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Though China is at the centre of plenty of other disputes, its membership of the WTO has at least helped to moderate and regulate those.

He failed to lead from the centre; he failed to champion his own policies; and he delegated too much to an unpopular Congress.

The insurrection had made of the centre of Paris a sort of inextricable , tortuous, colossal citadel.

If all goes well for her, "Mac" , as he likes to be called, could be at the centre of American politics for another decade.

That depends on which nation is the "centre of main interest" for the company.

Do this by pushing up and down on the centre of the chest, with your hands interlocked together, constantly until an ambulance arrives.

The LIDAR is located near the centre of the airport. This enables it to monitor the wind patterns over the two runways.

The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is a behemoth with a mass four million times that of the Sun.

The Democrats were clever enough to tack to the centre at a time when the Republicans appeared to have lurched to the extreme right.

Keep your eyes on the centre of your opponent's chest. This allows you to see all of his movement.

THE hoardings on the slow car journey out of the centre of Jakarta are advertising just two items at the moment: smartphones and scooters.

The housings are easy to align: The housing base is square and cast markings on the side faces show the centre of the housing bore (fig).

So Cosmos kindly put us up in a very good hotel in the centre of Male, as we had to leave the resort at 15. 00hrs.

He entered a dense wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak.

He is as close to a liberal as is possible in a country where Communists are considered part of the centre-left mainstream.

Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, has decided to make climate change one of the centre pieces of his tenure.

It looks as if the wall was meant to end there but as soon as it was finished a second circle of battlements began to rise from the centre.

Even the Centre Party, a member of the centre-right coalition, seems to be warming to the idea.

Later, in London Burao Dayton a large-scale construction of the stadium, as a specialized organization of boxing ring and the centre.

Aerial photographs add another problem due to the distortion of the image as the point moves form the centre of the photograph.

Collections seem to be moving out of the centre of museums' focus and activities.

Do you think you'd be able to get the centre to break even within say six months? But remember, there's no extra money for major promotions.

When a normal bench round is fired the general result is for the centre of gravity of the round to be moved forward.

Remarkably, it appeared that vapour was bypassing through the centre downcomers as there was no liquid seal at the bottom of these.

The Inn itself is in the centre of old dali, perfect location, in an adjacent street with a cute little river passing in front of the door.

The HKMA reserves the right to close the Centre in case of emergency, or in the interests of safety, or for any other reason.

Once more, and for the last time on this earth, he was the centre of attention.

She was one of the teenagers who stay in the centre, whose parents take no interest in them.

With the primary season forgotten, Mr Obama is now sauntering towards the centre, ready to spar with John McCain.

He said it would be "catastrophic" if the centre lost its fight and was forced to hand over the data.

If you want to be right in the centre then this isn't the hotel for you but I would definitely recommend it for value and comfort.

Back in 1949, the Centre Court ball boys had to chase a squirrel off the hallowed turf while the players sat down to await the all-clear.

A CHEERY yellow building in south-west Houston may not look like the centre of an educational revolution, but appearances can be deceptive.

Mr Zuckerberg seems to suggest he has found a better way of doing it, with people rather than algorithms at the centre.

The opposite effect happens on the other side of the ball, where the air travels slower relative to the centre of the ball.

Just a few blocks away at the UN Pavillion, the centre of attraction was the well-known Laotian singer Aluna Thavonesouk.

As President of the United States, Barack Obama is usually the centre of attention wherever he goes.

The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would.

"Rio and Vida have missed a few games, which has given me a chance and it's been nice to be back in the centre, " the 30-year-old says.

The Centre will need to decide where to build its new installations, and reconstruction work may take up to a year to complete.

What was the selection process there in the centre circle, there was Jamie Carrigan - we were surprised when he took a penalty.

It's been a difficult week for Google, which has been at the centre of antitrust investigations and a controversial Italian court case.

He said the challenge is for the centre to become a stable, self-sustaining not-for-profit organisation.

Hovering somewhere near the centre of the circle, I try to work out why it all seems so familiar. Like being back in my very own landscape.

They have rethought the logic of insecticides, putting evolutionary theory at the centre, instead of a simple desire to destroy the enemy.

But "Fredo" , as the president liked to call him, was at the centre of two of Mr Bush's most controversial policies.

The centre-half has reached the zenith of his career, with performances that have been consistently outstanding throughout the season.

for it was usually more like the broad and lonesome green before a village meetinghouse , than the centre of a town's business.

The age of believing that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe, and that you were the only evolved Beings in it are well over.

Trainer Ros Boisseau said Mog was the first cat she had ever treated at the centre and she was 'amazed' with by his progress.

There it was, the rattler with its triangular head, all coiled up with its rattles in the centre and its head pointed towards you.

The centre-back snapped: "I am staying put and that's all there is to say on the matter. "

The centre is still operating today and through sheer serendipity we booked into a guesthouse less than fifty metres away.

He found that the centre of attraction was an old man with a performing monkey.

The centre storage bin between the front seats is nice and deep but a bit short in length.

Danny, a friend from home, came out for a few days during which we ventured out to Taksim, the centre of the city's vibrant nightlife.

but elections are won in the centre and, with the federal deficit bulging, reforming the state could be one of the main issues next year.

With Ronaldo gone, it is in United's best interests that Rooney is always in the centre of the pitch and at the heart of the action.

Now she was the centre of a little illumination of her own.

It is often the centre of a small group of friends who share the same hobbies.

The procedure involves inserting a small tube into a blood vessel in the wrist or groin and threading it to the centre of the heart.

She said the state was "never far from the centre of the nation's consciousness" .

Professor Eric Emerson, of the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University, said the findings on healthcare were not surprising.

The body said the Centre for Life would report back on its work and the licence variation would not affect any decisions.

The centre resembles a spaceship, giving it a distinctly alien presence in the heart of Beijing.

Next a brilliant throw from Reina set Suarez on his way. The centre came to Maxi, whose volley winged into the stands.

He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.

When the ends move upwards relative to the centre the ship is said to "sag" and the deck is in compression while the bottom is in tension.

And were it not for these latest revelations there is no doubt that the manager's plans would indeed be the centre of attention.

Yet in early October, the EPP and PES agreed to divide the two top jobs between them, with the centre-right getting the president's post.

The drama in the stocks of banks at the centre of the rumours, with Royal Bank of Scotland the latest hapless victim, did not permit that.

The findings are likely to shed new light on the state of marriage in Britain, which is at the centre of a growing political argument .

The intensity is given in terms of the maximum sustained wind speed near the centre of a tropical cyclone.

I didn't play with John when he was a left-winger, but I did have 45 minutes alongside him in the centre of midfield.

When we finally stop at the centre of an aisle, we pause and take stock, casting our eyes along the length of it.

Hit down the centre to disrupt the team work of the opposing team ; but hit to the side-lines for your aces .

Now it was almost the same, as Shiloh was near the centre of the land they were possessing.

The last statement is suggestive of the sun being recognized as the centre of the universe (solar system).

Construction, though, will not begin for a few years yet; the plans are not completed, and the centre's funding is not in place.

Japan's industrial belt in the centre and south of the country seems to have escaped largely unharmed.

I have heard the suggestion that this may be part of a German game plan to forge a small "core Europe" with Germany at the centre.

Yet this mountain of fading literary oddments is now at the centre of a fierce debate in the book world that is about to come to a head.

we often stroll around the centre of the town to see our friends as much as possible.

He starts here [between the centre-backs], moves here [midfield] but you can't be thinking too much about him.

By making their offering to the altar in the centre of the shrine, people found a connection with mother earth.

Of course, shyness is nothing bad, because there are loads of hyperactive people, who always have to be in the centre of attention.

Both the centre-right, which lost its majority but stayed in power, and the left-wing opposition, vowed to have nothing to do with it.

She was just incredibly tenacious and like those Dagenham girls, she wasn't the centre of her own world.

He plays in any position in midfield, he is finally living up to expectations and he is at the centre of Lazio's game.

The sun's rays, concentrated at the centre of the recipient, cause an intense heat which allows a flame to be obtained.

On closer inspection French Catholicism is not dead, but it is splintering to the point where the centre barely holds.

He was often utilised playing on the right side of Chelsea's formation or to provide the power and destructive element in the centre.

The writer was governor of Argentina's central bank and director of the Centre for Central Banking Studies at the Bank of England.

Udinese are ready to smooth Fava's departure and won't demand an excessive fee for the centre-forward.

But the children are chaperoned on all excursions and, while parents and relatives may visit, the centre is not open to outsiders.

The centre of diplomatic gravity, however, appeared to be moving away from New York.

Up to a thousand protesters gathered in the centre of Guangzhou shouting slogans, before police dispersed them peacefully.

If the centre-left is likely to be little better than Mr Berlusconi at reforming Italy, then technocracy has an irresistible appeal.

I enjoyed playing in the centre of defence at such a difficult ground after playing at full-back in Brussels.

James Elder, a spokesman for Unicef in Sri Lanka, calls the centre a genuine attempt to help child soldiers learn how to be civilians.

It was the centre of a great moment of synergy between Britain and Yugoslavia's communist-led partisans.

Kesteven Girls Grammar School was an imposing redbrick building, sitting on a hilltop overlooking the centre of the town.

The best identification was possible by concentrating on a sm aller im age of the centre of the joint rather th an the entire knee.

By no accident, it was also at the time the centre of an industry that has marked the West no less: banking.

Serious illnesses are usually referred to the famous hospital in the centre of the city .

"Head of a Woman" , Picasso's first large cubist sculpture, occupies the centre of a room devoted to that period.

Between 1815 and 1866 Frankfurt was the centre of the "German Union" as the meeting place of the permanent Union Assembly.

"The crisis emphasises that China is a pivotal world player, " says Bobo Lo of the Centre for European Reform in London.

It's not for me to say if I can partner anyone else in the centre.

The centre of this wooden disc was hollowed out to a diameter equal to the exterior diameter of the columbia d.

What was this classical pediment with a circle shape cut out of the centre?

Its southeastern and northern parts are surrounded by mountains, and a vast plain spreads across the centre of the prefecture.

The boom in Anhui and other parts of the centre is the result of a mix of government push and market pull.

We went down and both of us bailed, letting the bike crash into a cement planter in the centre of the wide hall.

Perhaps it was no coincidence that Chicago was also the centre of free-market economics.

Over the past three years, this little port district, a few minutes from the centre of Palma, has had a hell of a makeover.

Cut a small wedge out of the pineapple, make a cut in the centre of it and place the side of the glass.

In the Middle Ages , people believed that earth was flat and that it was the centre of the universe .

There's been some fighting, mainly in and around the international airport, but the centre of the city is mostly quiet.

Their other prizes include a year's free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car.

When protesters a few weeks ago strode through a Christian district near the centre of Homs, residents gave them water.

A piece of axle is arranged in a hole. At the centre and the sides, a hole for axle and a hole for fixing screw are respectively arranged.

A light well void is cut into the centre of the plan, creating a surprisingly generous sense of volume within the core of the dwelling.

Your dog should not be the centre of attention at all times, and should sit on your lap (if at all) only when invited by you.

Do not cross diagonally over a junction or use the centre island of a roundabout, unless there is a pedestrian crossing.

As the industry is the centre of the economic, industrial cooperation becomes the centre of regional economic cooperation as well.

The protest started after Friday prayers when worshippers spilled out of a mosque in the centre of the neighbourhood.

Three Pakistani cricketers at the centre of a corruption scandal have been banned from playing by the International Cricket Council.

Until last week, Simpson-Bowles had represented the centre of the fiscal debate; it was the basis for the Gang of Six's deliberations.

oh, that's a picture of me on our fourth day of travelling. I'm standing next to a famous founation in the centre of the city.

Then: Technology was beginning to be the centre of all entertainment.

"There is going to be a very broad content economy in the future and we'd like AOL to be at the centre of it, " Mr Armstrong says.

It looks like eight mad guys took a rubber boat, went into the centre of the Baltic Sea, and grabbed a ship full of lumber.

This tension, between the force of the material world and the will of the imagination, lies at the centre of this book.

But an undervalued exchange rate is at the centre of a development model built around exports and capital investment.

Return to the South West and rest the point of the incense a moment in the centre of the cross there.

They formed up in battle line, infantry in the centre, cavalry on the wings, artillery to the rear firing over their heads.

Sai Kung is the centre of the surrounding villages, and hence the name may refer to the areas in its immediate surroundings.

The centre is the name for moderate, middle-of-the-road parties and politics, scorned by the doctrinaire and idealist.

Most of these remain under wraps in large wooden crates strewn all over the centre's two floors.

I wish to note here the relation between the polarity of the drive cycle and something that is always at the centre.

The main entrance to the east leads into a circular open schoolyard atrium which is placed in the centre of the building volume.

If you happen to be at the centre of some of the action, know that you were aware beforehand that you would be there.

in the middle ages , it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry , specializing in swords and lace.

Now the centre and a dozen other organisations have teamed up for a "National Teach-In" , starting on July 19th.

The front lines are tasked with delivering the programs directed by the policy set at the centre.

They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite.

When cornering a tyre runs at a SLIP ANGLE, the angle between the direction of travel of the centre of the wheel and the plane of the wheel.

Whichever of the two big parties can win this floating vote in the centre tends to win an election.

Many of these consequences will be forestalled by the fact that no other country can yet replace the US at the centre of the global system.

Each of these operations is found to be the centre of an elaborate symbol system.

He said pro-poor policies, under the government's mantra of "inclusive growth" , were at the centre of his economic programme.

Crucially, Bartenev says he had no idea that the ship was, by now, at the centre of an international search.

Also known as the torus, this large doughnut-shaped structure sits in the centre of the reactor building at a lower level than the reactor.

It has been many centuries since the Mediterranean Sea was the centre of civilisation.

I walked out of the Porta Garibaldi and headed towards the centre of the city, determined to take in as many of the sights as I could.

All here who are analysts, have at least a vague notion that the axis, the centre of this term, is given by the following.

This places them at the centre of one of the hardest- hit segments of the global IT industry as a result of the economic downturn.

Migration is likely to be a contentious issue at June's European summit (see this paper by the Centre for European Reform).

The easiest example to consider is when at least one cut passes plumb through the centre of the pizza.

At the centre of the alleged conspiracy were a couple thought to have made millions by managing a network of brothels.

II radial with. By surrounding the composition of the Centre, with a sense of unity and vivid.

In its dancing, " regards athlete as the centre " and is " analyzed and sublimated artistically for sports intension that human-oriented " .

This may be illustrated by the following: Suppose a strong magnet to lie in the centre of a table.

Should it do so, the speed with which the centre of economic gravity would shift towards Asia could be even more astonishing.

The second explosion in less than 24 hours was also in the centre of Nairobi, and the police say it was a grenade attack.

Man is in the centre of this bionic project that recommends the balance between the human actions and the respect of environment.

The surface pressure at the centre of the tornado is shown in Figure 7. 26.

As China marked world suicide prevention day on Saturday, the centre said the highest rate of suicide was among the age group 15-34.

It was not very large, with houses around and grass and trees in the centre, just like the central campus of Cornell.

The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood.

There are theaters, bars and restaurants in the vicinity of the hotel but the centre is in easy reach so I did not use them.

Constantine is sitting on the throne in the centre (his head is missing here too) surrounded by toga clad dignitaries.

The centre ground became a heaving melee but on the Russian right things appeared to be going better for the attackers.

Now fate has put the Europeans at the centre of the showdown over the Palestinian demand for full membership of the United Nations.

The centre-left in Britain has run out of ideas, temporarily at least.

Note: The wind measurements were taken at the centre of the North Runway.

They were chowing happily but , aside from KFC , we were left with only an uninspiring Chinese seafood restaurant back in the centre .

Once the enemy launches a full-scale offensive, the Red Army effects a "retreat towards the centre" .

Yve-Alain Bois was a founder of the French journal Macula and a Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.

The actual stresses do not exhibit the discontinuity of slope at the centre indicated by the elementary theory .

The modern enterprise performance management is a widely used to develop human potential as the Centre of scientific management mode.

The name was taken from the Hinomaru, the Japanese flag, which has a white background with a red circle in the centre.

Miss Meadows, her hands thrust in her sleeves, the baton under her arms, strode down the centre aisle.

The axis of fear revolves around the US, the centre of the crisis in the money markets.

IN THE centre of Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital, a gleaming piece of Arabic script adorns the top of a new building.

There was no time to go into the centre of the city.

This secluded retreat is only a 20-minute drive along bamboo and tree-lined avenues from the centre of the bustling city of Hangzhou.

The Centre wants farmers to be able to claim carbon credits for increasing forest cover.

FOR a man who has placed "hope" at the centre of his campaign, Barack Obama can sound pretty darned depressing.

and the point to be taken as the centre of reference in the said tests.

As the two teams gathered in the centre circle for the penalty shoot-out, Mourinho made a point of shaking the hands of the match officials.

Also, most previous dinosaur humps have been found around the shoulders or the centre of the back - this hump is further towards the tail.

The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the schoolroom, and oblige them to stand there till the sermon was finished.

Who says coffee tables have to be drab pieces of heavy wood hogging the centre of your living wood?

This explains his oft-expressed disapproval of the Centre Party, which, he says, drags Catholicism into the mire of dirty politics.

In his own lifetime, Galileo was the centre of violent controversy.

National paper quality test center of the Centre is the only State-bureau authorized national paper inspection bodies.

In the centre of Nice, this hotel with a new spa lies close to the beach, casinos, pedestrian and shopping areas and train station.

In recent days there has been a general flight for safety from the periphery back to the centre.

"Air China has always been the favoured child, " said Peter Harbison, chairman of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.

So far so good, but what if none of the cuts passes through the centre?

However, as a female and a fellow human, I feel that pain of being the centre of needless speculation.

San Francisco is gone. Noting is left left of it but memories and some houses far from the centre of the city .

The Tivoli is a newly renovated middle-class hotel close to the centre of Zurich, located to the west of the city's new commercial district.

If an attacking aircraft was exactly in the centre between the two beams, the pilot 's course would be continuously illuminated.

The urban railway (S-Bahn) departs every 10 minutes and will bring you to the centre of Munich in less than half an hour.

He adds that generics companies held much-needed expertise and that the centre's goal is to leverage skills, not to compete.

A circle of light appeared suddenly at the centre of the scene. It lit a feminine silhouette, sitting sidelong on a chair.

But isn't moving to the centre just sensible politics as the primary turns into a general election?

The star at the centre of the system in question is 55 Cancri A, a yellow dwarf similar to the sun that lies 40 light years away.

Municipalities were allowed to retain some of the taxes they collected on the centre's behalf.

You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there.

He assured him the Centre would be finished and, just to show him how easy it would be, He picked it up.

The gas must be far hotter than the dense matter at the centre of the sun for fusion to happen.

One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the centre for senior citizens every morning.

There's one opposite the centre. If it's for a child under 16, you don't have to pay.

From earlier results using much less data, the positron cloud seemed to be spherical and centred on the centre of the galaxy.

In many countries, particularly in Africa, lack of staff is at the centre of the health systems challenge.

The centre is intended to create a secure breeding-stock of vultures that may eventually be released into a diclofenac-free wild.

The tower will be the centre piece of a $20 billion development that will include residential, commercial and retail property.

The featured Chinese trawler is at the centre of a September incident that brought Sino-Japanese relations to their lowest point since 2005.

As a cooperative learning method that regards student as the centre, Problem - based Learning (PBL) has been applied to nursing education.

The centre was closed after the authorities fined the group Rmb1. 4m, saying it had failed to pay its taxes.

the centre is equipped with a computerised mobilising system linked to all fire stations , ambulance depots and fireboat fire stations.

And by the evening, this film was being shown in a movie theater in the centre of London.

In courting pro-privacy voters, the centre-right tries to make it seem that the menace is data collection by business, not by the state.

John Maynard Keynes once proposed a global currency, the Bancor, to be placed at the centre of the international monetary system.

The centre-left is now tipped to win a forthcoming presidential election, mainly because voters feel the need to protect the poor.

In most states candidates must tack to the centre in the general election. In Kansas this looks increasingly unnecessary.

LADY GAGA is at the centre of a bidding war - to save tea from hot water.

The Prime Minister is at the centre of a political row over leaked Cabinet documents.

The Netherlands would not be the centre of the global flower trade were it not for Schiphol airport.

As in Formula I racing, the lower the centre of gravity, the faster the boat will move.

One possible route would be to seek the formal or informal support of the Green Party, traditionally part of the centre-left grouping.

The Centre for Economic and Business Research forecasts that 19, 200 jobs will go in the City of London over the next two years.

One from the Centre for Security Policy urges Americans to "Vote as if your life depends on it. Because it does. "

He remained Frank Lampard's near-permanent partner in the centre and was our fourth most used player in his first season at The Bridge.

"Asia and China are the centre of gravity of the world and of our business, " Mr Green said.

The centre-left mayor of Naples, Rosa Russo Jervolino, warned Mr Prodi of the looming crisis a year ago.

On Sunday he waited outside the centre with his wife the whole day until the exams had finished. He planned to do the same on Monday.

But the centre half, once high on the list of reasons why England could win a World Cup, has turned into one of our greatest anxieties.

The centre of this symmetric distribution describes the average of the effects, while its width describes the degree of heterogeneity.

The centre of India's imports of oil and gas, its economy is growing by 11% a year, above the national average.

Heme, a complex heterocyclic compound, is an organic molecule derived from porphyrin with an iron atom at the centre.

All this constitutes the centre, and this centre is the cause of division.

The opposition leader's tactics will come under closer scrutiny from voters now that Mr Abe is no longer the centre of attention.

This time the centre-right government wants to save money by scrapping a pricey early-retirement scheme and raising the pension age.

The Peach Garden yard out on the tender green leaves, and then the leaves in the centre bear the pink buds.

Asia is at the centre of an inevitable development of our digital world: the coming mineral wars.