• As time passed, my brother's arms seemed to break with the sense of humiliation, not just the weight of the water.

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  • In the first stage, normal devices are outfitted with "smarter" features, like advanced cruise control in cars or a washing machine that can sense the level of dirt in water and react by adjusting its wash time.

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  • My companion, a Kenyan Asian trader, takes another slug of warm beer Nile beer from Uganda, appropriately, and maybe it's the softness of the heat, or again the grit, or the sound of the insects and the water flowing, but there is a sense of being in the back of a scene in a V.

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  • The broad sense is of an economy that is treading water - not one that is about to drown.

    BBC: Straws of hope from GDP

  • The refined cocktails incorporate traditional spirits, fresh-squeezed juices and aromatics, such as rose water, to stimulate your sense of smell.

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  • Another indulgence is to rest in the shade in the Alhambra's gardens, enjoying a sense of quiet refinement alongside the perfectly proportioned pools of water.

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  • They also argue this was not a bailout in the sense - I was thinking of a boat full of water - this bailed out - like it's like taking a few drops of water out of the boat.

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  • In that sense, you can put them firmly on the 'fresh water' side of the arguments within economics that I have discussed here in the past (see my posts of 17 July and 2 November 2009).

    BBC: The Nobel prize, and the ONS

  • The challenge is that often these donated wells and water systems go into a state of disrepair if there is no sense of ownership.

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  • They sat, quietly, in family groups, surrounded by their empty water cans and barely any belongings - tough people, with no sense of entitlement or outrage.

    BBC: Condition of Somali refugees in Kenya worsening

  • From corporate disclosures which are quite vague, one gets the sense that they are trying to disclose the minimum that will keep them out of hot water with the SEC but immune to the prying eyes of the press and investors.

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  • The South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the biggest of its kind in history, may make sense on some level, but it only postpones the need to change deeply flawed policies that created nation-threatening dislocations in the first place.

    FORBES: China's Strict New Water Policy

  • In a video message to the High-level session, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon the scientific community to help make sense of the complex and interconnected challenges --including climate change, the financial crisis and food, water and energy insecurity -- that threaten human well-being and civilization as we know it.

    UNESCO: Irina Bokova: we must harness the power of science to empower people | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

  • In his video message during the high-level segment, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon the scientific community to help make sense of the complex and interconnected challenges --including climate change, the financial crisis and food, water and energy insecurity -- that threaten human well-being and civilization as we know it.

    UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

  • So in a very real sense the Danes are testing the water for two far bigger economies, and also providing the first real test of public feeling towards the new currency.

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  • You can feel explosions of various magnitudes, sense a person walking behind you or wind rustling through trees, feel the sensation of wheels splashing through varying depths of water, discern between a V8 and a V6 engine.

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