1.The state cannot meet every need that may have contributed to every offender's criminal proclivities. 2.The surveyed group exhibit disturbing proclivities during daytime, too
1.Some may even see a short spell in a western jail followed by an application for political asylum as enticing. 2.Everyone in the boat knew that if they got to the beach they were free-they'd be granted asylum.
1.To generate light, these people do what those without electricity have always done: burn something, mostly kerosene. 2.The flames were fed by kerosene spilled from an illegal heater
1.Siren system status reports were obtained for each system and examined for evidence of system failure. 2.The air-raid siren no longer screams its call to shelters and antiaircraft batteries.
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
1.Made from vinyl with a pressure-activated adhesive, the super-thin cover sticks to a gadget until you're ready to take it off. 2.Dishes arrive on wooden boards with a slightly adhesive waxy surface, so that artful presentations don't slide around.
1.Probably, they will bombard production facilities in some foreign economies 2.They provide him with a hideaway to work in and bombard him with music questions about earthly culture and history.
1.Welch was a feared and confrontational manager, with a fanatical devotion to cutting costs and boosting profits. 2.It's good that freight costs are being considered instead of a blind devotion to outsourcing.
1.Thus doing, your name shall flourish in the printers' shops. 2.Let the utilities focus on this, and allow rooftop energy systems to flourish and share in the production.
1.Economists no longer believe humans are that farsighted. 2.True vision requires the forging of a farsighted and realistic connection between our present and our future.
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
1.Because, even if the author is simplifying here, human life does come at a staggering cost to many other life forms. 2.Compared to oil, natural gas is so abundant it's staggering.
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Created on Thu Apr 26 20:18:40 EDT 2012
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