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"They have had a somewhat sobering experience of trying to do that, " he said, pointing to SAIC's experience with Ssangyong.

That sobering realization led to a careful reassessment of every aspect of our mutual relationship to the prospect of such a war.

Bean-counters in Austin, the state capital, had come up with sobering projections, but none of these were official estimates.

We pay a comedian more for a few hours' entertainment than a Cabinet Minister can earn in a year. It's a sobering thought.

The last four weeks, however, must have been a sobering period for Premier Wen, and not only because developers began to lose their nerve.

Ashley Judd offers a sad, sobering look into the home life of her famous family in her new memoir, "All That Is Bitter & Sweet. "

All of which adds up to a simple and sobering verdict about the real state of the U. S. economy.

For a world that still looks to the US for economic, political and diplomatic leadership, it would be a sobering moment.

Upon sobering up and looking at the notebook in which he had written his drug-addled thoughts, he saw only gibberish.

But the other reason, he said, is more sobering: Few academics are clean enough to point a finger at others.

A dire warning from her doctor and a sobering family history got Mary's attention.

The sobering reality, however, is that none of this is going to happen anytime soon if it will ever happen at all.

But, secondly, the issues raised are sobering; indeed, if you read this report, it is hard not to feel a sense of deja vu.

The death of Nancy Spungen in October 1978 was a sobering moment, driving home to its management that things were getting out of hand.

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Tea is also rich in various vitamins and, for smokers, it helps to discharge nicotine, strong tea proves to be a sobering pick-me-up.

The most sobering perspective on Sun's chances without a deal come from the company's own chief financial officer.

That is a sobering thought in a world ready to re-embrace relatively carbon-free nuclear power.

Yet behind all this self-congratulation lurk more sobering considerations.

That sobering moment taught Sully to be vigilant and alert. For a pilot, one simple mistake could mean death.

Cynical as it may sound , it may take a sobering economic downturn to drive home the need for further change .

But here's a sobering thought -- the three words most often used to describe a real cardiac event are "arrest, " "attack" and "failure. "

Meanwhile , it can be sobering and instructive to watch the speed with which high-profile people are publicly humiliated these days .

As the XIII International AIDS Conference drew to a close, some exciting news as well as some sobering figures came to light.

No sight has ever been so sobering as that fuel, hundreds of gallons of it, streaming past my window out of the plane's tanks.

Well, here's some sobering facts about parenting. Most studies of parenting on which this advice is based are useless.

Another sobering thought hit her: "I knew at that point that there were very many executives that wouldn't last a year. "

Regardless of what happens next, today's events are a sobering reminder that the two Koreas remain officially at war.

Now, after a year to crunch the numbers properly, the more sobering reality is sinking in.

The National Safety Council has compiled a list of the odds of perishing in a variety of accidents which makes for sobering reading.

Grandfather's words are sobering sense of wind, with a glass of tea, a taste of the hearts of the people!

Still, Friday's jobs report was a sobering reminder of that.

It is sobering to see the effect of my thoughts on the law of attraction.

HEALTH check of America's housing market is bound to be sobering.

The main conclusion was sobering: "It was local people themselves who provided almost all immediate life-saving action. "

The next morning was a cold, sobering one for these executives.

The statistics that you are about to read are incredibly sobering.

It is a sobering thought, and I now know why the dwarves say the Legions charge is the battlefields most frightening sight.

Colleagues of mine have travelled to the two areas concerned to interview those involved. And the news they brought back was sobering.

They make sobering reading for British and American leaders, as they decide whether to double-up or cut their losses in Afghanistan.

It is sobering to realize that before SCUBA became available, we did not even know that these powerful, distant systems existed!

A sobering question was posed recently on the Web site of the Connecticut-based Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

The sobering lesson: even the best efforts to eliminate hunger are expensive, slow and uncertain of success.

Martin Weitzman, a Harvard economist who has been driving much of the recent high-level debate, offers some sobering numbers.

However, while many Americans dream of a financial windfall that would take care of them for life, the reality is sobering.

This holiday season you may find your company party budget a bit sobering.

I like the summer evening, as if in a day after learning that only the evening is the most sobering moment.

Which brings me to the second paradox: sobering up about our smallness and maintaining faith in our greatness all at once.

But the Gulf Coast is a sobering reminder of what can go wrong in a catastrophic storm.

today's events are a sobering reminder that the two Koreas remain officially at war.

Japan offers another sobering lesson: its policy flexibility was heavily circumscribed by politics.

In these optimistic times, this report provides a sobering reminder of the daunting challenges we face.

In a country already jumpy about terrorism, it is a sobering reminder of the nearness of death.

The sobering expense of high-speed train travel has tempered the expectations of even the strongest rail advocates.

In national parks across the country, the impacts of climate change are sobering.

If households are slow to shrink back, it has sobering implications for many industries.

According to her, this sobering scenario will occur every month without proper government action.

It will be sobering, covering the descent into the Vietnam war that overshadowed Johnson's domestic accomplishments.

But for Americans wondering what their country's big spending on health care really buys, the conclusions are sobering.

That same warning has been reproduced in other clubs' most recent financial reports, including Hull City's and, most sobering, Liverpool's.

But a study by Michael Greenstone of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came to a more sobering conclusion.

Climate change is essentially irreversible, according to a sobering new scientific study.

But some assessments of the technological challenge ahead are sobering.

The economic numbers emerging out of China are sobering.

Here is the second, perhaps more sobering thought: AIG built this bomb, and it may be the only outfit that really knows how to defuse it.

Patients in the rapid intubation group were subjected to extubation after sobering and sent to the care ward.

Social skills are vital, because our greatest victories and most sobering defeats will be with and through other people.

That was sobering. After almost a decade of HIV awareness public campaign, L's parents thought that AIDS was like flu?

Farmers like Braga are abiding by stricter rules and safety programs to curb the area's sobering track record.

Hardly life-threatening for Germany's biggest bank, but sobering for the industry.

Your criticism had a sobering effect on me .

In an era when most women prefer to focus on their skills, it's a sobering idea.

The evidence from these attempts is sobering for proponents of an RTC II.

He describes his two months in prison as a "sobering experience. "

VISITORS to Zambia who are pushing 40 face a sobering fact. Were they locals, statistically, they would be dead.

'I am sure that many Japanese will experience a very sobering moment about the changing character of our economy' today.

Its assessment provides a sobering counterpoint to excitement over "green shoots" of recovery seen in some recent economic data.

After so many body-rocking tunes, it's like any sobering slap: a real downer.

Is also edible raw Chinese radish, which can be received sobering effect.

The sobering fact remains that decrepit infrastructure makes Chinese-style growth of 10 per cent or higher unattainable.

Milk sobering law: drunk can drink more milk, so that protein coagulation, protecting gastric mucosa, to ease the absorption of alcohol.

When Germans look at Europe's periphery they see economies that partied when they should have been sobering up.

The sobering photos of how smoking damages people's lungs should motivate smokers to quit.

We're expecting a sobering job report at the end of the week.

The statistics are staggering and sobering, but is there anything to be done about them?

Meantime, the really sobering realisation is that they almost got away with it.

But the wave of closures and lay-offs throughout the industry was sobering.

Mr. Fukuyama ends "The Origins of Political Order" on a sobering note.

This carries sobering lessons for European leaders.

Overall, it paints a sobering picture of global trends in governance.

This carries sobering lessons for European leaders.

Overall, it paints a sobering picture of global trends in governance.

This sobering truth can serve as a warning for our lives.

We are expecting a sobering job[s] report at the end of the week.

But the most sobering fact may be that Texas's water woes are structural.

This is one of the most sobering truths about being a parent.

A sobering fact about the Olympics is that few contestants get to wear an olive wreath. Most do not win even one contest.

This is a sobering prediction. However, even this may be an underestimate.

However, the results were more sobering for Japan and the European Union.

The larger lesson of the recent crisis is sobering.

The larger lesson of the recent crisis is sobering.

It's a sobering thought, but these crashes are preventable.

The impact of diabetes on health and economics is sobering.

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Global trends in governance are sobering.

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The bad news had a sobering effect.

The implications are sobering.

A more sobering lesson for the DPJ is that voters are sick of half-baked policy proposals.

Well, here's some sobering facts about parenting.

The movie's insights are startling and sobering.

The sobering lesson is that conventional policy may not prevent a prolonged deflationary slump.

A sobering mind is the basis of correct decisions.

For Facebook, which has itself never known anything but outsized growth, this is a sobering thought.

The genetically controlled studies have some sobering results.

By doing so, the entire industry receives a sobering reminder of just what it takes to make change happen in business.

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The report about global warming had a sobering effect on many people.

It's sobering to think that children might spend more time each day with strangers at daycare than they would with their own parents.

Yet 2009 is a sobering year from which to look back.

The gun was heavy, cold and very sobering.

The sobering fact is thatin recent years the most important attempts to forge global cooperation have ended in failure.

In the wake of a sobering recession, U. K. households, for example, actually began paying down some debt.

It's a sobering prospect.

The sobering truth about the single currency is that getting in is a lot easier than getting out again.

VISITORS to Zambia who are pushing 40 face a sobering fact.

A sobering reflection of this is the loss of $30 trillion dollars in equity prices globally.

Last year, more than 570, 000 people died of cancer, still a sobering number that experts hope to shrink in coming years.

After analyzing the magnitude 9. 0 quake, scientists in Japan and the United States are making that sobering conclusion.

A sobering new book, " Why Boys Fail, " by Richard Whitmire, cites mountains of evidence to make the point

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The Effects and Potential Mechanism of Xingnaojing Combined Naloxone in Sobering Acute Alcohol Poisoning Rats up

That doesn't mean the outlook for retirement is completely bleak. But the sobering trends have several implications, analysts say:

A wise friend introduced us two. And through his sobering point of view

Japan's sobering experience of quantitative easing

Specifically when it comes to IT and its impact on energy consumption, here are some sobering statistics