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Moran is right, it is simple: and yet, for such a simple message, its cultural penetration has been patchy, fluctuating and disappointing.

"Enforcement is still patchy but our office in Shanghai is having increasing success, " she said.

HALF a year since the Arabs began to shake off their oppressive slumber, the picture is patchy.

We'd been on a bit of a high following the wins over Bilbao and Everton but our other results had been somewhat patchy.

But some US policymakers privately complain that European backing is patchy and tends to go up and down with the euro.

He deserves congratulations for winning such a vote even in the face of a costly war and a patchy economy.

The good news is that the blooms tend to be really patchy, so it may involve going just a few miles up the road to find an unaffected beach.

Progress may be patchy, but at least the OGP's non-governmental members will be able to make plenty of noise about it.

Yet fortunately, the newspaper undertakes much of this on my behalf, leaving my own brand-building efforts amateurish and patchy.

And since gambling is a state rather than a federal issue, any legalisation of online gambling is likely to be patchy.

Its success outside America has been patchy: just 9% of its subscribers in London have ever bought anything from it.

And its ability to make inroads with businesses could be hurt by perceptions that the quality of its consumer service is patchy.

He said tighter credit conditions and other headwinds would make economic recovery "patchy and slow. "

And if that list is a little patchy in terms of quality, that's growing minds for you.

A patchy brown or dark brown skin discoloration that usually occurs on a woman's face and May result from hormonal changes, as in pregnancy.

SARS served as a lesson, but one that apparently has not been well learnt: China's reporting of bird flu outbreaks remains slow and patchy.

The Fed's stimulus plan is the central bank's third definitive attempt to aid the U. S. 's patchy economy since 2008.

The over-grazing of India's spectrum is already beginning to show in dropped calls and patchy reception.

China all along did permit some access to its securities industry, but inroads for foreign firms have been patchy.

Public discontent may be filling the campaigners' sails, but political support for reforms is still patchy.

'The question really comes down to enforcement, ' Mr. Xing said. 'In practice, compliance had been patchy. '

Aid and power supplies remained patchy in the northern region of Japan stricken by an earthquake and tsunami.

A delayed predator-prey system with periodic coefficients and with ratio-dependence in patchy environments is considered.

We know, too, that this early, patchy picture can change very quickly.

The countryside was a patchy landscape interspersed with secondary forests that invaded fallow agricultural areas.

For weeks data on the American economy had been patchy, indicating a spluttering recovery.

The size of the population and the patchy health system increase the risks of a serious outbreak.

We walked back to my house, and into the light, Christina slowly lifted her long hair and revealing patchy , bald spots.

The nodules are patchy in distribution, involving different parts of the lung to varying degrees.

They have made it virtually impossible for government officials, whose presence here in the hinterland is already patchy, to function.

In his office in Delhi, listening to Vivaldi, Mr Ramesh criticises "uneven, patchy" implementation of the scheme.

The patchy credit histories of subprime and low-documentation borrowers made it hard to model default rates accurately.

That led to patchy drug distribution and patients not having the supplies to finish their treatment, which again led to drug resistance.

The nodules are scattered and patchy in distribution, and predominate in the upper lobes. Some of the nodules are peribronchovascular.

At higher magnification, the pattern of patchy distribution of a bronchopneumonia is seen.

Contrast-Enhanced CT Scan of the Chest Showing Extensive, Peripheral, Patchy Infiltrates (Arrows) Throughout Both Lungs.

Provision for older pre-school children is better but still patchy, and the hours are usually too short to allow parents to work full-time.

The country still feels elephantine, its infrastructure is rickety, its electricity patchy, most of its roads unpaved and potholed.

Results: Patchy consolidation, ground glass opacity, wedge-shaped shadow, "mosaic oligemia" etc can be seen on plain CT.

The full moon reflects brightly on the water surface and also illuminates the tops of low patchy clouds over the border (image center).

In contrast to his patchy performance in Congo and elsewhere, Mr Moreno-Ocampo is trusted by many Kenyans.

Electricity is patchy. Taxes are low, with a topincome-tax rate of 17% and a corporation tax of 35%, but they arehideously complex.

Welcome to Seoul where leaders from the G20 major economies are trying to find a way to reinforce a patchy global economic recovery.

The global industrial recovery remains patchy and may be losing momentum, a raft of reports released yesterday suggested.

I also have a similar number of published columns and a couple of memoirs to refer to if my recollection gets patchy.

The Gazans are in effect under siege, with intermittent water and electricity and patchy supplies of medicine and food.

Agriculture officials rely on patchy information about global supply and stocks of food commodities, hampering policymaking.

caused by water, showing patchy, its color is usually higher than the deep color.

A preliminary report from the bipartisan commission on contractors, published in June, complained that oversight remains patchy.

Recent months, moreover, have brought particular hardships: high inflation, a patchy monsoon, a slowing economy and vanishing jobs.

At a more cephalad level, patchy consolidation and ground-glass opacity are visible.

EMA immunoreactivity of ependymoma is characteristically dot-like in the para nuclear region, and patchy and membranous in meningiomas.

The economy has long-standing weaknesses, including congested transport, unreformed schools and patchy skills.

Current treatments include steroids applied to patchy skin and phototherapy.

Such litigants often face laws that are ambiguous, courts that rule inconsistently and patchy enforcement of rulings.

Furthermore, they say, liquidity and corporate governance are patchy and political risk remains a factor, particularly in Egypt.

From what outsiders can gather, the performance of Russian forces was patchy. A joint Belarusian-Russian headquarters worked poorly.

Erected around Turkey's vaguely worded anti-terror laws these cases can be patchy and sometimes absurd.

Today, a woman tries to both sides of the sons of raising its patchy.

Lateral groups of nephrons are affected more than central ones, leading to patchy atrophy with variable degrees of severity.

Africa's record of governance remains, on the whole, poor and its respect for human rights patchy (see map).

Also compounding the risks are patchy zoning rules in Chinese cities, which sometimes mean homes closely surround factories.

HRCT shows ill defined patchy areas of ground-glass opacity. Focal areas of lucency, representing air trapping are also visible.

A forlorn-looking maple tree stood in the center of a yard of patchy grass, mud, and twigs.

Risk- free areas displayed patchy distributions nationwide, and patterns were mostly unchanged.

Progress during the period has been spectacular, in spite of having to compete in a tough sector and a patchy track record in the past.

'The fact is that growth, although patchy, is still intact, ' said Edward Meir, a senior commodity analyst at MF Global.

However, progress in implementing these self-imposed rules advocating transparency and accountability has been slow and patchy.

Even if the video picture of the performance style, and most are patchy in the creation of individual artists.

A second problem holding commodity producers back is Brazil's patchy infrastructure.

Instead, Egyptians got six decades of autocracy, with generals manning the machinery of state behind a patchy sham of democracy.

Many voters and analysts point to his patchy record in implementing his reform agenda during his time in office.

While implementation was initially patchy, the regulations are now being more rigidly enforced.

Whatever the cause or causes , the results are showy but patchy, and initially pokey .

The patient's chest radiograph revealed patchy infiltrates scattered throughout both lungs.

Rectal sparing and patchy disease activity is not characteristic of UC patients with PSC.

Despite some excellent universities and hospitals, the quality of education and health care is patchy and uneven.

It is more likely to confirm a patchy rule of law and highlight the slim chance of doing business fairly in such an environment.

Sometimes senior jobs are shared in the public and voluntary sectors, but even there the record is patchy.

Teaching about sex and relationships was "patchy" in many schools and often "too little, too late" , she added.

This process takes four to eight weeks: If cured too fast, the leaf will become patchy , if cured too slowly, the leaf will rot away.

Meanwhile, the state's efforts to pick technology winners have been patchy.

In particular, Europe and the US remain in a pickle with economic recovery looking slow and patchy.

They say that would restore America's moral credibility and would allow it to draw attention to Turkey's patchy human-rights record.

On presentation, the thickened collagen distribution in the antrum and body was variably patchy and diffuse.

Patchy low cloud is clipping southern Victoria and western Tasmania, that's causing the occasional shower.

In Germany senior figures point to the barriers, such as patchy child care, that keep too many women out of the workforce.

Over the past 18 years, China has introduced rules against market manipulation, fraud and insider dealing, but enforcement remains patchy.

But the evidence that Goldman and Mr Tourre actively misled IKB about the transaction, as opposed to not disclosing everything, is patchy.

Pathomorphological features incloded large patchy necrosis, degeneration, and inflammatory changes of carcinoma tissue.

But instead of prioritising them, the international community's response has been "patchy" , "incoherent" and "very fragmented" , they say.

The NSC has made a reasonable if patchy start, but it has a lot to prove.

And for all the fine-sounding rhetoric in Phuket and in Chiang Mai in 2000, Asian co-operation is patchy in practice.

The recovery remains patchy at best, but the determination of both New Long Marchers is undimmed for now.

Compared with China's trade with other countries, though, those numbers are tiny and progress is patchy.

The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all activities.

Surveys about attitudes to marriage are patchy and subject to a lot of reservations.

Apple has a patchy record of securing patents and trademarks in this fast-growing but challenging market.

Your work is always patchy.

Britain has a creditable, if patchy, record on innovation compared with other countries.

Some long-term problems are unsolved, such as a low rate of participation in the workforce in the workforce and patchy public services.

Typical findings include patchy ground-glass opacity (80%) and small ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity (80%).

Progress is patchy, or too slow, or entirely stalled, as is the case with maternal mortality.

Thumping head, dry mouth, bleary eyes, patchy memory - the hangover fug is familiar to many.

When it comes to soothing catchphrases, the party has a patchy record.

Despite the inspiring rhetoric that accompanied the adoption of the UN's "Education For All" goals in 1999, progress has been patchy.

South-East Asia's existing network of railways is creaking, patchy and underfunded.

Foreign investment has been patchy of late and even India's indefatigable entrepreneurs seem disheartened ( see article).

From what outsiders can gather, the performance of Russian forces was patchy.

Public services are patchy but improving, as is infrastructure.

Despite his patchy record Mr Yudhoyono will win outright on the first ballot with more than half of votes cast, according to opinion polls.

In addition, the nodules are patchy in distribution and predominate in relation to thickened interlobular septa.

Also, growth appears distinctly patchy when looked at industry by industry.

The modern world seldom intruded here: the Wi-Fi signal was patchy and few cars passed by.

But the reporting of storage levels is patchy and inconsistent, making it difficult to assess.

Yet other data showed the manufacturing rebound is patchy and uneven.

The MDC has lost quite a lot of support because of its patchy performance in the unity government.

After all, Anglo-Australian miners have a patchy record (hello Rio-Alcan) when it comes to buying Canadian companies.

In unregulated markets quality control is patchy.

Not surprisingly, investment in water has been patchy and neglected.

Indeed, even when someone's memory is patchy, he will still do his best to spin the information he has into a credible yarn.

There are focal pinpoint to patchy elevated yellowish white lesions on the intimal surfaces.

Enforcement of rules to make operators deal safely with half of their tailings by 2013 has been patchy.

Figures from other big firms are patchy, since they are private partnerships.

The most common reason for this is probably childhood infection with the mumps virus, which produces a patchy orchitis.

Simon Samuels of Barclays Capital says disclosure has been patchy to date.

Mr Reid says that such community involvement has been patchy in Scotland.

And sadly, the police response in this country is very patchy.

Implementation of the reform has been patchy.

X-ray chest film or CT showed multi-node and patchy consolidation.

Such nightmares are worse in India, where the courts move with Dickensian speed, or in China, where the legal system is patchy.

Global sex research is patchy and incomplete.

The signs of improvement are patchy, however.

But her record as a manager is patchy.

Barack Obama wants to bring 46m or so uninsured Americans into his country's patchy health system.

But it also has a patchy record in picking the boss.

India will continue to play catch-up with China for some time as coverage is patchy .

And although wireless broadband connectivity is widespread, it can still be patchy and unreliable.

Efforts at international economic co-operation have a patchy record.

The translation is patchy in places too.

The 59-year-old Mr Rubalcaba is a wily and enthusiastic politician, but his track record is patchy.

with alopecia areata , you will notice small and round patchy hair loss on the scalp.

Such "war gaming" has a patchy record.

Though the track record for women's economic empowerment from previous financial crises is patchy, we know it can be done.

But that is unlikely to happen while mobile-internet connectivity remains patchy.

Going back further still, to 1770-1854, the records are much more patchy.

The response by donors has been patchy.

The data on these differences are patchy, the study's authors acknowledge.

Outside the financial sector, there is anecdotal evidence of hiring in other areas, though it is patchy.

Of course, to patchy view, what the government prefers to use is " perfect " .

Trouble is, data is patchy.

My knowledge of science is patchy.

Her work is very patchy.

But progress on an agenda of confidence-building measures drawn up last year has been patchy.

The uptake of biotechnologies in developing countries is increasing gradually but remains patchy.

My uniform was a white top and cerise tube skirt that I bought in Topshop, dyed a patchy shade of grey, and wore rolled as high as possible.

Permanence and Existence of Periodic Solutions of a Predator-Prey Patchy Model with Dispersal and Time Delay

The focus in long bone appears patchy geographic type, the courser of its long axis was coherent with the stress bone trabecula;

Existence of Positive Periodic Solution for Three-Species Nonautonomous Predator-Prey-Chain Patchy System

Dynamical system model with predation risk in patchy habitats and its numerical simulation research

Stable Patchy Distribution of a Metapopulation

The Clinical Observation that Patchy Hair Loss Patients were Treated Combined with Injection DeBosong and Electromagnetic Instrument

Lesions contained intratumoral small or large patchy necrosis;

the horizontal structure of communities showed a patchy distribution;

Patchy feeling of heat in organ areas of body (which passed)

World Cup 2010: Frank Lampard confident despite England's patchy form

Causes of Widespread Patchy Shadows on X-ray Film

Patchy productivity in the open ocean