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U. S. intelligence officials believe water scarcity is shaping up to be one of the main potential drivers of future global conflict.

The International Air Transport Association says 2009 is shaping up to be one of the toughest years the airline industry has ever faced.

SO FAR, 2007 seems to be shaping up as the "year of global warming" .

Problem is, the way the Obama administration is drifting, the fleet is shaping up to be default jailers in the war on terrorism.

2007 is shaping up to be the most exciting year since the community drove off the XML highway into the Web services swamp half a decade ago.

Well, you know, you know, it was shaping up as a great tie, and Argentina's never won the Cup.

But even with the late year snow storms, the National Retail Federation says the 2010 holiday season is shaping up to be one of the best.

I've got to know Jordan and he's shaping up to be a decent young man, ' Shem told The People.

Which means Occupy is shaping up to be one of the most unlikely case studies in the history of marketing.

'The recovery is shaping up to be better than expected, and we are forecasting global growth of 4% this year, ' he said.

The elections are shaping up to be a very tight race, and no single party is expected to score a majority of seats.

He won't have too much time to answer philosophical questions in the next weeks as he is shaping up for that will be a busy summer.

It was the largest bankruptcy in U. S. history, and now it is shaping up to be the most expensive bankruptcy in U. S. history as well.

Monday night, the spotlight will turn to the finals of the men's 110m hurdles, and it's shaping up to be a great one.

And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king, indeed.

He should like training and inter-acting with young people as he would be involved in shaping up young graduates into professional traders.

Windows 7, which hits stores in October, is shaping up to be the best version of Microsoft's widely used operating system yet.

Burma's elections are shaping up to be the detestable sham the dictatorship's sternest critics have warned.

Hours before the panic began, there were signs that Thursday was not shaping up to be a humdrum day.

Another about a young nun coming of age is shaping up to be a corker.

This Christmas is shaping up better than I thought!

We see 2008 shaping up as a year when low-leverage capital will displace highly leveraged owners and buyers in both the US and the UK.

In Wall Street terms, 2011 is certainly shaping up to be a bad year.

The new students seem to be shaping up quite nicely.

As casualties mount on both sides, 2009 is shaping up to be the deadliest year yet for coalition troops - twice as deadly as 2008.

He's shaping up to be a rather formidable actor.

I would start off with a simple outline drawing to settle the approximate shape, and then start shaping up each feather quite roughly.

Lay down the law. Tell him pay rises and bonuses depend on him shaping up and watch his attitude change.

The night was shaping up to be the perfect date .

Born in Israel in 1961, he moved to Amsterdam when he was 30 and is shaping up as one of Europe's most idiosyncratic choreographers.

Rather than being a contest between policies, the election is shaping up as a referendum on Thaksin and his bitterly divisive legacy.

The public's evaluation toward the ecological problems is shaping up due to many subjective and objective factors.

Earlier, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino made this comment to reporters when asked about legislation shaping up on Capitol Hill.

It is shaping up to be a war of numbers.

The top floor of the building will be renovated as a dining hall. It's shaping up.

At the time, the newly opened World Trade Center was shaping up as a huge mistake.

The naval battles are really shaping up as an awesome new facet to Total War's traditional line-up of epic campaigns and land battles.

The last week of the campaign is shaping up as a vigorous push and pull.

A far more dangerous confrontation could be shaping up outside the South China Sea, with an even older and better-armed rival.

So how China manages its exchange rate is shaping up as the most decisive -- and divisive -- policy issue in the year ahead.

Political analysts say this year's presidential debates will be crucial in helping voters decide what is shaping up as a very close race.

At the same time, so far as Aileen was concerned things were obviously shaping up for additional changes.

That gave us a chance here at Svengali to see how the movie was shaping up, which was helpful and exciting at the same time.

If you want your suits to survive, dry-clean them infrequently. Instead, have them steam-pressed when they need shaping up.

The evening is shaping up just as I wanted it: silent.

Wang Zhaojun by a simple image of historical figures, the history of literature rich gradually shaping up.

We didn't have enough scepticism and should have known from simple human instinct that things were not shaping up the way they should.

Slowly the language started shaping up and now we have countless thousand dialects.

Nearly halfway through the year, 2009 is shaping up well for leading firms when it comes to profits and bonuses.

Green technologies like solar panels and wind turbines offer a glimpse into how this competition is shaping up.

This paper presents the importance of undergraduates' shaping-up class viewed from dialectic relation of internal cause and external cause.

I've been coaching two high-jumpers for the next meeting and they're shaping up very nicely.

He is shaping up a set of notes for publication .

The "AudienceofOne" describes the way that the modern electronic entertainment industry is shaping up.

Providing some aid to imperiled homeowners at the same time as financial firms is shaping up as a standard Democratic demand.

Most of them are shaping up that way by the time they are in primary school or even in nursery.

The second half of the year is shaping up more favourably and he plans to increase prices by 3-5 per cent.

Ken's plans for the business are shaping up nicely.

At club level, Liverpool have suffered a few early-season losses but how do you feel the season is shaping up?

Financial-system-wise, it's shaping up as a big summer for Shanghai's financial markets--in fact, a big decade.

Let's look at how the battlefield is shaping up over in the Middle East.

Sleeping dictionary shaping up all right?

View what is shaping up as an exciting development.

Everything was shaping up well there.

Hope everything shaping up well!

The year 2007 is shaping up as the period of wealth management in Taiwan.

The new recruits are shaping up nicely.

"The winter oilseed crop is shaping up very well, " Parvez Kader, managing director of Liberty Oil Mills Ltd.

Q: With winter testing complete, how do you see things shaping up?

You can also use social media to shame yourself into shaping up.

Things are shaping up well.

I'm game. It's shaping up. I need a receipt.

At present, the legal community does not shaping up in our country.

And with an attittued like that, I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king, indeed. (Zazu)

you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king indeed

So how is this premier league shaping up?

On Shaping up Mechanism of the Counterfeit and Shoddy Products and Its Comprehensive Treatment in Economic Transition of China

It's shaping up to be a lonely day

Shaping up the Block Scale in Creation of Urban Design

what else ? - just shaping up some things

How to nurture students'body beauty awareness in dance shaping-up classes