked, watered-down or reversed.
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Some were watered down by court decisions, while others are endangered by new anti-gerrymandering laws.
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It obviously helped that the watered-down language fashioned by Kaine worked to the president's advantage.
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Same-sex civil unions were approved only in 2016, and the final draft was watered down.
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For the most part, they were watered-down field blends of both white and red grapes.
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As Democrats looked at the watered-down version, they pointed fingers directly at the White House.
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It wasn't watered down...it got just as much love and attention as all my other collections.
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Other unions back the latest version of the reforms, which have been watered down by the government.
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By contrast, after weeks of debating radical change, the Diet (parliament) recently passed greatly watered-down legislation.
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Even in watered-down form, they account for much of the increased spending in the 2019 budget.
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I get to do it again here, with Bat Out of Hell, where it's not watered down.
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" This was replaced with a watered-down pledge to "strengthen the contribution of trade to our economies.
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Most analysts expect it will be approved there with little risk of being watered down by amendments.
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As it happens, lavender essential oil, even in its most watered-down form, is a common allergen.
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She says brands can keep their watered-down attempts at diversity; she prefers to see real inclusion.
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"We get a watered-down bill, or we get nothing because they can't come to an agreement."
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Will some of that have to be watered down in the process of negotiating with the EU?
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A wealth tax, which had been reduced and watered down over many years, was abolished in 2007.
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Although the country has instituted a value-added tax, "targets were watered down in May", Senussi said.
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The measure will also likely be watered down during the process, setting up the market for disappointment.
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For an extra 80 cents, you won't have to worry about your Starbucks coffee getting watered down.
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Some have been proposed, but watered down and laden with loopholes and complexities not intended by Congress.
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It also doesn't melt for a long time, so there's no risk of that watered-down taste.
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A UN Security Council proposal to send several hundred peacekeepers has also been watered down after objections.
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Despite the government backtracking, even the watered-down version of the labor measure continues to provoke outrage.
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But privacy groups and other consumer advocates fear that a federal standard will be too watered down.
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But it has also meant that the state's progressive priorities have often been watered down or ignored.
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No matter what, however, I seemed to wind up with something that tasted weak or watered-down.
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"People are trying to introduce watered-down proposals that are frankly going to kill us," said Rep.
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What makes it worse is that even the jokes are watered down and not as risqué anymore.
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That assumes that the rules are not watered down further or blocked by the financial services industry.
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At the same time, some on the left contend that the measure has been too watered down.
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But it became so watered down, by 28500, the proposed tunnel was unconnected to any existing rails.
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While keeping your drink cold, it also reduces the risk of your drink ending up watered down.
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Other major items on the campaign agenda were either watered-down or put on the back burner.
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"You don't want the things you love about the neighborhood to be watered down," Ms. Sung said.
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Wyden added that many of the goals are "watered down versions" of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) proposals.
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This was a watered-down Kool-Aid interpretation, with the blandness of an on-duty mall cop.
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Chinese and Russian negotiators ensured that the sanctions were watered down before they went for a vote.
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CBS's audacious maneuver involved issuing a special dividend that would have severely watered down her voting shares.
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A watered-down version of the Muslim ban was approved by the Supreme Court after several lawsuits.
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But does a watered-down, jargony name like Covid-19 mean people won't take the disease seriously?
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The show begins with portraits of her family rendered in a watered-down, slightly academic Post Impressionism.
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But last year, the Supreme Court let a watered-down version of the ban go into effect.
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Instead, this watered-down version of the Yankees romped to an 8-3 victory over the Orioles.
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" The pope also called on the United Nations to resume "its leadership, because it's been watered down.
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After talk of a lawsuit and a federal judge, they got watered-down agreements brokered in secret.
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But the law was quickly watered down with amendments, and some provisions of it were later repealed.
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Depending on how those talks go, these objectives could grow bolder or, more likely, more watered down.
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"We do not want to see the Paris Agreement watered down," said former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed.
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When breakdancing started getting commercialized, watered down, and you could see it on butter commercials and shit (laughs).
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After winding its way through the Supreme Court, the watered-down temporary ban went into effect Thursday evening.
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The compact luxury crossover market is flooded with new entrants, many of which are watered down and forgettable.
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Since Johnson's era, the roles and expectations of members with regards to their donors have become watered down.
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Sprint's is a watered-down version of that: unlimited data, but game streaming is capped at 8Mbps speeds.
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Other proposals, often extremely mild, are still in the green paper, but even they have been watered down.
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The sanctions, the toughest since Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea, roiled aluminum markets and were later watered down.
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Credit Suisse analysts expect it to be approved there with little risk of being watered down by amendments.
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Non-profit co-ops, the watered-down competition option that made it into the ACA, have routinely collapsed.
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Cameron rejected criticism that he had watered down his demands, saying improvements to the deal could be made.
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"If those become bigger fights and everything gets watered down, that could be a disappointment," said Alpine's Spellman.
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Anyone who has let an iced coffee sit too long knows how gross it can be watered down.
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Naseer labors to avoid falling into the easy trap of giving watered-down explanations to satisfy her viewers.
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Secretary Marcelo Caetano said the already watered-down bill is a "starting point" of revived talks with congressmen.
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Speaker Ryan offered a watered down version of ObamaCare, and he actually expected conservatives to get on board.
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Roper and other fiduciary advocates argue that what the industry really wants is a watered-down fiduciary standard.
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Despite this, proposed reforms are often watered down or brushed aside in Brussels and many other European capitals.
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Democrats owe the American people an apology after the House passed the watered down resolution against hate speech.
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These Twitter streets are mean as hell, and you best not step with some watered-down-ass-sauce.
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They also warned the repeal legislation should not be watered down from what passed the House in 2015.
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They applaud any reform bill that, in a slightly watered-down form, makes it to the president's desk.
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They have also blocked, obstructed or watered down other proposed spending measures that could have boosted the economy.
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So, if we put regular ice cubes in each glass, the coffee will get watered down — not ideal.
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Credit Suisse analysts expected it to be approved there with little risk of being watered down by amendments.
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Over all, the brand offered watered-down simulacra of luxury goods, accessibly priced, elite-seeming but poorly made.
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May's Brexit plan and fear that, after negotiations with the European Union, it could be watered down further.
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Ms. Verma emphasized that the order "specifically mentions negotiated rates," rejecting criticism that the order was watered down.
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But out of embarrassment, Ms. Marno said, she provided a watered-down account to the school's investigative panel.
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Lawmakers watered down an earlier draft law that would have allowed the president to take over private businesses.
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It was also a confirmation of the audience that exists for actual left politics, not watered-down centrism.
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But those commitments have now been watered down by economic considerations at the top of the German government.
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But an investigation by Tony Romm of the WaPo suggests that the punishment has been drastically watered down.
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"With the Security Council resolution that we're negotiating now, we don't expect a watered-down resolution," she said.
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Its ownership had changed hands several times from retail corporations to hedge funds, which watered down its identity.
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On Monday, the U.N. was set to vote on a new watered-down sanctions resolution against North Korea.
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It is still possible the plans will be watered down as the government seeks to break the deadlock.
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That said, Marshall just feels like a watered-down version of the Shockers, who rank fifth in offense.
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He drafted what has been described to CNN as a watered-down, unenforceable version of a nondisclosure agreement.
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A month later, Trump slammed his Justice Department for offering a "watered-down" version of his travel ban.
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All of these measures, and many others, now stand a chance of being reversed, watered down or blocked.
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The phone doesn't sound like it'll be too watered down that it'd be like using a dumb phone.
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" Then he said the documents suggests that the administration will offer up "watered down versions of TPP proposals.
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Over time, the concept has been watered down and gutted of the security aspects the region most needs.
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Gave him watered-down coffee through a straw — he winked, told me my coffee was better than Mom's.
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U.S. officials said China had watered down commitments it made on issues such as stopping intellectual property theft.
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"It was very important to us that these stories didn't feel half-baked and watered-down," Yang says.
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It's making the shit watered down, and there's a lot of people out here who feel that way.
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Trump administration officials said China had watered down commitments it made on issues such as stopping intellectual property theft.
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Scott Wiener's bill, S.B. 822, would get watered down once it combined with another bill introduced by a colleague.
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Speaking at a rally in Nashville, Trump called his revised executive order a "watered-down version" of his first.
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The XR only has one camera so it lacks optical zoom and comes with a watered-down Portrait Mode.
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Neuro Drinks are sweet, watered-down, flavored drinks that taste like a cross between iced tea and Vitamin Water.
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Between the lines: Health insurers have successfully fought off or watered down these audits since they were first proposed.
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The NRA opposed it until certain provisions that sought to penalize stores that sold such bullets were watered down.
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Last night in Nashville President Trump said the revised travel ban was a watered-down version of the original.
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"The bill is watered down, everybody knows that," Stevante Clark, brother of Stephon Clark, told the Los Angeles Times.
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For some reason, "Note on a watered-down assault indictment?" for BATTERY NOT INCLUDED made me cringe a bit.
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The powers of the president have been watered down, but not nearly as much as Mr Sirisena had pledged.
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Ever since drinking my first Nescafé Azera, all other brands of coffee now taste like cheap watered-down garbage.
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Maybe even the Wayne Gretzky/Mario Lemieux range (albeit with overall numbers watered down by the dead puck era)?
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Unlike most games meant for younger audiences, Starlink isn't a watered-down version of a more traditional video game.
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The character paved the way for future female detectives, but these depictions were often watered down for American audiences.
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They are a little watered down, but we keep drinking them and the waiter keeps filling up our cup.
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Further details of a stimulus package, which could be watered down by Congress, could be the dominant economic event.
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Family Link allows kids to use real Google services — Gmail, Maps, Chrome and more — not watered down, "kiddie" versions.
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So you get these watered-down projects that are trying to please everybody, without a lot of creative vision.
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According to the Guardian, the ordinance is a watered-down version of its initial ruling, which banned dancing outright.
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"We are sad that it looks like ... the rule might go away, be delayed or watered down," Rosenbloom said.
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Together, they cast watered down spells at bachelorettes, cursing anyone who threatens to get in their best witch's way.
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Serebrennikov's supporters alleged he was being punished for challenging the establishment, and that his production would be watered down.
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Instead of Windows RT, the new generation ships with Windows 103 S, a watered-down version of Windows 10.
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But the original version was watered down after weeks of protests and a rebellion within the governing Socialist Party.
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In the end, the tariffs were imposed by executive order, but were vastly watered down due to the outcry.
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" Paulsen said last week he believed the tax bill would be "watered down as far as a stimulative force.
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Every time we see anything on this tax bill, it's watered down," Steve Grasso said on CNBC's "Closing Bell.
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But despite its rosy name, tonight's moon is not a watered-down version of the fiery-red Blood Moon.
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The Trump administration appears to be either ignoring or exempting top staffers from its own watered-down ethics rules.
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If it doesn't get watered down, that part of the tax law will be negative for the needy people.
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Huawei is able to use the Android OS because Google open-sources a watered-down version of the software.
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Democrats say Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, dragged his feet and watered down the letter's language.
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A couple of weeks ago, it unveiled details of a much watered-down plan along with new privacy protections.
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The dining hall, where "bug juice" — watered-down Kool-Aid — flowed, was cavernous and dark, with raw wooden struts.
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Most of his lofty visions, like a shared eurozone budget, have been watered down or have come to nothing.
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" In a fiery speech on the House floor on Thursday, Mr. Gohmert complained that the resolution was "watered down.
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I drink about two and a half cups of caffeinated coffee a day, "watered" down with lots of milk.
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Prosecutors are interested in learning how a Republican convention platform plank on Russia's intervention in Ukraine was watered down.
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Trump tweeted that his Justice Department shouldn't have proposed a "watered down, politically correct version" to the Supreme Court.
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The MHP has 40 seats and its support for the AKP's watered-down proposal could allow it to pass.
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The only question was whether the administration would offer a watered down version or move on from the issue.
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The White House has pushed back on those provisions, but Corker denied that the measure would be watered down.
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The climax is also watered down by the dual mandate to have Nicole's personal plot reach its own conclusion.
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The Republican tax reform plan that began with much boldness is getting watered down as legislation moves through Congress.
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They describe an aggressive institution pushing to regain its trading edge by having Volcker watered down, if not abolished.
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"The UK's world-class reputation for upholding strong corporate governance mustn't be watered down," Morgan said in a statement.
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Even though college standards have been downgraded and watered down, at least a third of the students arrive underprepared.
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Lost Cause historians at the University of Alabama watered down the radical nature of Winston's devotion to the Union.
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So California legislators watered down a proposed bill enough that, if it passes, it will accomplish close to nothing.
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He was upset that a piece of his on Trump and Russia had been delayed, and then watered down.
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That's a tricky stylistic middle ground to straddle—artists who do often end up sounding watered down or directionless.
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Following strong criticism at home and abroad, the law was later watered down by removing the threat of jail terms.
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Only six of those bills have passed, but four were watered down first, creating paths for minors to still marry.
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The newest member of the Budweiser family isn't a new watered-down brew filled with some sort of citrus flavoring.
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And the one thing I&aposm seeing is, this is getting tamer and tamer, more watered-down by the minute.
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Drastic steps are required to avert climate catastrophes, not watered down half-measures created to fit within corporate profit motives.
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And an essential reform of pensions was watered down in negotiations with congress, which then refused to support it anyway.
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At stake is pension reform, crucial for balancing the budget, and which may now have to be further watered down.
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The watered-down version they accepted, as the price of Mr Rubio's support for the bill, excluded the poorest families.
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The legislation was a very-slightly-watered-down version of an initiative that Mactaggart planned to place on the ballot.
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Oliver thinks she was "watered down" government policies made by the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, to fight the epidemic.
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Coupling Trump's rebuilding plan with tax reform will only result in watered-down versions of each priority, conservative groups say.
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So whatever kind of Stanford-Watered-Down-Beer-Prison Experiment they've cooked up is going to go down once (maybe).
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In his arguments, Chin quoted Trump's comments that the revised travel ban was a "watered down" version of the original.
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It's tasty enough, though, and at only 45 IBU it almost seems a little watered down compared to most IPAs.
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The subject is still obligatory until the age of 18, though in reality this requirement is ignored, or watered down.
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"There's an intimacy that the viewer encounters when it's not watered down through another person's filter," says 48-year-old.
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" Kanye goes on to lament how art is being demonized, and how "music is so fucking watered down right now.
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In the new, officials must contend with consumers who fear that the domestic standards they cherish will be watered down.
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The Graham-Menendez proposal could also be watered down before it clears the Senate to assuage concerns from business groups.
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The watered down House resolution serves only as a gateway for anti-Semitic tropes to rage on among the Democrats.
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" But Koop argued that when fashion becomes the primary method of dissent, the message behind the movement is "watered down.
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Factually, it both seems like a watered down version of ObamaCare and second, it fails to offer valid healthcare reform.
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Several Republicans who voted against the measure said it had been watered down and no longer focused on Omar's remarks.
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That brand has since been watered down to the point of total dilution; a label that now stands for nothing.
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It was watered down by network and studio notes to the point of being like dozens of other bland sitcoms.
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Several times Coats saw his language on the Kremlin's activities watered down by the White House, according to The Times.
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Booking tables, according to Jung, were the tip of the ice cube in that watered down Vodka and Red Bull.
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I think it's going to move slowly and it's likely to be watered down from whatever we've seen so far.
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All that being said, the actual substance of Clinton's platform on gun control has been watered down dramatically since 2000.
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Naturally, advances in mainstream conversation are often watered down versions of the more radical ones happening on an underground level.
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Some small clinics run watered-down versions, with smaller prizes or shorter durations, that don't work as well, she said.
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The show is more a watered-down, much blander version of the comic than a satisfying page-to-screen transition.
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I think that what's going to happen will probably be a watered-down version of what was anticipated to happen.
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The watered-down resolution does not include sanctions that the U.S. wanted on North Korea's national airline and the army.
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A bill could lose Democratic votes, particularly in the House, if it is seen as being watered down too much.
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But with that comes a little bit of arrogance, and over time, the idea of respect has been watered down.
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After pressure from the U.S. government and an outcry in Israel, Poland watered down the legislation, removing the prison sentences.
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After pressure from the United States and an outcry in Israel, Poland watered down the legislation, scrapping the prison sentences.
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But by offering a watered-down version of Southeast Asia's extraordinary history, this world-class institution short-changes the viewer.
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Critics say the plans were watered down after some of the EU's 28 member states sought to protect their car industries.
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Potentially redistributive ideas, such as a tax on housing wealth and caps on executive pay, have been watered down or shelved.
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In May, the lower house of Congress approved a watered-down version of the bill, but it still needs Senate approval.
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That would likely weaken a staff that was already watered down under Bolton, whose aides insisted he was just streamlining bureaucracy.
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Legislation will almost certainly be watered down, and passage through both houses of Congress could be a long, drawn-out process.
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Now, Facebook's product is a much more benign and watered-down news aggregator, mainly because it is devoid of human input.
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As a compromise, America watered down the proposal by dropping the names of three government ministers from the list of targets.
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"There were a lot of strategies that could have been introduced, and they've all been watered-down or removed," Cavan said.
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That may sound like a watered-down mechanic, but there's a huge amount of control that players have over the process.
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Promises to curb the excesses of capitalism have been watered down already, but so have threats to stigmatise hiring foreign workers.
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President Francois Hollande's Socialist government has said it will not withdraw the labor reform, though it has already been watered down.
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An analysis in 2016 in England found that the Singaporean approach boosted results, though it was somewhat watered down in transition.
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Last year, Vladimir Putin watered down his own pension reform after it lopped double digits off his approval rating almost overnight.
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But in France fitful stabs at liberalisation that began in the mid-1990s were defeated or watered down by the left.
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The president called the current order a "watered down" version of the first, potentially suggesting that they had the same intent.
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After a federal judge blocked the revised order in March, Trump called it a "watered down" version of his first order.
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Some had been watered down compared with Mrs May's original ideas, but more frequent binding shareholder votes on pay remain likely.
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While they acknowledge the administration's proposals will almost certainly be watered down, they are hopeful a meaningful package will be passed.
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And sure, you could put ice cubes in your glass, but ice melts, and who wants to drink watered down wine?
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This watered-down version of public accountability was seen as the best possible outcome, and Harris didn't even go for that.
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Indiana lawmakers passed a hate-crime bill Thursday that some of its original proponents called watered down, the Indy Star reports.
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China also opposed that language, but voted for the watered-down sanctions that passed the 15-member Security Council on Monday.
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Why would we present management with watered-down demands, bargaining something less than what our patients and our colleagues actually deserved?
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A local advocacy group, the Rainbow Alliance of Bermuda, said the Domestic Partnership Act provided a "watered down" version of rights.
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But what most critics have seen is a dressed-up, watered-down version of the other films in the "Ocean's" franchise.
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But only one of them, the Secure Elections Act, has advanced, and in the process it has been significantly watered down.
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Still, some worry that much could be lost as the old famed gayborhoods become watered-down versions of their former selves.
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This "surprise" apparently led Barr to pull the four prosecutors' original sentencing memorandum in favor of a more watered-down recommendation.
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They should have no more than four ounces of 100 percent fruit juice per day; the juice may be watered down.
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Poland eventually watered down the legislation and removed the threat of jail terms for those who accused the country of complicity.
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In fact, they watered down the wording of the Agreement to facilitate the Administration's argument that it does not require ratification.
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In hindsight, it would be easy for Monaco to resent its compliance with the regulations, which have since been watered down.
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The briefings with presidential candidates tend to be somewhat watered-down assessments of global threats and the state of the world.
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But a watered-down law that imposes weak and symbolic sanctions on Russia would be worse than no law at all.
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The draft text of the conclusions on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting has been watered down under pressure from reluctant countries.
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Before this gets watered down or the word "vagina" gets censored out, here's my statement on this "wardrobe malfunction" b.s. pic.twitter.
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"Shambles as embattled PM's deal is watered down," a front-page headline read over a picture of an anxious-looking Cameron.
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Last year, Denis McDonough, Obama's last chief of staff, said on Meet the Press that McConnell "dramatically watered down" the statement.
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MORE, said Trump in a series of tweets last week decried how the Department of Justice (DOJ) had submitted a watered-down, "politically correct" version of the order to the Supreme Court, and urged the DOJ to ask for an expedited hearing of the watered-down travel ban before the Supreme Court and seek a much tougher version.
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Now there's this watered-down message, and it's hard to find a meaningful campaign that is actually trying to do good things.
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However, the tax faced intense opposition from the mining companies, with backing from many of the workers, and was eventually watered down.
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Invariably, though, I end up getting knocked out by a glass of watered-down vodka soda flung at me by someone's elbow.
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The ban was blocked by a federal court, leading the president to issue a second, more watered-down version of the ban.
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But no matter how authentic the watered-down, family-friendly version of corporate punk seems, there will always be an element lacking.
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Mr Trump's fiscal-stimulus programme could take till next year to get through Congress and will be watered down along the way.
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The current reform proposals, watered down from Dodd's original suggestions, include having six women on a newly created 36-member FIFA council.
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In many cases, they say they would rather lose a legislative fight on principle than compromise and support a watered-down bill.
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Many of the clergy, monastics and devout people of Constantinople were furious that the integrity of Orthodox doctrine had been watered down.
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The Italians must feel as if they are battling against an ever-rising tide of watered-down, crap imitations of their food.
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But then, they say, Manafort changed his story to offer a "very watered-down version," omitting "everything, basically" about one relevant person.
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It is a watered-down version of her explanation on her website, and one designed specifically with a white audience in mind.
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That's a very brave thing for a big double splash, but the effect is immediate [...] It's not watered down by anything else.
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The blazing fires of revolution can easily be watered down to embers and lost lives can go unfound when history is mishandled.
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It ran a watered-down version of Windows named Windows RT. The devices sold poorly, and Microsoft ultimately killed the whole initiative.
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Students would not be placed in watered-down college classes; they would sit in college classrooms with college professors and college classmates.
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While initially protective, the bill was watered down during the legislative process, making its protections for innocent property owners far less meaningful.
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So then you want to see the version that is prior to being watered down to get all the information out there.
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But others have dismissed it as watered-down and would have preferred a ballot measure with even tougher restrictions on data collection.
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Kobach won in Nebraska, but lost in Texas and Pennsylvania, and only a watered down version of the law remains in Missouri.
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North Carolina's infamous House Bill 2 was eventually replaced with a watered-down version after 200 companies threatened to boycott the state.
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On Yelp, the complaints typically ignore the cleavage and instead focus on cold food, watered-down drinks, and unsatisfactorily small chicken wings.
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Even as the bill gets watered down, supporters have always been able to argue that it will at least do this correctly.
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Price offered a detailed repeal-and-replace plan in 2015 that included watered-down tax credits, likely alienating conservatives such as Paul.
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Healthy consumers will buy cheap, watered-down plans, while people with expensive medical conditions will be concentrated into much more expensive plans.
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Still, even a watered-down version of earmarks could provide Republicans with all the fodder they need to make biting political ads.
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But he is most widely known for his criticism of modern-day higher education, which he dismisses as watered-down liberal nonsense.
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The White House dropped that and several other ideas, but as the drafts were watered down, momentum to finish the job faltered.
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Making cold coffee at home is a great money-saving solution, but most of my attempts end in a watered-down drink.
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I appreciated that my drink didn't get watered down from the additional ice, because it was never diluted in the first place.
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President Trump rebelled against his advisers, criticizing their "watered down" version of his travel ban on citizens from some Muslim-majority nations.
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After criticism from some conservative lawmakers, Mr. Koizumi watered down his plans, saying that his work might prevent him from taking leave.
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There are also concerns that a watered-down statement might end up looking like tolerance of anti-Semitic views within the caucus.
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Groups that tried to prevent the FCC's rollback say that the bill is just a watered-down version of the popular rules.
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The double standard motivating this decision by the Speaker and the moral equivalency filling this watered down text is spineless and disgusting.
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The new, watered-down beer was a huge hit with the public, which hadn't tasted a full-strength legal beer since 1917.
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They agreed on only weak and watered down commitments to the drastic cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases that had been promised.
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If you've tried the NA beers of the watered-down variety and were left wanting a lot more flavor, try a Wellbeing.
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Raw milk used to produce powdered baby formula had been watered down and the chemical melamine was added to fool quality checks.
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Still, they were watered down in order to get the support of Russia and China, which have veto power in the council.
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In his arguments, Mr. Chin quoted Mr. Trump's comments that the revised travel ban is a "watered down" version of the original.
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Because of the delicacy of their work, the British governments gave them watered down beer with ABV of 3 to 4 percent.
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The House passed the Senate's version of the bill, which is a somewhat watered down version of what the House originally introduced.
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It seemed like a vanilla, watered down imitation of the original — a type of milkshake that will bring no one to the yard.
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And Occidental shareholders could have their position watered down because Berkshire received warrants to purchase up to 80 million shares of common stock.
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A competing bipartisan bill, known as the Election Security Act, has been significantly watered down in recent months following pressure from state officials.
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That, in turn, has translated into host nations having to settle for watered-down final communiques with little accountability -- and even less substance.
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"3," since that's the current generation of Pixel phone Google is on, and the 33A is at heart a watered-down Pixel 3.
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Evangelical churches, which have become increasingly vocal and have growing followings, also ran unprecedented campaigns against the change, which was eventually watered down.
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Less than a year after a watered-down version of the bill was finally forced through the assembly, Mr Macron launched En Marche!
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One of the errors identified in the report, however, is that workers strayed from this technical guidance, using watered-down or diluted fixative.
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Both dramatically fled over what they viewed as her watered-down plan for how the U.K. would leave the European Union next year.
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Trump promptly issued a second executive order that removed Iraq from the list of banned countries and watered down some of the provisions.
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"The negative narrative around it has not at all watered down or diluted interest of the people we've been engaging with," he said.
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Last year's draft bill was itself a watered-down version of plans dubbed a "snoopers' charter" by critics who prevented it reaching parliament.
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He also called his new travel ban a watered-down version of the first one, which he said he wished he could implement.
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Trump, speaking after the Hawaii ruling at a rally in Nashville, called his revised executive order a "watered-down version" of his first.
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A new attempt for a watered-down EU-wide digital tax could be made in coming weeks, but has little chance of succeeding.
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Mainly for that reason, the researchers only slightly watered down their conclusions in the revised version of the study published in June 2018.
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Kelly's announcement comes as a "watered down" version of the Trump administration's long delayed travel ban will come into effect at 8 p.m.
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That evidence is very strong, outside experts say — making the government report a watered-down version of information that was already publicly available.
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With a pledge to amend the proposed law, Mundell may help to soothe fears that devolved powers will be watered down by Brexit.
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That has eroded support among traditional backers and brought unions onto the streets to protest, even though the reforms have been watered down.
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Ultimately, a more watered-down version of the provision mandating that Trump himself establish a cyber policy was included in a compromise bill.
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Democrats have raised concerns about her private sector experience, saying it could lead to a more watered-down enforcement office at the EPA.
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France and Finland, bloc members whose interests align with Norway's because they produce nuclear energy, lobbied to get the final rule watered down.
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Loewengart said if tax reform is watered down, or even fail to gain enough votes to pass, it's already been factored into expectations.
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Ultimately, the House last month approved a watered-down, nonbinding resolution that nonetheless said U.S. military involvement in the civil war is unauthorized.
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Also, as Mr. Trump acknowledged, his supporters watered down language in the Republican Party platform to omit support for sending weapons to Ukraine.
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A first draft of an ambitious Climate Change Action plan, proposed by Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks six months ago, has been watered down.
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So let's focus on all the good Americans who participated and shined in the NHL's watered-down, store-brand version of the Olympics.
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The salsas—a not-terribly-watered-down taqueria-style guacamole; a refreshing salsa verde; and a smoky, toasted salsa roja—are equally impressive.
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"An anti-establishment, anti-euro (though somewhat watered down) and anti-austerity government would not bode well for Italian financial assets," he said.
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Some critics say that cardboard headsets are watered-down versions of VR and might dissuade consumers from trying out more advanced iterations later.
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Popular "Buy American" rules are watered down, requiring the U.S. government to treat bidders from every TPP country as if they were American.
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It was Greek tragedy for television, an anecdote to the watered-down, easily-consumed, happy-go-lucky mass culture that pervaded American culture.
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So it's operating a wondrous hedge fund, powered solely by the desire of foreign investors to own the ever more watered-down CHF.
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But Julie had said she loved me, and I wasn't going to stand on professional ceremony and reply with a watered-down response.
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This is — ahem — a watered-down version of last year's postseason celebration, in which players dumped a bucket of water on a trainer.
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Without such figures, it becomes virtually impossible for outsiders to work out how much companies are saving from the watered down tax rules.
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Yes, the show can feel like a watered-down "Man Seeking Woman" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," but there are worse things to be.
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She claimed to offer firm leadership, but watered down a key policy on elderly care a few days after publishing the party's manifesto.
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Democrats have largely been resistant to such action over concerns that any bill would be a watered-down version of the FCC's regulations.
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It just gave the country $500 million from a $4.2 billion credit facility after Congress passed a delayed, watered-down tax-reform bill.
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The Washington Post reported that lab workers there misread labels and watered down test solution that was already diluted, producing false negative results.
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Mr. Leff has been vocal about how airlines have watered down the definition of potential security risks — and not in a good way.
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He rallied neighbors, slashed back vegetation, watered down roofs and set up generators when the power was off for days at a time.
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Trump celebrates a watered-down victory for 'watered down' travel ban The Supreme Court ruled late last month that the administration could employ the travel ban against foreign nationals who lack any "bona fide" relationship to a person or entity in the US, but the state of Hawaii said the administration had wrongfully interpreted that to exclude close family, such as grandparents.
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If that demand dries up, and if these foreign investors realize that they're holding heavily watered-down CHF and start unloading them, then the SNB might find that selling more newly created CHF into CHF weakness leads to a plunge in the currency's value - because, why would anyone still want to own these watered-down CHF once they start plunging?
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A watered-down option would be to pass a new law that gave the courts specific guidance about how to interpret existing competition law.
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The final draft was watered down after regulators decided not to take sides following intense last-minute lobbying, people familiar with the matter said.
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He took the senators through an audit report page by page, pointing out each line where he said the findings had been watered down.
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Watered-down pop feminism has become a favorite marketing tool for companies in recent years, according to Andi Zeisler, co-founder of Bitch Magazine.
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There are a couple things about the base Blade 15 that haven't changed or been watered down for the sake of being cost-effective.
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His proposal for a ban on Muslim immigration during the campaign -- since watered down -- appeared to conflict with the constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.
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Existing Occidental shareholders could have their positions watered down because Berkshire would receive warrants to purchase up to 80 million shares of common stock.
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Collins said he is confident his state will pass the legislation he's advancing after enacting a watered-down version of campus carry in 2013.
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And we need to try to create something that's not watered down, that is just as equally funny but speaks to a wide audience.
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Although the Republican-led committees are opening inquiries, the concern is that these will be watered-down efforts that end up shielding the administration.
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So long, that when I started, we were called 'actresses' — a feminized, watered down name for the same profession our male colleagues have dominated.
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But he then—candidly but counter-productively—called the March 6th order "a watered-down version of the first order" issued on January 27th.
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We know, for instance, that even after 70 years in the Soviet Union, the patriarchy was really not watered down very much at all.
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In March 2017, Trump issued a second order — which he later referred to as a "watered down, politically correct version" of his initial ban.
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Realism. This isn't a sugar-coated, watered-down version of hacking made digestible for audiences who hardly know how to check their own email.
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But recent surveys from Morgan Stanley and Brazilian brokerage XP Investimentos show investors expect that will be watered down to around 700 billion reais.
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Ultimately the bill, which successfully introduced an official opposition to Stormont for the first time, was heavily watered down before being passed last year.
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"You didn't care about the watered-down drinks, who owned the bar, how smelly it was, how ugly it was," Segal, now 68, says.
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The GOP is excited about Warren precisely because she's viewed as a beatable political adversary — a less appealing, watered down facsimile of Hillary Clinton.
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This provision was first "watered down" in the Texas House, but then reinserted by conservative Republicans in the House floor during debate, said Jones.
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It would try again with two other versions of the travel ban, each one more watered down than the last, with mixed legal success.
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Watered-down. The story you tell when your boss asks about your Saturday night in Vegas versus the one circulating in the group text.
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And there are many people who think that's not a good thing, in the sense that it's watered down, the whole philosophy of it.
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Its proposal for a shake-up of rules on new car approvals has been watered down by member states, documents seen by Reuters show.
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Initial supporters of the watered-down measure turned against the industry, worried that being seen as too soft on Wall Street would alienate voters.
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Christie cut public workers' pensions and refused to raise taxes, though many of his proposals were blocked or watered down by a Democratic legislature.
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" It watered down so much of culture, creativity, entertainment, you see with American Idol and all that, the idea of "Make me a star!
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" Jacob Rees-Mogg, a lawmaker who had previously written off Cameron's demands as thin gruel, said: "The thin gruel has been further watered down.
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Trump was reportedly concerned about job losses It's not clear if the ban will be watered down, or if it will happen at all.
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The government's critics say the legal framework surrounding the construction sector has been repeatedly watered down, creating loopholes that developers can exploit for profit.
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I feel like someone who is realizing they just paid $20 for a strong pour of watered-down vodka and a few Manzanilla olives.
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Instead, schools engage in academic fraud to help athletes pass courses they can't otherwise handle, or they put athletes in worthless, watered-down majors.
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But the claims that accompany them have been watered down to "ensure compliance" with the terms of the settlement, the New York Times noted.
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They will choose to enter the market with a "watered down" product, gain credibility and clinical evidence and only then strengthen their regulatory claim.
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Or, less dramatically, it felt as if college basketball had so watered down its product that it hadn't really earned the great climax anymore.
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Etymologists debate the word's origins and whether its root comes from a Mayan term for thief or a French word for watered-down paint.
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The UN levels new, watered-down sanctions on North Korea; the US Census posts promising income numbers; Myanmar's Rohingya crisis sparks an international outcry.
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So it's not too surprising that virtually all of Mr. Trump's signature populist ideas have been watered down or ignored, or are in limbo.
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Macron, however, has watered down Hulot's initiatives on issues such as reducing reliance on nuclear energy and the banning of the weed killer glyphosate.
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In June, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Estonia killed a net-zero emissions plan for the EU, even after it was watered down.
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I'm not sure I ever called these puzzles "watered-down cryptics," but I had said that they made a good gateway to cryptic crosswords.
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But Democrats might be reticent to support any bill they think is watered down and that would hand Trump a win on health care.
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And the gradual entry of tattoos into museums began the process of mainstreaming that has made the genre widely popular, but also watered down.
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A working draft of the communique seen on Thursday was a watered-down version of one issued last year and drops references to both.
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Vine was thus a microcosmic example of the way, throughout the decade, black culture was spread and watered down as it reached the mainstream.
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By a 203-165 vote, the House opted to adopt a watered-down version of the Bolling report, crafted under the leadership of Rep.
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And instead of appealing the Texas court's ruling, Trump's labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, said he would create a watered-down version of Obama's rule.
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The current iteration of the ban is a watered-down version of the original, which came into effect by executive order in January 2017.
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It all started with the dollar margaritas (that were debatably very watered down) in October, which were followed by Long Island Iced Teas in December.
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Maybe their mishpocheh made a mean matzoh ball soup, but the watered-down version three generations later leaves me nostalgic for Jewish New York past.
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It's great for making cold brew (true cold brew) that doesn't taste watered down and will be quite the conversation starter on your dad's counter.
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During a briefing with Roku, I first thought these were new streaming sticks, which tend to be watered-down versions of a full-on player.
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FROM PEN: Try Our Amazing Never Watered Down Bloody Mary Tatum was asked at the panel what qualities are needed to become a good Statesman.
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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has cast doubt over the government's already watered-down pledge to NATO allies of defence spending, a ministry document showed.
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Rick Scott signed a watered-down version of the Guardian Program into law after the Parkland shooting as part of an omnibus school safety bill.
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Less than three weeks later, the Treasury watered down the sanctions by extending the "wind-down" period for firms to finish doing business with Rusal.
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Since it was introduced in December 2014, debate over the bill has been fractious, as centrists within Bachelet's coalition demanded some provisions be watered down.
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However, China had already agreed to significant sanctions last year that were watered down, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.
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And finally ... Watered down The Slow Mo Guys are back, and their idea of fun is getting flattened -- slowly -- by a six-foot water balloon.
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But the core issue that girl power raised—if feminism can withstand going mainstream without its message being watered down—has never been more relevant.
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What many people might not realize is that the initial Family Medical Leave proposal, which ultimately got watered down, was six months of paid leave.
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Still, advocates for refugees expressed disappointment that the U.N.'s need for consensus meant that the stronger provisions in the declaration had been watered down.
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The government is expected to proposed a watered down pension reform that is more likely to pass Congress but may not plug the budget hole.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - For revelers at one Prague megaclub, gone are the days of being squashed at the bar waiting to get a watered-down cocktail.
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"Trump's themes are not just the purview of Republican voters; there are independents who buy into a watered-down version of Trump's nativism," she says.
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Republican moderates or conservatives will have to make a difficult choice about whether to support a bill that is too stringent or too watered down.
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I decided to go back to what I already had, mostly pop music from the 70-80s with watered-down contaminations from funk and soul.
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Mr Temer's PMDB wants them watered down, for example by ring-fencing parts of health and education spending (together a third of the federal budget).
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Then again, to meet Brussels' demands, measures in the budget that might have given the economy a shot in the arm have been watered down.
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However, it has been watered down since it was first conceived by lawmakers in response to the new round of U.S. sanctions on Russian businesses.
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Now 21960, Cindy explained that too many ministers around the country watered down the true message of the Gospel, serving up baby food, not meat.
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I survived on a gloopy maize-and-water paste called ugali, a thumb-sized slither of leathery meat, and a glass of watered-down milk.
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It's a bit like the French approach to drinking: a bit of watered-down wine with dinner teaches children the appropriate way to enjoy it.
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The pressure brought by manufacturers on broadcasters to resist the proposed legislation saw both Tugwell's recommendations watered down and Tugwell himself smeared as a Communist.
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Seattle, Detroit, and scores of other cities either voted against major transportation projects or approved watered down versions of original plans thanks to local opposition.
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One client recently asked for an extremely watered-down "John Daly" to be the party's signature drink, which Ms. Freeman found strange but probably wise.
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During the election, he saw Trump as the anti-establishment candidate, which appealed to him far more than the watered-down offerings of the left.
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But once Mr. Sessions took over, the Justice Department settled on a watered-down version of the ambitious reform plan Obama administration officials had envisioned.
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But it's also true that this common trait among these terrorists becomes significantly watered down once you factor in those whose plots have been thwarted.
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Some of the farmers, struggling to meet their quotas, watered down their milk, then added an industrial chemical known as melamine to fool quality sensors.
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Many on the right accused Mr. Zapatero of politicizing tragedy and reopening old wounds, while historical memory campaigners felt the legislation had been watered down.
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U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft blasted the resolution as "watered down" and a "body blow" to the Council's credibility, according to the U.N.'s news agency.
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Democrats quickly backtracked and ultimately watered down the final resolution, which did not mention Omar by name and was not limited to condemning anti-Semitism.
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But it watered down the original wording, which would have extended the mandate of the U.N. human rights commission in South Sudan for a year.
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The president called his latest effort to restrict entry merely "a watered-down version" of his first attempt, which was also blocked by the courts.
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" The Rainbow Alliance of Bermuda's statement said the domestic partnership act creates a "watered down" version of rights and exists to "placate conservative religious lobbyists.
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She tried to insert a watered-down version of feminism into the candidate's platform, despite the fact that no mainstream feminist-leaning organizations supported him.
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Daring, defiant and unwilling to be watered down, the stars who closed out the year on top shared a similar mentality: break rules, break through.
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For its part, the United States had watered down demands China end industrial subsidies, which would require a change in China's state-driven economic model.
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The watered-down provisions in the Senate version of the bill, passed in March, that the House took up were aimed to quell those fears.
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"The more the tax bill gets watered down, the less pronounced the effect will be on the dollar." said Commerzbank currency strategist Esther Reichelt, in Frankfurt.
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Labor Minister Myriam El Khomri insisted on Monday that the government was standing by the bill that she drafted and which has already been watered down.
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That has eroded support among traditional backers and brought unions and young people onto the streets to protest, even though the reforms have been watered down.
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Tunisia's parliament approved this month a 32.7 billion dinar budget for next year, including deficit cutting measures that had been watered down under pressure from unions.
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Now homeopaths' profits risk being watered down after France's health ministry ruled earlier this month that their products would no longer be refunded by social security.
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"We have to break the system," added Ivanov, who was justice minister until his resignation in December 2015 after parliament watered down changes to the constitution.
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But even Manchin-Toomey — watered down though it is — may never see the light of day in a Senate run by Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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The opposition Labour Party, which has campaigned for a broad price cap, said the proposals were "watered down" and did not meet the Conservatives' election promises.
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The Iran nuclear deal did not include provisions on ballistic missiles, despite some watered-down language in the U.N. Security Council resolution that enshrined the JCPOA.
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It's a decidedly mediocre album for Gaga—"John Wayne" and "Perfect Illusion" play like watered-down amalgams of past bangers, and not in a good way.
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The latest flashpoint was the party's decision to approve a new code of conduct which Jewish groups said watered-down internationally accepted definition of anti-Semitism.
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Diplomats and human rights officials in Geneva revealed in detail how the Dutch resolution was first watered down during talks with the Saudis and ultimately blocked.
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The government has already greatly watered down its proposed changes but Prime Minister Manuel Valls is rejecting calls to remove a section of the new law.
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However, the legislation was a watered down version of the bill De León introduced in December after negotiations due to concerns from law enforcement and Brown.
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And typically if you think about a design too long, it gets watered down and loses that character, that pureness that you had at the beginning.
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Any potential delay in the implementation of tax cuts, or the possibility of proposed reforms being watered down, would tend to work against the U.S. currency.
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The agreement between the two parties that won the most parliamentary seats in an inconclusive March 4 election, watered down some of their most radical proposals.
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DO YOU HAVE CONCERN THAT THE REGULATORY REFORM THAT WAS DONE SINCE 2008 CAN POTENTIALLY BE WATERED DOWN OR OTHERWISE BE AMENDED IN A NEGATIVE WAY?
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The Trump administration has significantly watered down the order, cutting a number of provisions that appeared in an original draft obtained by the Nation in February.
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HS: I think Basel 27 is going to be significantly watered down, and the reason for that is that we need banks to fuel economic growth.
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"The bill has not been watered down, it's simply a constitutional issue with respect with all revenue bills have to originate in the House," he said.
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The announcement was viewed by investors as a watered-down version of the initial plans, to be used potentially as leverage involving NAFTA and other agreements.
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Laos is still trying to argue for resolutions coming out of Asean on the South China Sea, even if they might be very watered-down resolutions.
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But even though it's much more watered down than what some had hoped for, the new controls could have a significant impact on Facebook's advertising revenue.
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The House Democratic caucus unanimously voted for the resolution, while 23 Republicans voted against it over claims its censure of anti-Semitism was watered down. Rep.
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Other Democrats who are parroting his positions, often in watered-down form, have yet to dent Sanders's poll numbers, even as more candidates enter the race.
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But critics believe the watered-down document, which failed to mention island militarization and may not even be legally binding once finalized, were victories for Beijing.
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But the law has been so watered down by unfriendly court decisions and legislative amendments that it offers little recourse for the labor movement going forward.
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There's no need to fuss with cold brew at home or make your coffee twice as strong (see below, re: keeping it from getting watered down).
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All in all, the replies confirmed what I already believed: London and its nightlife is essentially a watered down version of the city I live in.
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McCoy's death and subsequent litigation instigated the safer and more watered-down version of the sports that flourished in the following two hundred and fifty years.
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Between prep, travel, haphazard networking, watered-down speeches, and extended happy hours, it's unclear what your startup gains beyond a hole in the chain of command.
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I knew what he liked to drink, so I poured him his favorite: a white wine spritzer, specifically some pinot grigio watered down with tonic water.
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The rights being considered are far more limited than those given to married heterosexual couples and the bill could be watered down further as debate continues.
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Of the three most disputed parts of the reforms, two provisions were passed by the Senate after being watered down by Christian Democrats and other centrists.
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Thus, the state's numbers for Flint were watered down by an additional 50 percent of addresses that weren't in the city and weren't using Flint water.
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Do you think the President would ever make a deal that is sort of watered down just to get it off the table before the election?
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Where Pence saw a big win for reshaping Medicaid, many conservatives saw a watered-down version of a plan that wouldn't reform Medicaid for the better.
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"I am deeply disappointed that the E.P.A. has watered down the ban on methylene chloride as it was originally proposed," she said in a text message.
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Long maligned as tasteless, watered-down pilsners, these low-ABV beers are now getting a reboot by craft brewers seeking to shake up the Swedish market.
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The Public Department of Education did not respond to questions about why the language about evolution and climate change was watered down in the first place.
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In your book you write about how Everett's PhD adviser watered down his ideas about Many Worlds because they seemed directly at odds with mainstream physics.
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Justice Department officials had concluded the policy must be withdrawn and revised, a move that Mr. Trump was resisting because he thought it was watered down.
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And although Dodd-Frank will more likely be watered down than repealed, his appointments will no doubt shift the tone and priorities across financial regulatory agencies.
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A watered-down version of the bill was approved with bipartisan support in the House when 24 Democrats joined with Republicans in pushing it to passage.
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In addition to including the DACA population, the watered-down eligibility requirements cover at least 85033 million illegal aliens, according to the liberal Migration Policy Institute.
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However, his top ministers acknowledge they still lack 40 votes to pass a watered-down version of the unpopular measure through the lower house of Congress.
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Gold is a more watered-down tier with the same perks, but instead of 5 percent cash back it's 4 percent and roadside assistance is discounted.
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"If the deal is more watered down than anticipated, if there's skepticism about how China will adhere to its promises" it could be negative, Arone said.
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But it's possible that this watered-down Space Force could eventually lead to changes in how the military conducts its space operations in the long term.
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They argue that such a bill would amount to little more than watered-down protections that would be unable to keep internet service providers in check.
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On trade, there was more effort to find compromise, with previous G-20 positions for free trade and against protectionism watered down to secure American support.
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The consensus bill will preserve the individual alternative minimum tax, which the House bill had eliminated and the Senate bill retained in a watered-down form.
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"That's what made me realize that this was going to slowly turn into a more watered-down version of what I had originally envisioned," he said.
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A few of the president's allies on Capitol Hill sent a letter to Horowitz on Thursday that suggested he allowed the report to be watered down.
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The opposition has threatened not to attend parliamentary debates unless Aso quits, possibly delaying legislation, including labor reform, that was watered down after a separate scandal.
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Wawa Dunkin' Donuts: Bostonians' years of defending the watered-down piss coffee they serve turned out to be great practice for defending an indefensible football team.
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A short-lived crackdown by Beijing on LGFV financing in late 2014 was quickly watered down as growth sputtered to a twenty-five year low last year.
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By examining some lesser-known writings, the authors draw the conclusion that Dr. King was a much more radical thinker than his watered-down legacy would suggest.
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The Trump administration began enforcing a watered-down version of the travel ban after the Supreme Court lifted lower court rulings that found it discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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The government is trying to introduce an indoor smoking ban but critics say it has been watered down due to opposition from small restaurant and bar owners.
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That led to the other direction, in which the term "fake news" has (like its predecessor "clickbait") rapidly been watered down into a general term of disapprobation.
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But for all its changes, advocates of the bill concede it had to be watered down to win over enough senators to allow it to pass overwhelmingly.
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Either it gets too watered down by all the ice you've thrown in there, or you pass out from caffeine deficiency by the time it's actually cold.
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But instead of bringing a "true" Mario game to iOS, Nintendo decided to create a kind-of-watered down version of what you might expect from Mario.
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Everything is so watered down and neutralized for mass appeal, which is so crazy because what people really respond to is the strength of an original voice.
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Earlier, pressure from Hungary, Greece and others had watered down an EU statement after an international court had condemned China's mischief-making in the South China Sea.
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The major stock indexes sold off and bond yields rose after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's news conference, where he watered down the chances of more rate cuts.
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But I think by not trying to appeal to India's young, liberal, rebellious middle class, we watered down our global image as [a] platform for hooking up.
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" He says, even though you have enough money to move, you want to stay on the block because "when you go around Hollywood it's all watered down.
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But Deadpool can't be watered down, as his long journey to the big screen would suggest, being owned by Disney won't affect the film on that level.
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Not all hill Democrats are adamantly opposed to legislation, but many are unwilling to give up the strong FCC regulations for a watered-down bill, sources say.
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Any potential delay in the implementation of tax cuts, or the possibility of proposed reforms being watered down, would tend to work against the dollar, analysts said.
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We can overlook his weird hair and watered-down vanilla flavoring because he's super tall and VERY SENSITIVE due in part to Kaitlyn rejecting him last season.
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Unfortunately, many of the valid critiques from across the political spectrum are watered down by two years of overdramatic news coverage of Trump and Republicans in general.
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It could also be, he said, that the market thinks whatever actually passes will be so watered down as to remove any advantage for high-tax stocks.
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Among other affirmations of traditionalist attitudes, the synod watered down proposals for a more inclusive approach to gay people, and balked at endorsing communion for remarried Catholics.
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Then, in the wake of the watered-down Resolution 183 last week, Trump told reporters that the Democrats have become an "anti-Israel" and "anti-Jewish" party.
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Using its veto power on the United Nations Security Council, China shielded North Korea from the most crippling sanctions, then helped it survive the watered-down penalties.
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Evocative of Avenue Foch or Park Avenue in the 1970s, watered-down versions of their oddly uptight offerings are being embraced by women intent on sidestepping trends.
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"This legislation creates a 'watered down' version of rights, leading to a separate-but-equal status under the law," The Rainbow Alliance of Bermuda posted on Facebook.
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The new rules, slightly watered down from the standards set during the Obama administration, are still far more strict than those that the EPA has put forward.
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Instead, the court upheld what Trump once dismissed as a "watered down, politically correct version," which came after two previous attempts were at least partially struck down.
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Or, they opt for populism-light policies, which carry the risk that voters will start to disregard them as a watered-down version of the real thing.
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Harder has argued that Denham gave up on real immigration reform and instead opted for a watered-down, Republican-only bill that died in the House anyway.
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The eggs were fluffy and moist, without being watered down, and the addition of sour cream and nacho cheese sauce gave the burrito a hint of tanginess.
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Pruitt's EPA published a watered-down version of his schedule after the fact and did not give the public or reporters advance notice of his public appearances.
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"The speech shows there are no signs that any of their proposals will be watered down," said Antoine Bouvet, an interest-rates strategist with Japanese bank Mizuho.
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But as it stands, we're looking at a bunch of potentially watered down content free from anything remotely offensive and… possibly a travel show/ad from Airbnb.
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While Obama championed Wall Street regulation such as the Dodd-Frank reform, that legislation was soon watered down to the point of almost mere symbolism by Congress.
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The group promptly hailed the watered-down Grassley bill while other advocates held their noses and bit their tongues in hopes the measure could still be improved.
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A National League scout who spoke with VICE Sports said that both the showcases and tournaments are becoming watered-down because so many athletes are showing up.
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I think his vision for Cult was to bring more interesting art to the masses and change the status quo of the corporate-run, watered-down, mainstream.
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The communique late on Sunday takes a stronger position than an earlier, unpublished draft, which was a watered-down version of one issued last year in Laos.
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She has watched, unhappily, as Republicans have watered down the Dodd-Frank Act, the Obama-era legislation aimed at reining in risky banking practices and protecting consumers.
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Last winter, it proposed new measures, slightly watered down, that critics said would have the same effect — turning the Supreme Court into an instrument of the party.
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He said he used soap and shampoo that he'd bought himself and watered down to make last longer to wipe down surfaces and prayed to stay healthy.
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They watered down the wine to keep their minds from going soggy too fast, and because it was well known that only barbarians drank their wine uncut.
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The restrictions would ultimately be watered down or fail, in part due to heavy opposition from the National Rifle Association — but at least there was a discussion.
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A few of the president's allies on Capitol Hill even sent a letter to Horowitz on Thursday that suggested he allowed the report to be watered down.
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He has stopped new investigations by the bureau and watered down penalties against lenders accused of preying on borrowers, to the point that the penalties are meaningless.
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In sanitizing and moralizing the tales, the Brothers Grimm, and later Disney — to a greater, and much more commercial, effect — watered down the feistiness of strong heroines.
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His call for early elections followed congressional approval of a watered-down version of the referendum proposal that preserved parliamentary immunity for members of congress under indictment.
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As the courts and Trump himself have watered down his original travel ban, Trump has complained publicly that what was left of the policy is too weak.
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Mr. Trump praised "the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version" issued in March — and attacked both the Justice Department and the federal courts.
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To many folk purists, the trio was selling a watered-down mix of folk and pop that commercialized the authentic folk music of countless unknown Appalachian pickers.
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Belousov, 60, in 2018 proposed making major metals and mining companies pay a windfall tax, sending their share prices lower, although that proposal was subsequently watered down.
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Trump has long expressed a desire to improve relations with Russia, and the White House had signaled they preferred a watered down version of the sanctions bill.
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Denis McDonough, White House chief of staff under Obama, told NBC News over the weekend that McConnell "watered down" a warning about Russian interference in the election.
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Analysts have said there is significant risk the proposal could be watered down in Congress, with approval unlikely until some time in the second half of 2019.
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A 2016 plan to slap excise on all plastic packaging was watered down to only apply to plastic bags and even this has not been implemented yet.
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I loved We Have No Idea for its clear descriptions of physics that were neither watered down nor straining to prove how smart the book's authors are.
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Trump last week railed on the prosecutors' sentencing recommendation for Stone, which was then watered down by senior Department of Justice officials including Attorney General William Barr.
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Despite signing a commitment to fellow NATO members to work toward spending 414 percent of G.D.P. by 2024, Germany has watered down the target to 1.5 percent.
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But now, under the Trump administration, those safeguards are at risk of being watered down or repealed, shifting the burden to protect national parks to environmental watchdogs.
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The House voted to condemn several types of hatred Thursday with a watered-down resolution originally intended to condemn the perceived anti-Semitism of Minnesota Democratic Rep.
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Essentially Mixup is a watered-down version of daily fantasy sports for casual users who don't want to spend hours focusing on statistics and drafting the perfect team.
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Backers argued that neutral Switzerland's historic autonomy was being watered down by its participation in international agreements covering areas like environmental protection, police cooperation, air transport and trade.
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After the London attack, in fact, he demanded that the courts reinstate the travel ban, and even lamented that his earlier, more stringent version had been watered down.
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Political worries may subside if Ms Le Pen doesn't win; the ECB may scale back its monetary easing; Mr Trump's stimulus plans may be delayed, or watered down.
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At that point, the spirit is what many would consider firewater, since it is at its absolute highest proof (114 proof) and hasn't been watered down for bottling.
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The Financial Conduct Authority has watered down proposals to make pension charges more transparent for workplace savers after providers argued they risked overloading consumers with too much information.
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As it reaches an ending that's closer to the original fairy tale than Disney's watered-down adaptation, The Lure proves equally interested in the poignant and the grotesque.
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Just a week after taking office, he tried to institute a ban on travel from several majority-Muslim countries, which was later implemented in a watered-down form.
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Whether the market will be able to recover from here depends, to a large extent, on the planned fiscal measures being watered down - under likely pressure from Brussels.
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Taking a drink on the rocks is refreshing, but it can be a race against the clock to finish the liquor before it's watered down by melting ice.
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In a sign that the commission's proposals could be watered down by the coalition parties, a key lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives also criticized the recommended steps.
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But a 30-45 percent tariff is highly unlikely and a watered-down version would be more realistic, in our view, if Clinton toughens her stance on China.
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But from the start, it's centered on players wanting a hardcore experience similar to Destiny 1, and yet Bungie delivering a watered down, simplified version of that experience.
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We still had sex, but it was a very watered-down (and much more painful... in a not-fun way) version of the unabandoned camping sex I'd envisioned.
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The first was the power of the chancellor, Gordon Brown, to stymie Mr Blair's best policies by making extra funding conditional on their being abandoned or watered down.
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While we've all probably sipped beer that tasted like watered-down urine, few of us can say we've drank beer made from urine — but that's about to change.
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Last year, he drafted a three-stage debt-relief plan that was eventually accepted, albeit only after it was watered down in the face of opposition from Germany.
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Trump himself has called the second order a "watered down" version of the first, and he suggested he might return to fighting for the original, stronger travel measures.
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On June 5, Trump said the Justice Department should seek a "much tougher version" of the "watered down, politically correct version" that was submitted to the Supreme Court.
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"The government's decision-making had weakened already before this situation... The current fiscal plans will be watered down in any case," said Jan Von Gerich, analyst at Nordea.
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People make careers out of this, and it's all possible because everything is watered down to a stupid little white box when you post on the social network.
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"The Italian bank rescue fund has surpassed expectations that it might get watered down in the final hours of negotiations," said Jasper Lawler, an analyst with CMC Markets.
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Any potential delay in the implementation of tax cuts, or the possibility of proposed reforms being watered down, would tend to work against the U.S. currency, analysts said.
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Already Stephen Phillips, a popular MP, had written to colleagues urging them to support the watered-down Dubs amendment that cleared the House of Lords on April 26th.
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Currys PC World has started to drop a wide range of deals and while these are not Black Friday deals, they are sort of a watered-down version.
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There was a general agreement that the content reflected too much of Rice's voice, resulting in a watered-down, Jay Leno-as-Nigerian monologue, delivered uncomfortably by Bakassi.
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Recent comments from administration officials, and Trump himself, have public health advocates worried the regulation will be watered down from the full flavor ban Trump initially talked about.
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Armed with just a garden hose and wearing a mask, Beth Rivera watered down the perimeter of her large home to prevent embers from igniting the dry grass.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - European Union states on Tuesday backed a watered-down reform of regional supervision of money managers and other financial firms, top EU officials said.
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The app is currently averaging less than 4 stars on both Google Play and the App Store, with some reviewers comparing Threads to a wannabe, watered-down Snapchat.
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In their lawsuit the groups said the agency watered down the rules and weakened the chemical review process compared to the proposed regulations issued by the Obama administration.
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"For example, when emergency liquidity assistance is granted on a very large scale, the collateral framework is severely watered down, or when government bonds are purchased," he added.
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Republican leaders will pass a tax bill, but it'll be a "watered down" version from what was originally envisioned, closely followed strategist Jim Paulsen told CNBC on Wednesday.
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With the protests against labor reform losing some steam after it was watered down, it is unclear whether the "Nuit Debout" movement will keep bringing in the crowds.
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In response to the protests, lawmakers have already watered down the bill, notably by changing an initially proposed cap on industrial tribunal payouts to a non-binding guideline.
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Last December a small right-wing party withdrew its support for Borisov's government after parliament watered down changes in the constitution aimed at overhauling the corruption-riddled judiciary.
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He could also be useful in establishing whether changes to the platform at the Republican National Convention that watered down criticism of Russia had followed requests from Moscow.
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Previous versions of the legislation attracted Democratic support, but were watered down and scrapped amid resistance from state corrections officers and a veto by Republican Governor Brian Sandoval.
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This is entirely understandable: they often have a life-long association with their team and do not want to see its identity watered down, or cast aside altogether.
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Lobbyists for advocacy groups supporting and opposing the measures said it was possible some would be stricken or watered down to "statements of principle" with less legal force.
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The U.N. Security Council's decision to cap North Korea's oil imports, though a watered-down version of the penalties sought by the United States government, was significant nonetheless.
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He went on to slam the "watered down, politically correct" version of the order that his lawyers are hoping the court will accept, tweeting: There's a pattern here.
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The court rejected the S.E.C.'s argument that allowing the evidence was a "back door" means to offer a watered-down version of the "advice of counsel" defense.
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In the meantime, critical legislation passed in the Christmas rush last month was signed into law, with environmental provisions and climate change measures watered down or omitted altogether.
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Iraq, Sudan and Chad, for instance, had originally been affected by the order; the Supreme Court upheld a watered-down version of it by a 5-4 vote.
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We all know that any decent bill from the House will be watered down in the Senate, where the majority is narrower and the rules somewhat more constrictive.
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Some consumer advocates, while saying they were heartened by Mr. Acosta's move, said they continued to worry that the fiduciary standard would be watered down, hurting retirement savers.
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Some critics question whether U.N. meetings such as deadlocked talks on nuclear weapons are worth pursuing at all, noting that any agreements get watered down by arms producers.
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Last year, he drafted a three-stage debt-relief plan that was eventually accepted, albeit only after it was watered down in the face of opposition from Germany.
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While the House was eventually able to secure some compromises, the ultimate legislation watered down key tenets including a guarantee of employer-backed legal counsel for all victims.
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When I have that dialogue with vegans or vegetarians who say our message is too watered down, I always try and share that I'm on the same team.
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The Trump administration watered down Obama-era rules meant to curb methane flaring or venting, which according to the Times is 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
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The breakfast at the park was also not up to my French toast, bacon, eggs and grits standard, but a bowl of cereal and some watered-down orange juice.
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The Board of Inquiry drafted a synopsis that was designed to be public, but the United Nations has so far released only a few paragraphs of watered-down findings.
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Industry experts, however, warn that if the law is watered down before it takes effect, companies will find ways around the requirements — or even cut free, ad-supported service.
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And when that year the European Council tried to agree on new screening rules for investments, the Czech Republic was one of the countries that watered down the measure.
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Nonetheless, since February, the French government has already watered down its suggested changes significantly due to the often violent protests – but protesters are still unhappy with the proposed changes.
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Even when one takes into account that pre-electoral bragging is watered down once in office by the realities of actual power, the narrowmindness of the bunch is striking.
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The first was when the Constitutional Tribunal in 2010 watered down a new autonomy statute, which recognised Catalonia's sense of nationhood and granted additional legal powers to the Generalitat.
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The justice ministry urged that the language be watered down slightly, so as to exempt Palestinians with temporary residence rights in Israeli territory, but the drafters ignored this advice.
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Daryl is fun to watch, but he's still an emotional cipher, and the internal conflict that fueled Carol over the years has been watered down significantly at this point.
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At first, he was hesitant about supporting the bill; in the spring he backed a watered down version that was proposed by the House and rejected by the Senate.
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But following Britain's vote six days ago to leave the EU, those arrangements could be scrapped, watered down or become the subject of negotiations for up to a decade.
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But maybe there's a Starbucks right down the street from work and you just cannot stand the thought of another cup of watered-down Folgers from the office kitchenette.
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FROM PEN: Try Our Amazing Never Watered Down Bloody Mary From "they're uniformly bad" to "that tastes unbelievable," the judges, as always, don't hold back in giving their critiques.
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This week, the lower house passed a watered-down version of a health ministry proposal to limit secondhand smoke, which allows smoking in more places than the original proposal.
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Yeah, sure, you could say it was a watered down game, because Fournette was out, and because Louisville's Heisman-winner Lamar Jackson was neutered by like a gajillion sacks.
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Should the filibuster be eliminated or substantially watered down, a Republican government with slightly larger Senate majorities than it has now would be able to pass national abortion regulations.
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In fact, Trump — who called the current order a "watered down" version of his first attempt — suggested he might want to return to fighting for those stronger travel measures.
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We always felt that the story behind my son was watered down in a way that left an impression as told by people who had never even met Trayvon.
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According to Rob Comley, a research executive at Get Britain Out, beyond not going far enough, the proposal is likely to be watered down further by other EU heads.
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In October, Ward and Matthews were able to put on a watered-down version of their showcase, and remain dedicated to bringing notable queer films to West Virginia audiences.
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Much has been written about whether this is merely "MuslimBan 2.0," or a watered-down, tame version of the original ban that unleashed chaos in airports around the world.
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Someone from the show issues a watered down statement that is literally impossible to decipher, 10 news organizations repost that exact same statement and call it a story. 5.
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Last week, a congressional committee passed a watered down version of an executive decree of the plan which originally envisioned no relief on the value of the principal owed.
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FROM PEN: Try Our Amazing Never Watered Down Bloody Mary Despite currently only being available at two locations, the Chicken Maki Roll is actually part of a larger initiative.
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He used the social media site to attack the Mayor of London, and lambaste his own Justice Department for pushing only a "watered down" version of the travel ban.
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Convincing the public of the merits of what some may see as a watered-down deal may pose a challenge, particularly with looming elections in some TPP member states.
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Everything from the brilliance of RuPaul's Drag Race and the watered-down and aggressively palatable Lip Sync Battle engage almost entirely with the farce of both artifice and performance.
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For many, the New Year's Day hangover is as familiar a tradition as the Times Square ball drop—but with less Auld Lang Syne and more watered-down Gatorade.
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But "the missile-testing language has been watered down," and now Iran has a clear path toward developing nuclear-capable missiles, Taleblu said in an interview with Business Insider.
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Stubb has warned that if the labour reforms are watered down when unions and employers negotiate the final deal, the government could try to force through more radical cuts.
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Arguments of this kind have floated around on white-supremacist websites for years, but watered-down versions of that sentiment are now swirling in the mainstream of American politics.
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Schiff, however, said Democrat "watered down" their findings about the intelligence community, and argued there was "no evidence that calls into question the quality and reliability" of the assessment.
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In several tweets, Paul accused House leadership of not wanting to admit to creating a watered down version of ObamaCare, and demanded that they release text of the bill.
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Roberts and his colleagues have weakened public-sector unions, watered down campaign-finance laws, gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and refused to rein in extreme partisan gerrymandering.
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What was supposed to be the first real reform in 13 years is in the process of being watered down, and even worse, the end product could be unpassable.
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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats in recent months saw his warnings about threats posed by Russia watered down by the White House, The New York Times reported Sunday.
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The Hollande government has already watered down some of the original provisions of the bill, which it regards as essential to reducing an unemployment rate stuck above 10 percent.
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Yet voters rejected the treaty after opponents adroitly played on fears, particularly acute in smaller countries like Ireland, that even the watered-down changes would undermine national self-determination.
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Is it going to be, like, watered down to the point of "Oh, we&aposre going to put this out, et cetera, et cetera," to make it less impactful?
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She's also criticizing what she sees as watered-down liberal policies like ObamaCare, which, according to her, should have been a push for single-payer healthcare from the beginning.
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The common text, watered down after pressure from some countries, calls for considering a new corporate taxation system based on the "virtual" presence of a firm in a country.
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The coalition's two main figures, League leader Matteo Salvini and 5-Star chief Luigi Di Maio, had insisted their main election promises should not be watered down or delayed.
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The growth of super PACs and lobbyists in Washington guarantees that any piece of appropriate regulation will be watered down — first in Congress and then in the implementation stage.
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Further investigation revealed that one nurse had repeatedly accessed a medicine drawer when she wasn't supposed to, and testing showed the contents of the syringes had been watered down.
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Sometimes he would test the product and discover the THC had been watered down, initially with propylene glycol, which is used in fog machines, to add a smokey luster.
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They did not tell us they wanted CRA to be watered down or made less impactful with the ratio-driven approach that is the core of the new NPR.
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And if a small business happens to catch the CFPB's attention, it must defend itself in an administrative proceeding in which constitutional protections are watered down, if not ignored.
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Professional industry groups for the law and real estate sectors had asked to be allowed to enforce the rules, but experts said that could lead to watered down compliance.
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In a tweet this week, he argued Justice should have kept his original ban in place rather than the "watered down, politically correct version" they have presented to courts.
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Many of the restaurants weren't very good to begin with, and watered-down, sloppy Americanized versions of dishes from central Thailand were the only Thai food many Americans knew.
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Britain's business secretary Greg Clark said the rules would make companies "more accountable to their employees and shareholders," yet critics have insisted that the plans have been watered down.
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It was "dramatically watered down" on the insistence of now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump faces crucial decisions on economy, guns Are Democrats turning Trump-like?
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And instead of appealing the Texas court's ruling in 103, Trump's labor secretary at the time, Alexander Acosta, said he would create a watered-down version of Obama's rule.
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Macron has watered down some of his campaign pledges on the environment since he took office, and his popular environment minister quit in August over the sluggishness of progress.
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Although some provisions were watered down to satisfy the intelligence community, the final law strengthens the FOIA process — and the power of those seeking government documents — in significant ways.
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Though the movie was directed by acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou ("House of Flying Daggers"), its plot and action are predictable and extremely watered down, according to the scribes.
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I could totally change my profile to a super watered down version of my full-spectrum (not professional) self, which my dream man would most likely swipe right by.
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Instead, the bill allows for more watered down plans that have lower "actuarial values" than even the bronze tier plan, where insurance covers only 2000% and you cover the rest.
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Kwok Chern-Yeh, head of Japanese equities at Aberdeen Asset Management, said via email recently that the actual proposals appeared watered down and he didn't expect much positive economic impact.
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The Election Security Act is not to be confused with the Secure Election Act, a like-minded Senate bill that was watered down significantly over the course of the summer.
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California actually passed something similar to this bill in 2003, but without the threat of direct democracy hanging over its head, it became so watered down as to be ineffective.
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Of concern for both efforts is language that could be added to the platform or watered down in the existing party roadmap on abortion, transgender rights and same-sex marriage.
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" There's also "Ride the Fence" off Party Music, a teardown of political centrism and a rundown of Riley's leanings: anti-police, pro-union, "anti-watered-down drinks in expensive glasses.
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Barclays economist Roberto Secemski said it was a "robust" report, even though he noted total savings will probably still be watered down before the full lower house votes in August.
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Pro tip when getting boba tea delivered: make sure to ask for the ice to be put in a separate cup so the drinks aren't watered down when they arrive.
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The law, which will require labeling on all food packages indicating whether they contains GMO ingredients, is indeed a watered-down version of legislation lawmakers sought to pass in Vermont.
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For the second week in a row, though, it was a little jarring to see Mulder and Scully separated, even if they were teamed with watered down version of themselves.
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His watered-down compromise over whether gays and lesbians could serve in the military, "don't ask, don't tell" left many mad with him and few particularly pleased with the outcome.
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So Republicans decided to replace the Lee amendment with Cole's watered-down measure, which is also contained in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that the House approved last week.
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Politicians from these parties have held up and watered down the reform, and they said they would demand fresh changes when it is discussed again in the Chamber of Deputies.
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A cold brew takes at least 12 hours to make and if you just pour hot coffee over ice, then it comes out watered down and simply not as nice.
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And of course there's the experience: A watered-down toy version of a tech product might just as soon dissuade kids from the real thing rather than build up interest.
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Some remain skeptical that even a watered-down pension bill can pass, saying the window of opportunity for a pension reform may have closed ahead of next year's general elections.
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This highlights a dangerous assumption that many Western companies tend to make when providing Africa with new technologies: that a watered-down service is better than no service at all.
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But as long as we allow poorly trained laypeople with watered down credentials to perform home births, we are risking the health of mothers, and the lives of babies. Opinion
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President Trump lashed out at his own Justice Department for seeking the Supreme Court's backing for a "watered down, politically correct version" of the travel ban he signed in March.
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American evangelicals often use the language of "revival" — a word that is sometimes co-opted by politicians to mean a resurgence of a politically useful but watered-down civil religion.
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Twenty-three Republican lawmakers voted against a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred on Thursday, arguing the measure was "watered down" and failed to properly condemn Rep.
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And framing the new draft as "watered down" undercuts his administration's legal argument that the changes are substantive enough to square the policy with the law and earlier court decision.
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The law that passed was a watered-down version of the original draft, which would have required representatives of foreign-funded groups to wear special tags when visiting the Knesset.
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They tried their best and have evolved considerably, but the hodgepodge blend of Salafism, Deobandi Islam and traces of watered-down Sufism that I usually encountered didn't move my soul.
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Other censure resolutions never got out of committee and, if they did, their language was so watered down as to leave ambiguous whether, in fact, the president had been censured.
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Ross Douthat, the conservative Times columnist, suggested that even a watered-down version of the Benedict Option was useful: all religious people could stand to be a little more devout.
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That's watered down from the original Senate-passed bill, which would have blocked funding until the Pentagon certifies Turkey is not buying the Russian S-400 air-defense system. Sen.
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Investors said they believe Temer will be able to pass the planned pension reform, seen as key to curbing growth of public spending, albeit a watered down version of it.
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They had become frustrated that their minister "watered down" his sermons and never said a word about same-sex marriage even after the Iowa Supreme Court legalized it in 2009.
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In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided New York's Stonewall Inn, ostensibly to shut down a Mafia-owned establishment selling watered-down liquor without a license.
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There are also two watered-down versions of an administrative receivership in which HUD and Nycha would enter into a cooperative or court-approved agreement and work together as partners.
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Guedes, who turns 70 in August, has dropped clear hints he will quit if Bolsonaro feels his input is not required or if pension reform is watered down too much.
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And true to the campaign minuet, despite great resistance in Congress, President Trump has watered down the sanctions and otherwise appeased Russian interests, even at the expense of America's allies.
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But at the insistence of the European Investment Bank, and several of the other institutions, a memorandum of understanding signed last month to establish the working group was watered down.
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LOGY seems as if it would relate to "groggy," which refers to a particular sea captain who both watered down his crew's rum and encouraged them to indulge in such.
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Saying he preferred "the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version" he had issued in March, Mr. Trump attacked both the Justice Department and the federal courts.
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It's also emerging victorious from blue states' health reforms so far, which all started as proposals much more threatening to hospitals than the watered-down versions that eventually replaced them.
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Why it matters: The biologics provision has been one of the final sticking points keeping the USMCA from finalization, with Democrats fighting for it to be removed or watered down.
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His government is worried that there is not much room for concessions in a proposal that could fail to help reduce a ballooning budget deficit if it is watered down.
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Regulations meant to require plants to respond to a reanalysis of flood risk triggered by the 903 Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan have been watered down by Republican-appointed commissioners.
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But in their lawsuit Monday, the groups said the agency watered down the rules and weakened the chemical review process compared to the proposed regulations issued by the Obama administration.
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But the article, due to appear in Sunday's newspaper, said that the government strategy was not being watered down and Britain would leave on schedule albeit with a transition period.
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However, this problem could be resolved by Republicans in Congress, who might be willing to pass legislation extending the waiver period as part of a watered-down ObamaCare "fix" bill.
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"It remains likely, but the real question is what form it will eventually take," said Luschini, suggesting that the overhaul may have to be watered down before any legislation passes.
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References to that in the Rome text were watered down during negotiations to meet Polish demands that such integration projects be open to all states, in line with current treaties.
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The ruling party slightly watered down its proposals, by removing from the bill rules that would require judges to reveal the names of social media accounts they use under pseudonyms.
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He's publicly said that Russia, despite all observable evidence, was not "going into Ukraine," and watered down his party policy to end calls for armed support to the Ukrainian army.
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Although McMillan's original vision has been largely watered down and corporatized over the years, the overall trend of adults swimming in ball pits seems like something its creator would approve.
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A proposal for the truce to start 72 hours after the resolution's adoption has been watered-down to instead demand it start "without delay" in a bid to win Russian support.
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The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Monday on a watered-down U.S.-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its recent nuclear tests, diplomats said.
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As the report points out, Facebook has significantly more resources at its disposal than the government agency, and a federal judge could have watered down terms of the agreement even more.
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"As bold as people think these policy changes are going to be, maybe they get watered down," warned Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at Nuveen Asset Management in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Happy promises good listeners, friend-sharing, but the service it provides seems conspicuously like a watered-down form of therapy—amateur shrinks—the "sharing economy" taken to its next logical extreme.
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Since putting forth the suggested changes, the French government has already watered down its proposals significantly due to the often violent protests – but protesters are still unhappy with the proposed changes.
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FROM PEN: Try Our Amazing Never Watered Down Bloody Mary "He is very attractive, I must say, he really is an attractive human being," Stewart previously told Good Day New York.
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The proposal has been watered down from initial suggestions made last year in which the CMA floated the idea of a price cap for all customers on the most expensive tariffs.
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Suction whiskey stones Taking a drink on the rocks is refreshing, but it can be a race against the clock to finish the liquor before it's watered down by melting ice.
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Thousands of people have been taking to the streets over the past few months, as successive, watered-down versions of the bill failed to appease French workers, job seekers, and students.
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The Canadians have the advantage of ready-made text from a recent deal with the EU. Its dispute-settlement rules watered down investors' rights in favour of governments' freedom to regulate.
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Washington (CNN)After months of winding through the courts, the so-called "watered-down," revised version of President Donald Trump's fiercely litigated travel ban finally went into effect at 8 p.m.
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After months of winding through the courts, the so-called "watered-down," revised version of the travel ban encompasses six countries and refugees, but it also has a number of exceptions.
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Temer's shock arrest came a day after the government unveiled a drastically watered down austerity plan for military pensions and pay, and a poll showed President Jair Bolsonaro's popularity has plummeted.
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The U.S. leader further spurred projections of a watered-down deal when he repeatedly said at the start of Thursday's talks that he didn't want to hurry the North Korean autocrat.
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"The message is going to be at best watered down, and at worst mixed up with other political messages, and at that point, it affects the whole scientific community," Scheufele says.
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Rob Oliphant, a co-chair of the assisted-dying parliamentary committee, says that though he expected its proposals to be watered down somewhat, they have been more diluted than he foresaw.
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If you want credit for that, you need to provide some proof that it wasn't just a fluke, the product of favorable matchups, injury-riddled opponents, or a watered-down league.
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"The order he blocked was a watered down version of the first order that was also blocked by another judge and should have never been blocked to start with," Trump declared.
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Chastened by an election result which left her Conservative Party short of a majority in parliament, May also watered down pledges on social care reform, education, corporate governance and energy markets.
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"This watered-down 'Muslim Ban 2.0' was retooled to achieve the same unconstitutional policy outcome as the first deeply-flawed order," said CAIR National's executive director Nihad Awad in a statement.
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The humanitarian organization Oxfam, which says tax avoidance exacerbates global poverty, called the watered-down rules "wastepaper" and said that the European Union had missed an opportunity to fight the problem.
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Last year Italian authorities staged a concerted effort to push back against an initiative to rid banks of unpaid loans, with the ECB eventually coming up with a watered down proposal.
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When the Mueller report became public a month later, it quickly became clear that Barr had watered down its conclusions and presented them in the best possible light for the president.
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In order to curry support from Congress, Temer and his allies watered down their original proposal in November, requiring fewer years of contributions by private sector workers to receive a pension.
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Trump and a trio of House GOP members previously suggested that the inspector general report had been watered down during the drafting process and at the end of the day, Rep.
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Although it began as a clear stand against anti-Semitism, Resolution 138, which was drafted in response to this controversy, was watered down by the House to appease its "progressive" wing.
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"The speech shows there's no signs that any of their proposals will be watered down, which is bearish for BTPs," said Mizuho rates strategist Antoine Bouvet, referring to Italian government bonds.
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This is huge considering the continuous attempts by the GOP to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a watered down version that could leave millions of Americans uninsured.
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But one of his chief goals — simplification of the tax code by reducing an array of deductions — was watered down in the final negotiations as Republicans hunted for votes for passage.
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I did not participate in any but the most dissociated and watered-down versions of Jewish rituals; I did not go to Jewish summer camp; I have never been to Israel.
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The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, repeatedly watered down the extent of the proposed changes and delayed a vote in hopes that more political factions would come onboard.
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You could buy two kinds of beer: house beer, which is like some watered-down god-knows-what, or you could get cans of beer that probably fell off a truck.
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The hard work still to be done — the reforms of the pension system, of the civil service, of local taxes, of political institutions — will have to wait or be watered down.
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Western diplomats in Kiev said they were particularly concerned by the president's decision to impose martial law, which was approved in a watered-down form by a large majority of legislators.
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Criticism: Mr. Li's speech, which didn't address ballooning debt or rising real estate prices that have watered down investor confidence in the country, offered fewer specifics than critics would have liked.
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Disney lovers can still get a healthy dose of magic during quarantine -- it's just a watered-down, digital version, of course ... but hey, anything to beat those COVID-19 blues, right?
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The sections on climate change that were cut had been watered down to satisfy lawmakers, and science education advocates had hoped the House committee would accept the revised standards in full.
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The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Monday on a watered-down U.S.-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test, diplomats said.
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The document, however, was a watered-down, unenforceable version of a nondisclosure agreement, with its general premise that employees should not profit off confidential West Wing information, CNN reported last year.
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It tasted like watered down Coke and triggered memories of the time a bartender didn't card me at Disney World and then served me what was definitely a virgin Piña Colada.
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And in calling the revised order "watered down," he made it harder for his lawyers to argue that it was a clean break from the earlier one, which had mentioned religion.
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Now the best it can hope for is to get a watered-down version launched, prove it can actually help the underbanked and then hope to convince regulators it's well-intentioned.
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Representatives from China and Russia are warning the United States and its allies against any form of military action in the Korean Peninsula after supporting watered-down sanctions on North Korea.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a watered-down version of a bill that imposed spending limits on cash-strapped states in exchange for hefty debt relief.
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But parliament last year watered down demands in a 2014 referendum to impose quotas on immigration from the European Union, the bloc that surrounds it and provides most of its trade.
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By September, after the State Senate Appropriations Committee released a watered-down version of the bill, its author Marc Berman, an assembly member from Palo Alto, pulled it, citing insufficient support.
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She said the yuan's respite might be "temporary," adding that China's central bank will likely let the currency depreciate again if the deal is not signed, or is eventually watered down.
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Health Minister Jens Spahn, one of the three contenders to replace Merkel as party leader, said the CDU had watered down its profile by becoming too centrist in the past years.
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Compromises needed to make any government program acceptable to both parties have spawned watered-down policies that deprive Germany of reforms that investors and economists see as necessary for future growth.
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If a doctor offers a terminal patient a watered-down, more hopeful version of the truth when she doesn&apost know the patient&aposs preference, it&aposs called a "paternalistic" lie.
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Washington state passed a public option this year, but it was watered down from its original form, satisfying industry requests to reimburse hospitals at higher rates and make their participation optional.
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However, a new draft of the resolution, seen by Reuters, has been watered down significantly in a bid to placate Russia and China, who were set to veto the original proposal.
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I'm talking about the tale of a gritty urban vigilante who was created in 1939, only to be mercilessly watered down into kid-friendly fluff, culminating in a hyperkitschy 1966 TV show.
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" He called the new executive order a "watered-down" version of the original order and even suggested that "we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way.
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Advocates of health-care reform offered the same complaints in 2009-10 when the Affordable Care Act, in search of votes, watered down some provisions meant to control costs or enhance affordability.
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John McCain is being compared to a Harry Potter character following his shocking vote against the "skinny repeal," a watered-down version of a failed GOP bill meant to take down Obamacare.
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There's little that Valve can do to simplify the game of Dota itself, and I wouldn't want to see the gameplay watered down just to make it more appealing to the masses.
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In addition to being friends since childhood, both have monetized their moneyed backgrounds and our hunger for a piece of their world to sell a watered-down, mass-produced version of luxury.
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Even the ultimately abandoned House legislation that featured a public option insurance companies didn't like was a very watered-down form of public option to avoid raising hackles from doctors and hospitals.
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But, as Mr. Big watered down Carrie Bradshaw's dual points that it's both a form of sport and validation, he does manage to tell one truth: exceptional beauty in women is undeniable.
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It looks like they're going upmarket with this one, which is definitely the way to go when you've got a prestige brand like Kodak, however watered down it is at this point.
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But most of Mr Duterte's radical economic policies get watered down or shelved by underlings before they cause such upheaval, explains Filomeno Santa Ana of Action for Economic Reforms, a think-tank.
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In contrast, profits at magic-circle firms have been watered down by their expansion into emerging markets, because clients there cannot be charged as much as those in London or New York.
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But even the current watered-down version of repeal still has analysis anticipating that millions of people will lose coverage, while the value of the coverage for those who remain is reduced.
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In his weekly column for the Telegraph on Monday, Johnson offered a watered-down vision of post-Brexit Britain that was a far cry from the one he painted before the referendum.
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Trump tweeted several times on the proposed travel ban from six Muslim-majority countries, saying his Justice Department should not have submitted a "watered down, politically correct version" to the Supreme Court.
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"The order he blocked was a watered-down version of the first order," Trump said at a rally in March after a judge in Hawaii blocked the second version of the ban.
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Ali Larijani is one of the first Iranian officials to speak about the "watered-down" version of US President Donald Trump's travel ban, which is scheduled to take effect at 8 p.m.
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In releasing the report, Ayotte's press release called it "watered down," but said it provides the public with consolidated information on those recently released or planned to be released from the facility.
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The two leaders had decided to focus on broad issues to leave more room for negotiations with the other 17 euro members, which leaves scope for the plans to be watered down.
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But I didn't want to stop crying, anyway; I needed to get it all out between sips of my Coke, which, like me, had now turned into an insipid, watered-down mess.
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To ensure passage in the Senate, the original version was watered down in February by scrapping a clause that would have allowed members of gay civil unions to adopt their partners' children.
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"The order he blocked was a watered down version of the first order that was also blocked by another judge and should have never been blocked to start with," Trump declared. Oops!
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Democrats passed a resolution last week condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry, a measure Sanders and other Republicans said was "watered down" because it did not target Omar by name.
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Take a look and you'll find most of it is made with really crappy ethanol, like corn-based spirits that are watered down and don't have anything of inherent value in them.
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A watered-down definition of a complex practice, forensic architecture advocates an advanced understanding of art and architecture as key witnesses in the prosecution of human rights, climate change, and war crimes.
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" When Baier repeated Paul's characterization of the bill as being a watered-down version of the existing healthcare law, Ryan repeated, "I think that's a publicity stunt, as far as I'm concerned.
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That extra time allowed public opinion to work its way against the bill, allowed the bill itself to be weakened and watered down and created unforeseen circumstances like the death of Sen.
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Last week, the lower house passed a watered-down version of a health ministry proposal to limit secondhand smoke in places such as schools and hospitals, but allowed smoking in outdoor spaces.
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"I think something will get passed on the tax bill, but it will be pretty watered down as far as a stimulative force," said Paulsen, chief investment strategist at The Leuthold Group.
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But the outlook for a softer economy throws into doubt his commitment to balance the budget - a pledge already watered down after he pushed the target date back five years to 2025.
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Progress to resolve the dispute remains questionable, with both sides seemingly unable to nail down a watered-down truce that President Donald Trump categorized as a "phase one" deal earlier this fall.
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Because asset forfeiture actions target pieces of property rather than their owners, most of the pillars of due process that apply to criminal cases are grotesquely watered down in civil forfeiture proceedings.
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The Lite version, however, measures just 10MB in size — which means it won't take up too much storage on your phone — and is watered-down as to not hog data each month.
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By the time the genre became a profitable pursuit for bands, this hybrid of throaty chest-beating flanked by angelic choruses would become the most watered down element in the genre's history.
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And you can expect tech giants to fight tooth and nail against laws being drafted and passed — as indeed Facebook, Google and others lobbied fiercely to try to get GDPR watered down.
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Instead, the Medellín star finds himself relegated to fourth place behind Lil Pump and Swae Lee on a watered down version of a track he'd assuredly have executed better on his own.
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But the effort has hit a wall as bills in California and Kentucky intended to shed light on fees and practices at these powerful firms have been either killed or watered down.
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On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a package of changes to the bill, including a revision that watered down a proposed excise tax on foreign affiliates of multinational companies.
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The ECB has been putting pressure on banks to tackle the issue of old and new unpaid loans, including via new rules that prompted pushback from Italy and were eventually watered down.
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Two days later, on July 20, news reports revealed that the compromise legislation the conference committee had drafted would include a watered-down version of a provision to reinstate penalties against ZTE.
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Yes, there were detoxes, energy healers, and smatterings of woo-woo — but what could have been more dangerous claims were watered down, and presented with numerous warnings to consult with your doctor.
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Temer already watered down his original pension reform proposal to roughly three-quarters of the initial plan and faces at least a couple of months of further negotiations until a final vote.
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The former governor of the state of Veracruz, which passed a constitutional amendment in 2016 banning abortion, was subsequently accused of money laundering and even giving watered-down medicine to cancer patients.
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Tom Malinowski, a Democrat from New Jersey, said they were unhappy with Democratic language being stripped or watered down in the bill but the changes were not enough reason to vote no.
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While the firm said Trump's policies - including more protectionist trade measures, tax cuts and mass deportation of illegal immigrants - may be watered down in negotiations with Congress, they could have "adverse" consequences.
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The Senate tax bill was introduced last week, and already been watered down a number of times to appease establishment GOPers on the hill, including "phasing in" corporate tax cuts in 85033.
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Last week, the spat seemed to have been partially defused when Poland's government watered down the legislation, making it a civil rather than criminal offense and removing the threat of jail time.
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There are some areas of possible agreement, like increases in defense funding and a watered-down compromise on border security, possibly to fund more technology — an area that has more bipartisan support.
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Trump signed the new ban, but he now appears to see it as an unforgivable act of weakness — a "watered-down, PC" version of what Trump really wanted to do on immigration.
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Two: In a cold office—where your ice won't melt as fast—you don't have to worry about your cold brew getting quickly watered down, or sweating all over your clean desk.
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The budget, which was watered down after European Commission objections it would not lower Italy's high public debt, features a new income support scheme for the poor and allows people to retire earlier.
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Should that happen, it is likely that key net neutrality protections would be weeded out in the process, leaving behind a watered down bill that has no hope of actually preserving net neutrality.
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Nobody ever asks for a watery cocktail or cup of coffee, and a "watered-down" version of something is just a gentle, passive-aggressive way of saying it's the same thing, but worse.
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The GOP came back with a watered down version that included funding for drug abuse programs and free reign for insurance companies to sell plans that don't fully comply with Obamacare consumer protections.
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A progressive minimum wage bill, which McIntosh championed, was watered down by the Economic Matters Committee that Davis chairs and ultimately passed and signed into law by the Democrat-controlled government in March.
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A restraining order from any of the three courts could deal Mr Trump another significant setback in fulfilling a watered down version of his campaign promise to ban all Muslims from entering America.
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates watered down a list of demands they are making of Qatar, its fellow Gulf state on which it has imposed a partial blockade since last month.
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Add to that a culture that has already watered down the meaning of what it means to be anxious and you've got a generation of people taking Xanax practically like it's a vitamin.
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Huawei has announced the Honor 22 Lite, a watered-down version of the Honor 29 from 28, although it strangely has one or two extra features that the more premium model does not.
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"Complicated" dropped on the world like a cartoon anvil, sending reviewers into a tailspin; comparisons to punk icons of eras past (but watered down of course), and words like "poser" filled out reviews.
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However, union objections and street protests due to fears the planned law would take away too much protection from workers have led to some of pro-business measures being removed or watered down.
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The scheduling of the ongoing swimming world championships in Gwangju has watered down the field but Nathan Adrian, an eight-time Olympic medalist is poised for an emotional comeback after battling testicular cancer.
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"The role of Rosie onstage … is such a great role, and it got watered down a little bit in the movie version," Lopez said during the Television Critics Association press tour in January.
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Brazilian markets were stable on Tuesday, with Sao Paulo's BOVESPA stock index gaining 1.2 percent in mid-afternoon as investors had largely expected an already watered-down pension reform to sink in Congress.
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Backing up for clarity, Thanos wants to cleanse the Earth (among other planets) of half of its population, in order to achieve some watered-down version of abated population growth and environmental destruction.
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The European Commission proposed on Wednesday watered-down measures to help guard European Union banks against future crises, after two years of fruitless talks among the 225 EU states on more ambitious plans.
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On just about every issue -- from trade to aid for Africa -- the world's 20 headline economies found consensus only on the lowest common denominator, in watered down resolutions worth little on their own.
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The budget, which was watered down after European Commission said it would not lower Italy's high public debt, features a new income support scheme for the poor and allows people to retire earlier.
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Progressives on the left are arguing that aiming for Medicare for All allows the party to protect itself from negotiations that watered down the ACA's coverage and funding and to ensure universal healthcare.
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America's powerful health industry spends more than half a billion dollars annually to build up cozy relationships with lawmakers, whom they can count on to back watered-down bills like Medicare for America.
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"You have to set the goal posts further so when compromise does eventually happen, that its actually something more meaningful than the watered down things that I think he got achieved," she said.
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Chart history: Peaked at No. 7"Focus" has all the makings of a fun, summer bop, but it's also a clear attempt to recreate the magic of "Problem" — with mixed, watered-down results.
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I knew he was going through a hard conversation so I kept on refilling his glass even if he didn't ask; he must have had about five glasses of watered-down white wine.
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Kiehl's Deep Micro-Exfoliating Scalp Treatment, a favorite of Insider Picks editor Malarie Gokey, comes packaged in a neat squeeze bottle that reduces the likelihood of it getting watered down with shower water.
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She sent the sheriff a letter this year reporting inmate complaints of "reduced or watered-down portions," and food that was frozen, had mold or contained rocks or, in one case, a nail.
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Separately, he took on his own administration this morning, criticizing the "watered down" version of his executive order barring visitors from select Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. • "Multiple fatalities" in Florida.
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A watered-down version of the bill, which kept the individual mandate and Medicaid expansion but stripped away the ability to enforce either, then passed the Senate and was reapproved by the House.
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On the surface, it's a generic send-off of the fantasy genre that plays like a watered down version of The Princess Bride (with a little less heart and a little more snark).
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Goldman Sachs' move comes as activists and scientists decried the global climate agreement reached Sunday at a UN summit in Madrid, saying its watered-down language fails to deliver clear carbon-cutting commitments.
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He also attempted to set the record straight on his goals for Mercantile: It's not about watered down product and mass merchandising — a point that has been misrepresented in several articles and posts.
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There's just too much about the user experience that's been watered down to the point where it doesn't feel like a trailblazing thin-and-light performance laptop, like the higher-end Blade 15 is.
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That skepticism raises the prospect that the provision, a separate measure from one barring the use of ZTE products by the Pentagon, could be stripped out or watered down in the coming NDAA debate.
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He also praised Clinton's new plan that would let students from families making $125,000 a year or less attend state colleges tuition-free, a slightly watered-down version of his own free-college plan.
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It's a watered-down version of the original, but it's still pretty good: neither wise nor profound, yet sometimes smart and with sharp elbows — especially if you have nothing with which to compare it.
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It now uses a "much-watered down version" of the recruiting engine to help with some rudimentary chores, including culling duplicate candidate profiles from databases, one of the people familiar with the project said.
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In much simpler terms: Vitabrid C12 claims that its products will deliver all the skin-brightening, collagen-boosting, hair-strengthening, antioxidant effects of the vitamin at its fullest potential, not a watered-down version.
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But when you make a bulk material out of them, their properties are watered down because they become randomly arranged—and they need to lie in parallel to make the most of their strength.
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Pai's proposed rulemaking would also "seek comment" on the so-called "bright line" rules—no blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization of internet traffic—likely meaning those rules would be watered down or even erased.
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Officials from some member countries helping to prepare for the meeting say they are hopeful it will end with a communique, although they acknowledge it will probably be watered down to avoid contentious issues.
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BUCHAREST, May 30 (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat government watered down share capital requirements for mandatory private pension funds and enabled them to invest in infrastructure investment projects, Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici said on Thursday.
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We've paired each cube with a cocktail (or mocktail!) to serve it in, so no matter your drink of choice, you'll never have never have to suffer from Watered-Down Brunch Beverage Syndrome again.
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The Italian government on Wednesday called a confidence vote over hotly contested legislation on gay civil unions after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi watered down the bill to reach an accord in his ruling coalition.
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Most of the Dirty Dancing's original themes — a hypocritical upper crust, social and class tensions, and frigid family dynamics — were watered down with heartwarming family reconciliations, interracial friendships, and empowered girls being empowered together.
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" FROM PEN: Try Our Amazing Never Watered Down Bloody Mary Although she hasn't totally wrapped her head around the concept just yet, she does know that she wants the book to "tell a story.
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