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Good genes are a blessing that some should be grateful for, but they can help only so much. The rest, for better or worse, is all up to you.

If you do not help your child now, you could lose your child to a life of illicit drug use or worse.

It is often politically expedient to paint China as an adversary, or worse, a future enemy.

His principal fear was that young Cambodians would not learn about-or, worse still, would not believe-what he had witnessed.

All members of the company had been warned that to interpolate lines or "business" meant a fine or worse.

Memorable Quote: "I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed - or worse, expelled. "

Frankly, your resume was no better or worse than any of the other applicants. . . but your Trump hair put you over the top.

Gordon: At least I eat like a gentleman. You have no manners when you eat. You eat like an animal, or worse, a rude dude.

Not Leading, Or - Worse - Trying To Get Her To Lead.

FOR better or worse, Mao Zedong usually came out on top, whether facing Japanese invaders, nationalist warlords or Communist Party rivals.

If you can't seem to get a date, or worse, can't connect with anyone you meet, it may be time to do a little "love inventory. "

But he adds that the price of failure could be a financial crisis that would probably turn anaemic growth into a recession or worse.

"He would beat me for simple things, like not making enough money or worse, getting pulled over by a cop, " she said.

Or, worse, I approach it from the absolute opposite end of the spectrum, as if in the very moment when a close connection shatters.

Also be sure the electrical circuits are not overloaded, as you could blow fuses or worse with a full moon in Aquarius.

For better or worse, there is nothing for it but to leave the matter in his hand.

This newspaper has argued that it is often misguided, or worse.

A good program manager will come with her own ideas for how the UI should work, which might be better, or worse, than the developer's idea.

If I don't stay out of the way of their patrols, I might be looking at some jail time. . . or worse.

IN THE poor world, elections often seem to be accompanied by violence, civil war or worse.

Point it out with your finger where your headache is, precisely. And try to think if anything makes it better or worse.

Trying to achieve goals without writing them down is a sure way to get lost along the way, or worse, never getting to where we need to be.

The spotlight for better or worse will be on Mr. Cook and his willingness to take a risk on what could be the company's next big thing.

At the moment, the economies of the United States, Europe and Japan are all suffering from weak growth or worse.

But, let us suppose you get angry over what I tell you. Or worse, you feel no sympathy or understanding for me or my situation.

And if she had been dissolved into earth, or worse, what would you have dreamt of then? ' I said.

What if I never find someone? Or worse, what if I've found her, but I dumped her because she pronounced it "supposably" ?

Naturally I was on the receiving end of lots of angry emails from real estate brokers who told me I was an idiot (or worse).

And there was a time when anyone who tried would have gone straight to the Tower of London -- or worse.

Saves the hassle of being without a mobile phone the next day or worse still having to wait until its charged.

Again, you can just like yourself for no reason, as long as you know that, for better or worse, you'll always be you.

Prolonged stagnation, or worse, in the United States would turn off one of the main sources of global demand and global growth.

It seemed she couldn't blink an eye without causing her mother to be hurt, upset, annoyed, distressed or worse.

Then I make a micro adjustment and go to the other side of focus and see if it has gotten better or worse for that side.

Whether the repression is getting better or worse has been a constant question with few clear answers.

Nothing upsets an Englishman so much as not being able to " place" another --or worse, making a mistake about another' s social position.

Eg. She worried he might end up in jail or worse.

At some point, as a user of a programming language, you're a slave to that language's typing strategy, for better or worse.

At a more prosaic level, who will serve, for better or worse, as a principal voice of a community or region?

For better or worse, he built the FBI into a modern, national organization stressing professionalism and scientific crime-fighting.

Most managers like to believe that workers are there for love of the company or, worse, for passion towards the brand.

Or, worse, as some sick, bragging monument to my own willingness to "help" ?

They're afraid their children will grow up to become criminals, pornographic film stars, or, worse still, politicians.

With this signature the German people and the German Armed Forces are, for better or worse, delivered into the hands of the victors. . .

But all that information can lead to overload -- or worse. You might end up heeding the wrong voice and getting some fairly bad advice.

For better or worse, a good part of the impression an interviewer first forms of you depends on how you're dressed.

Giving up too soon can be just as bad or worse as not attempting at all.

Without a functioning credit market, the U. S. economy would have remained mired in recession or worse.

Ms Brooks insisted to staff that it was "inconceivable that I knew [of] or worse, sanctioned" the phone abuse.

discovering (slowly and patiently) how her past experiences have impacted her view of men (for better or worse) is important.

He did at least do this by telephone, rather than by e-mail or (worse still) text message.

Everybody will change! It just a matter of changing better or worse.

These items can be chewed up, splinter, and again, this would be a medical emergency or worse.

For better or worse, we kids aren't hampered as much when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things.

This may seem unnecessary, unfair or worse to parents with fewer means and just as many concerns about their children's futures.

A bail-out would either delay inevitable restructuring or (worse) put Congress in charge of it. The bail-out's advocates will try again.

That of course would present a medical emergency or worse.

Bruised, broken or worse, arrested, the first words out of a parent's mouth are: What were you thinking?

For better or worse, it appears that America is still moving in the direction of more gambling.

Different people might disagree on what's better or worse and should be allowed to make their choices.

He fears Wall Street could fall by half, or worse, over the next four years before this bear is finally slain.

For better or worse, curiosity about our peers is one of our strongest driving factors.

I'll be there, for better or worse, till death do us part, I'll love you with every beat of my heart and I swear.

If too many participants are on the same side, positions cannot be liquidated without causing a discontinuity or, worse, a collapse.

Marriage is a union of two people, vowing to be together "for better or worse" , "till death do us part" .

What if I never find somebody? Or worse, what if I found her.

Once markets stabilise, Wall Street will start to wonder if it is better or worse off without its standalone investment banks.

They fear further price declines or, worse, being unable to sell their shares due to trading halts.

A " No " uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a "yes" merely uttered to please, or worse , to avoid trouble .

Groupon shuns being thought of as a marketer or, worse, an ad agency, promoting cheap pizza or sushi for anyone who wants to hire it.

In the last lesson we talked about the Law of Attraction and how it affects your love life, for better or worse.

For better or worse, and sooner than you may think, these choices will be up to us.

For better or worse, the authorities have decided to bail out their financial systems with taxpayer money.

Or worse, still trying to find the airport!

For better or worse, governments have done their utmost to stop that happening.

Do not think of the US culture as better or worse, just different - you will be more willing to try new things.

And for better or worse, this will enable the infant to develop a sense of self.

So it is difficult for companies to determine with any accuracy whether they would be better or worse off by outsourcing work.

WHEN a company and its directors are sued for mismanagement or worse, who pays for the settlement?

But in the name of comedy or, worse, "art, " "Accepted" attempts to fool a young audience that might very well be too smart to be fooled.

For a given image, different combinations of filters and types of CA could produce better or worse results.

We need to make sure that settlements do not imply insufficient punishment or, worse, impunity for corporations that can afford to pay.

Who'd have guessed women are more likely to squeeze the toothpaste tube from the middle--or worse, from the top!

Others may pass him by, think him a stranger, or worse, call him an impostor and blasphemer -- but believers see his glory.

As a consequence, much of the available biological data remains disconnected or worse: becomes misconnected.

We stated that the Fukushima plant had received alien assistance, as it would have arrived at that point or worse without such assistance.

Or worse, what if the result of engagement produces services that aren't appropriate for SOA?

He set standards for integrity, nonpartisanship and -- for better or worse -- for ethnic politics in New York.

In almost every human society, he notes, men who hold power have, "for better or worse, " numerous chances to be unfaithful to their wives.

Any chemical change in the mother's blood will affect the child for better or worse.

And then you will have another new broom to get used to, who might be as bad as this one - or worse.

Across the scrap trade, prices have halved or worse in a matter of months.

People reported how, by the time they managed to gather their children, flood water was already waist high, or worse.

Whether teaching at home yields better or worse academic results than the conventional sort is impossible to say.

Those who were not at least in the lower-middle class, however, had to dink around a 14. 4 modem, or worse: 2400 baud.

And a problem may with many answers to it, better or worse.

If not, then for better or worse the therapist must be guided by the patient's own irrationalities.

Performance appraisals and reviews are a necessary and important part of work and, for better or worse, are a reality in most organizations.

"If you were lucky, you went to a factory, " he told me. The unlucky students were sent to remote provinces or worse.

True, economic stagnation, or worse, might be the best the UK can do. We will never know.

But I worry for other women whose fathers and husbands are the same or worse.

War is what most clearly defines who we are, for better or worse. And it has always been that way.

too few can make a piece of writing difficult to read or, worse, difficult to understand.

The powerful updrafts and down drafts can push a plane around, potentially damaging it or worse.

People no longer have to trust a handful of national papers or, worse, their local city paper.

It is hard to lead globally when your domestic political system is in massive transition -- or, worse, turmoil.

In these cases either partial STR profiles, or worse, no STR profiles may be generated, leading to inconclusive results.

Generally speaking, what's reached in the end may be better or worse than what was proposed.

However, that option is not open to public sector entities; for better or worse, their credit risk is tethered to the West.

Whether or not the euro endures, Europe is facing a long period of economic stagnation or worse.

Previously phones appealing to women are often a standard phones offered in pastel colour or worse pink.

The truth is, whether it is better or worse, with the advancement of new technology, the world has changed.

First, many definitions of architecture exist in the software world (for better or worse), while emergent design currently enjoys less fame.

Industry officials have also expressed concerns that the software could expose computers to viruses, or worse.

For better or worse, the evolving understanding of economic breakdowns will have ample opportunity to test itself against the real thing.

For better or worse, TD's future increasingly lies not in Ontario or Quebec, but somewhere between Maine and Florida.

Other experts were confident the IQ variations were evidence of the neural impact of experience, for better or worse.

Often when this element is exposed to outside consumers, the information loses its context, or, worse, it becomes misleading or invalid.

But in many places around the world, your sartorial choices can get you fined, imprisoned, or worse.

For better or worse, that allows one to do much crazier projects than you can through the traditional VC route.

For better or worse, though, Asperger syndrome has become a part of our cultural landscape.

Unless Mr Lin is pulling our leg. In which case the characters may mean "Chongqing Municipal Garbage Co" . Or worse.

Avoid investment vehicles that inflict swingeing charges in exchange for what in most cases will amount to market performance or worse.

In accordance with your intention, they will inevitably colour your world for better or worse.

Some parts of the world saw explosive wage growth, while others saw nothing, or worse.

Or worse, a program that works 100% of the time on your machine but 0% of the time on your client's quad-processor server.

Genes are another. Genes may shape the brain in ways that make individuals better or worse at answering questions on intelligence tests.

Those on the receiving end, however, are often left feeling bemused or, worse, cheated.

If something is in decline, falling into decline, or on the decline, it is slowly growing smaller, weaker, or worse.

At times he was too scared to go home, sleeping under a car or in a kiosk on the streets to avoid a beating or worse.

I decided to follow her advice, for better or worse.

Stop worrying about whether the current downturn will become a full-scale correction of 10% or worse.

While we are to him with li bai "s poems is excellent or worse debate and should how treat? "

Are relationships among people better or worse than a few years ago? Why? Give some examples.

Local reporters frequently risk beatings or worse if they try to investigate corruption.

Describe the things you do and compare your life to the life of an adult. How is being a child better or worse than being an adult?

For better or worse, Treasurys are the largest fixed-income asset class in the world, by far, and the likelihood of default is next to zero.

Now, what about the idea that the lack of respect for IT is a function of lack of knowledge, or worse?

But they clearly set the bar too high and shareholders are likely to accuse them of miscalculation or worse.

They might be showing your readers ads or worse!

Fear of discrimination, or worse, discourages many mothers from using existing health resources.

It is very easy to use the wrong one, or worse yet, to not even realize that they are different.

For better or worse though, I keep coming back to my first love and have stuck with Skype as my primary voice and chat service.

The unlucky students were sent to remote provinces or worse. Still, he refers to his time in the factory as hard labor.

How is spending money on a pet any better or worse than buying an expensive car or home, or taking a luxurious vacation?

Previous studies had suggested that people with moderate kidney illness or worse should lower protein intake.

For better or worse, will downgrading the U. S. impact S&P's reputation?

"ROI consciousness" , for better or worse, was now firmly in the minds of China's leaders.

We go on together for better or worse, our history is to real to hate.

However, solely following BDD & TDD may still lead to missed business opportunities, or worse, a negative impact to the business.

With Andy heading off to college, the toys could be relegated to the attic. Or worse, the dump truck.

That's why it's surprising that many people give vehicles only a token test or, worse, none at all.

It is an election year and the US economy is in peril of falling into recession or worse.

Other times, they were a nuisance, or worse, a menace.

Anyone or anything outside this web of trust is considered a stranger and will often be treated with indifference or worse.

They should not get their own config or spawn threads or listen on sockets in their constructors or worse still static initializers.

For better or worse, it sets the economics of the game, and dictates the rhythm of the footballing week.

Does this mean that medications lose their effectiveness or worse yet, become dangerous after the expiration date?

There are also reports of suspected Taliban sympathizers we turn over to Afghan police and soldiers being tortured or worse.

If shares fall back to their early spring lows or worse, I would expect the "green shoots" spotted in recent weeks to wither.

There's some big animal in the trees. I think it might be a bear, or worse.

Indeed, they might admit that stagnation, or worse, is a more likely outcome.

If convicted, the quartet faces fines and finite jail terms, rather than life imprisonment, or worse.

We will not get carried away, never tweeting about a fresh "cuppa" or, worse, some banal corporate achievement.

Is a bad feeder lot operation for beef better or worse than a bad grazing operation for beef?

So efficient, perhaps, that they may be overgrazing the waters, or worse.

By using previous results in Thomson's database, the computer stories say whether a company has done better or worse than expected.

We are concerned that in other, more repressive provinces, conditions may be similar or worse.

But some believe netbooks also have the power to dramatically reshape the tech sector, for better or worse.

Third, when a firm is mediocre or worse, a change in culture is needed.

Others who know all of this are silenced, through satellite oppression or worse.

The rest are no better or worse at using technology than the rest of the population.

For better or worse, Republicans must take responsibility for what the federal government has achieved during this period.

Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow, for better or worse, I will like you with every beat of my heart.

Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow, for better or worse, I will love you with every beat of my heart.

For better or worse, that's not how the launching process works today.

ARTISTS routinely deride businesspeople as money-obsessed bores. Or worse.

Or, worse, recounting his oft-told back story for a new generation.

Conflict resolution: A conflict at work, if improperly handled, can cost you a promotion or worse, your job.

On the fiscal side, for better or worse the new prime minister appears wedded to deficit-reduction efforts.

get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition.

For example, they may be slow to recognise that the fundamentals of a business have changed for the better (or worse).

The technological revolution greatly affected the course of human history for better or worse.

We may fail to accomplish our purpose and we are almost sure to be considered ill-mannered or worse.

At external meetings I am sometimes left waiting in reception, or, worse still, am made to wait for guests at restaurants.

Treasury bills cost the government next to nothing now, and for better or worse, near-zero rates almost certainly won't last.

To expect a surging recovery from a debt-induced slump is wrong, but the US need not submit to stagnation or worse.

The euro zone still does not have enough firepower should contagion once again threaten Spain or, worse, Italy.

Or worse, will angry whites take out their disgust on black people by, say, denying loans, or jobs or housing?

At whatever table , they may find meat and drink of better or worse taste, dishes better or worse prepared.

At other times, materialism or worse becomes the message and local traditions get crushed.

For better or worse, knowledge of the web's technical limitations can sometimes inhibit creative thinking.

Their complaints are systematically dismissed or worse.

The hazards of drinking too much alcohol are as bad as or worse than the hazards of smoking too many cigarettes.

Many a woodworker has lost fingers (or worse) by forgetting this simple but very important rule.

With this ring I thee wed, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, for better or worse, till death do us part.

21st century bristles with challenges whose resolution for better or worse will depend largely on the quality of education.

If the equivalent of the schoolyard bully is now sharing your cubicle or -- worse -- is your boss, you're not alone.

ARTISTS routinely deride business people as money-obsessed bores. Or worse.

Second, will Lehman's bankruptcy make financial conditions better or worse?

Excuse me Sir, would you say that manners are getting better or worse in the UK?

Often you will feel like a small child, or worse, a complete idiot.

More civilians could get killed, whether by error, carelessness, or worse.

For better or worse, what others thought about you was starting to become more important, wasn't it?

Or worse. Every time Hollywood depicts an industry, it depicts a conspiracy of knaves.

The internal feeling is the same. The attraction is purely physical, for better or worse.

Comment: In greater Miami, including Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, one-quarter of mortgages are 90 days past due or worse.

And when someone plays a joke on them they don't laugh, they get embarrassed or, worse, they get angry.

With this moniker, others in the chat room may avoid you or worse, tease you mercilessly.

Geopolitics, for better or worse, does not come into it.

For better or worse, education is a process that involves revising the ideas, beliefs, and values people held in the past.

Or, worse yet, using language with your teenager that is more appropriate for a toddler?

This shift in focus could radically change monetary policy, but for better or worse?

Or worse, you're leaving school every other weekend to visit your significant other.

For better or worse, Hollywood became, in the 20th century, the cultural capital of the modern world.

For better or worse, parents have limited power to influence their children.

You click on the Download link, and you get a nice "under construction" page (or, worse, a 404 error).

I don't know if it will get better or worse.

In 2007 the United States exported $21. 7 billion-worth of scrap; if current trends continue that figure could fall by half, or worse.

This pushes the rendering semantics outside of the XML Infoset (for better or worse, I am not sure).

The rules of attraction might drive our initial decisions, for better or worse.

Washington's reforms may transform Medicaid in future, for better or worse.

But to suggest so today is to risk being seen as mad - or worse, Mandelson.

For better or worse, buying things is a way to engage with them and with the world.

Ms. Whitman has decided H-P will remain a behemoth hardware company, for better or worse.

Cross a new car off the list because the chances of a new driver putting a dent in it, or worse, are roughly 1 in 4.

The instant market information flows of today were not available, for better or worse.

A lot of people see the influence of others as a weakness, or worse, a restriction or even "pollution" of their innate creativity.

In my opinion there are very few cases where I would say one distribution is simply "better" or "worse" than others.

For better or worse, phrases such "the Cold War" and "the clash of civilizations" matter.

Will the product be buggy enough that profits will be eaten up by support costs or, worse, a recall?

This has been portrayed as a menacing act of policy leverage or worse.

Or worse, you feel no sympathy or understanding for me or my situation.

Imagine what that figure would look like if Japan paid the same level of yields as Germany (or worse still, Greece).

This is a mistake because, for better or worse, your business process should be distinct from your competitors'.

This is a dangerous situation that can result in a burst barrel or worse, and is really a case where " haste makes waste. "

My girl, today we had a fight, it is the same as before, cry and kick, or worse.

Now, the search is on to find out if other countries are buying up North Korean technology or, worse yet, bomb fuel.

It is true that Chinese firms are often interested in buying European companies to use their know-how in China (or worse, to steal it).

Why does anybody become a leader, or a hero, and someone else becomes a follower, or worse?

To top things off, exercising early will leave you more prone to injury or worse.

I carried the USP with no ammo for 2 weeks and learned I am not going to shoot myself in the foot or, worse, in the butt.

For better or worse, capitalism is a philosophy of addiction.

The continental breakfast included in the price was fairly average, no better or worse than other London hotels I have stayed in.

May be you don't have enough money or worse you aren't happy enough.

Betty: Nearly finished! I'm doing a composition: Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?

For better or worse, the Internet breeds a nasty habit of informality.

But on the Internet, for better or worse, it's called "viral marketing. "

We promise to love each other, for better or worse, through sickness and health, till death do us part.

That's 4 to 12 hours of reduced productivity, negative publicity, or worse, lost revenue for the business.