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'It's just not clear to me that the Chinese government is able to direct these things in such a grand strategic sort of way, ' he said.

In the early years, it was unclear how much Mr. Gates was pursuing each opportunity as it came, as opposed to carrying out a grand strategy.

There was a sense of a grand reunion in the midst of this historic event.

"We must have a grand christening for her, " said the King , who was delighted to have a daughter.

America, after all, has always been a grand experiment in compromise.

Every woman I see leaves his office with a beatific smile on her face, as if she was in the throes of a grand passion.

Each year, it takes place in a grand Capitol Hill auditorium full of members of Congress and a hundred or so Washington notables .

Yet despite all of them issuing a grand-sounding "Berlin declaration" , little of substance seems to have actually been settled.

I would like to hold a grand wedding. How big is out on how much. Let the world of all the people know, I am marrying.

Mr Obama and his Republican adversaries have previously opened the door to such a grand bargain.

Sophorae shade of a grand opening, which looks like the turnover of the spray, near look like a powder snow Yingying, gratifying!

The poor performance of the two big parties may make a grand coalition between them more likely after the forthcoming federal election.

The company rewarded him for his years of service with a grand farewell party and several presents.

He feared us so much--and with reason -- that he caused himself to be represented as dead, and had a grand mock-funeral.

Angolan Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos held a grand ceremony to see him off at the parking apron of the airport.

Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, "Richness, can you take me with you? "

When a defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, a local judge or magistrate will fulfill a role comparable to that of a grand jury.

The broad land along the Huangpu River is being used for a grand- scale construction project that even includes a large new airport.

He proposes a grand bargain: swap Britain's veto over European integration for the right to opt out of any EU policy area.

Now in economics, at least in Micro-economics, would such a grand unified theory appear?

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat.

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you? "

In the two or three months before a new election can be held, he might try to put together a "grand alliance" of the main parties.

As he tilted his little wooden platform over the curb, his eyes met mine. He greeted me with a grand smile. "Good morning, sir. "

After such a grand entrance, it seemed the scaredy-cat was more than happy to make an even quicker exit.

Leo is one sign that loves to make a grand entrance, and with Mars in your sign all month, you'll be able to do it with style.

Gasol was an All-Star once before in 2006 with Memphis, but it was not such a grand time.

One of the few things the French make on a grand scale. Artistically done, too, as if they cherished a deep affection even for the symbol.

But all I could see was that this was a grand chance to test the accuracy of my work, of my hobby.

Meanwhile, negotiations over a "grand bargain" to eliminate America's gaping deficits seem to hinge on sweeping tax reform.

So all this turned out to be a grand charade -- and politicians are great at charades.

Bent over a Grand Prix, I glanced from Nick to Mary Ann for signs that everything was, all of a sudden and horrifically, out in the open.

The general manager of the company made a grand financial mistake and was sent into prison.

I can spare two hundred a year for a grand purpose like this.

He was rewarded for his years of service to the company with a grand farewell party.

My personal experience, they will pay for a grand funeral and cry in front of all relatives to show how much they love the dead relative.

What we have extant right now, at the beginning of this system, is the U. N. Security Council as a grand jury. What can they do?

Among them, there was a CEO of a grand German firm, who always had to go back and forth between Tokyo and Osaka, for business reasons.

The time comes for you to repeat this wonderful legacy and once more forge a grand star-nation.

We set out on Saturday morning, armed with the name of a grand old coffee place.

One of the things I am most thankful for is the fact that I have grown up in a nation with a grand tradition of optimism.

while his wife anticipates a 'Grand Ensemble around the Union Jack' which to her is the figure of Empire.

the count of san - felice announced a grand masked ball , to which all that were distinguished in rome were invited.

Miranda: You think a dozen roses and a card that says "Best wishes" qualifies as a grand gesture?

In a huge sideways jumps called a grand jete, a skillful ballet dancer seems to float fro an impossible length of time.

Obama held a grand day honors at the White House ceremony, and one by one each of the Medal of Freedom winners hung around the neck.

Although he has previously explored such a "grand bargain" privately, he has never before laid out a credible formal plan for one.

You know how it happens, the very week that I make a grand post about how I clean my house. . .

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: A grand jury in New York recently charged a man and his wife with hoarding one hundred cats.

We had a grand doctor from London once, who told me to go out in the fresh air and try to get well.

The design includes a grand green roof that, although it seems to slope at quite a precarious angle, is accessible for people to walk on.

Richness was passing by lov tiffany & co outlete in a grand boat . love said, Richnesse , can you take me with you?

In a parliament with five parties (counting the CDU and CSU as one) the only pair that can be sure of a majority is a grand coalition.

It was her fifteenth birthday and everyone gathered to hold a grand birthday party for her.

But, just as he did with integration, Lewis is staking his future on a grand idea.

It is time to stop pretending that we are about to see a "grand bargain" for the eurozone in March.

After all is said and done, history is made up of "stuff" and is not just a grand scheme.

We all liked the place. There was a marketplace, a grand tower, with all these strong soldiers in it and there was the wall.

Look around you and accept that every soul you see was once like you, a grand Being of Light that existed in the higher dimensions.

The individual policies do not add up to a grand design.

That's not to mention the negative press that's sure to follow such a grand and global display of wealth in the midst of economic hardship.

That day, mothers are dressed in costumes, the embrace of the children in the capital city of Bangui, held a grand procession.

When we go home to see the favor of the parents are jumping, their mood had no less than a grand festival, ineffable feeling of happiness.

We performed for the Sealord of Braavos once, and he laughed so hard that afterward he gave each of us a . . . a grand gift.

It was such a grand entrance for that monster, how did that come about?

A decade later, a coy Monroe stands smiling on a Grand Central subway platform as a man to her left stares in bug-eyed disbelief.

"I'M A margin-of-error guy, " Jon Huntsman cheerfully admits to an audience of a few dozen at a grand lakeside home in New Hampshire.

It was my first time back in Finland for quite a long time, too, so it was great to turn up as a grand prix winner!

Some people from the city were coming, and there was to be a grand feast.

Sean ran back to home plate on the bases, all for Sean loud cheers as he hit a grand slam and for the team to win the hero.

The company promoted him to general manager, doubled his salary and held a grand celebration.

So when she heard about a race being held with a grand-prize of five kilograms of the best cheese, she knew she had to win.

As you may know, President Obama initially tried to strike a "Grand Bargain" with Republicans over taxes and spending.

Then there will be a grand opening event, to which celebrities and potential customers will be invited to browse.

And Britain had become too insignificant to provide the subject of a grand narrative of progress in the style of Macaulay.

The area at the foot of the staircase is like a grand living room with an open kitchen and dining area with bespoke concrete tables.

The World Bank tries to lead the economies of these countries like a grand dictator making all the errors which we've all come to know.

Often the word antebellum summons up images of ease, elegance, and entertainment on a grand scale that disappeared in the postwar years.

Question of the Day: Would you be willing to pay almost a grand to know what your genes say about your health and ancestry?

The depth of a novel, or the excellence of its artistry and ideas, does not depend on whether it has a grand theme.

Subsequent pages tell of "A grand old party to war in a rush, and a quiet Dick Cheney whispering hush. "

She came into a grand room, the of an loom.

Romance is neither the Fabio hair nor a grand, sweeping moment with a crescendo of music and flowers raining from the sky.

If you need more detailed information, please contact us, we will plant all sincerely willing to work together with you, a grand exhibition!

This progression toward full consciousness means that a grand transformation is rapidly overcoming the control of the dark.

A nuclear weapon requires other work too, but all this would get any bomb-builder off to a grand start.

The obvious answer had always been they were the work of a grand designer.

He vividly conveyed the strangeness and wonder of Cantor's theory by telling a parable about a grand hotel, now known as the Hilbert Hotel.

She had married an attorney in Memphis and he had bought her a grand piano.

Then, co-ordinated government action on a grand scale stopped the global financial crisis from turning into a depression.

With no experience of any sort in joint, continent-wide planning, the delegates arrived at a grand total of $28 billion.

A grand total is added to the end of the report, and group totals are added to any groups that exist on the report.

Music, like the architecture and painting of the time, was . majestic and designed on a grand scale.

The Eight Conference of CPC was a grand assembly in CPC' s history and made lots of valuable attempts in socialist construction.

Sheldon: Excuse me, but a grand unified theory, insofar as it explains everything, will ipso facto explain neurobiology.

The next day, most unfortunately, was a grand event.

The concept of Marriage has had a grand birth, an auspicious acceptance, a fluent growth, but what it is going through is a helpless decay.

Geely Khan to greet an old friend of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuanfang and a former Thai, in the Shi teeth off a grand banquet held.

The door of science, a grand popular scientific photo exhibition, is being held at the China Central Television Tower.

It was supposed to be a grand one, with dinner and dancing under a canopy of old oak trees in Brazoria County.

Although a grand idea, Tesla's tower would produce too much pollution and noise for it to be practical.

On this anniversary, festivities include open air concerts, speeches and a grand fireworks finale on Monday night.

I had thought that he was planning a informal press conference, but it turned out to be a grand banquet.

Fuyu Tower emerges layer upon layer just as a grand mansion or palace with delicate decorations inside.

The law gives the members of a grand jury broad immunity for actions taken by them within the scope of their authority as grand jurors.

The buck-a-year salary is a grand gesture, intended to broadcast the CEO's confidence in the future of the business.

One of the flip sides of longevity, he points out, is that the average age of those who inherit is a grand old 67.

She performed a grand toilet as if for a ball.

Especially in the "eye point" this important part of it is also necessary to hold a grand ceremony.

We are very pleased that these things are happening on such a grand scale but we dearly desire them to roll out at a much quicker rate!

It was such a grand view that it aroused strong emotion in us sightseers.

needless to say , it was a grand opening befitting an equally grand occasion.

One day, the young man came to a grand temple, luckily the abbot there was a senior monk.

Those looking for a grand design for the international order are destined to be disappointed.

The Senate referred the case to the Justice Department, which convened a grand jury that never indicted the company.

She used her microphone to break into a glass case, where a grand piano sat waiting.

Its more religious groups that oppose it in such a grand way that the voters will control the congressmen go they want to get re-elected.

Now arrived the abbot and several hundred monks and nuns , all drawn by the prodigious smoke, and all in a grand state of excitement .

What a grand monument! It seems to be scraping the skies.

The emperor's procession was on its way to a grand square, half way between the palace and the court church.

Thenceforth, everything was done on a small scale, instead of on a grand scale; for lucre instead of the general good.

Yes. You know, to win a match in a Grand Slam always gives you a lot of confidence.

If the economics of such a grand bargain are compelling, the politics are daunting.

Third, Hillary had billed Madison for a grand total of twenty-one hours of legal work at the Rose Law Firm over a two-year period.

By the beginning of the 15th century the time was ripe for a grand meeting.

It was such a grand view that it B roused strong emotion in us sight-seers.

the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right.

The most conventional would be a "grand coalition" between the two biggest parties: the CDU and the SPD.

Sandberg said Prince Daniel's speech, delivered on such a grand stage, gave a big boost to his public image.

Fu Yi-day enrichment - the only domestic fund industry fund a comprehensive assessment system, from easy day Fund launched a grand network.

This book is in many ways a grand synthesis of his previous works.

He called for a "grand bargain" , in which Pyongyang would give up its nuclear programme in return for security guarantees and economic aid.

"That's true enough, " she said. "But we had a grand time. "

Day came, and she was transformed again into a grand Lady .

When was the last time you saw a runway in the middle of a grand boulevard?

The actors seem to be having a grand old time.

China, like any other country in these circumstances, is rightfully proud of the first Chinese female to capture a Grand Slam title.

Being in love is a grand priviledge, , that you really have to work at to hold on to.

Pembrey wasn't sure how you would test such a grand theory, and he put the idea aside after the Acta paper appeared.

Gillenormand, who was a grandfather to the very finger - tips, was not in the least a grand- uncle.

I now have two bedrooms , a sizeable living room and a large sunny south-facing balcony with a grand view of the city.

But the enigma remained. He pitched the idea to Fox, but in the process of developing it, he said, "a grand new mythology" emerged.

After all, the whole thing is, from at least one perspective, a grand cosmic joke.

Second, if the US can treat with North Korea, which has the bomb, can it reach a grand bargain with Iran, which (so far) has not?

Many thoughtful diplomats have called for just such a "grand bargain" between America and Iran.

A more serious complaint was the way the books were presented in a grand TV finale earlier this month.

Climate change could be the biggest story of the twenty first century, affecting societies, economies and individuals on a grand scale.

Unlike China, its rival rising power, India lacks a grand strategy or concept of its role in the world.

Do you not think the grand theft within Kern County, which the local sheriff did NOT respond to, is cause for a grand jury investigation?

It's not meant to be a grand new doctrine or policy, they insist, rather a modest "strategy" for protecting the defenceless.

President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor held a grand ceremony at the airport to see him off.

"Inventing Herself" is an account of women, from the 18th century to the present, who lived life on a grand scale.

While it might be a frightening moment, it's also a grand opportunity, Campbell said.

Mother and Father let her move into our nicest Guest Suite complete with a grand bath, and a large balcony.

Most states also require an indictment by a grand jury when a defendant is charged with a felony.

Yet the time for the government to put a grand plan into action cannot be far away.

However it is not our role to insist that a grand prix takes place in a sub- standard venue.

Such a grand trial, let the opportunity challenge.

"There is a grand parade in the city in two weeks time, " he said.

Also needed is a grand bargain to tackle the informal economy, in which labour-market reform is linked to a stronger social safety-net.

have turned a small training class into a grand school, a magnet to millions of admirers of learning.

But he chose instead to plunge in, seduced by the chimera of a "grand bargain" with John Boehner, the Republican speaker.

She was reluctant to imagine taking the next step of winning a grand slam, despite the best wishes of 1. 3 billion people.

Planning to document the war on a grand scale, he organized a corps of photographers to follow the troops in the field.

In 1949, Don Helms signed on again with Hank Williams, who by then had become both a Grand Ole Opry star and a compulsive songwriter.

So I said what if we created a Grand Challenges Explorations category: new ways to prevent pregnancies that are not hormone based.

But it would certainly put her in the way of a grand marriage, and she won't say nay to going.

The emperor respected her will and held a grand marriage for her.

The Beijing Paralympic Games is also a grand gathering for people with a disability from across the globe.

A grand stairway connects the four main floors of the building, with the function level and wedding chapel located beneath the lobby.

If you want a flashy hotel with a grand lobby with fancy restaurants, this is not the place.

The last few years have seen environmental disasters on a grand scale, and experts are predicting far worse to come.

Such an exercise of informal diplomacy on a grand scale cannot help but change U. S. -China relations. It may even change the world.

For such a grand feast with so many guests but limited courses, the chefs have undoubtedly done a wonderful job.

Battle through a first round, quarter finals, a semi and a grand final to win the cup!

By telling the story of a grand feudal family from prosperity to destitution, the novel sounded the death knell of the feudal society.

As tested, the unit came with a 20. 1-inch widescreen monitor (that'll add close to a grand to the price).

It's a grand idea that many people are dying to try out to see how well it works.

But while Beijing has a grand plan for the greening of China, the country's trash pickers are decidedly not part of it.

the ritual celebration of the company launched a grand theme wedding!

But if any hope of such a grand bargain remained, it evaporated this week.

On Thursday she took it up a level: Li became the first Asian player in the Open Era, male or female, to reach a Grand Slam final.

Jim is called before a grand jury and thrown in jail by a zealous prosecutor.

Winona Ryder is making a grand return to the spotlight, and she's sharing some tricks of the trade she's learned along the way.

And a grand social campaign that gradually educates the hundreds of millions in the importance of the law is proceeding into greater depth.

A broad avenue led up to a grand entrance with huge doors.

When his fingers were wrinkled, the bath water cooling, and the wine long gone, he decided dinner would be a grand idea.

Public recrimination may just be part of the process of hashing out a grand bargain in private.

It was a grand experience to watch the TV animated cartoons Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck at Disney World, Florida.

From the earliest days of the single market, EU leaders have attempted to square this circle by presenting the project as a grand bargain.

In return for certain magic items, the Earth Faerie will give one of your pets a grand feast!

And Democrats are aiming at a grand health-care "reform" that could cost taxpayers $1. 5 trillion over the next decade.

Our excavations also established that the tomb had a 'grand entrance' for members of the royal household.

On Sunday, he entered the game against the New Jersey Nets at the end of the first quarter, and played a grand total of eight seconds.

He was in Heaven, and was witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels.

At one point one group started up with "You're a Grand Old Flag" while its rival belted out "We Shall Overcome" .

On the same day he was granted bail, Strauss-Kahn was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly assaulting a maid in a Manhattan hotel.

Diners at the Hotel Metropole in Monaco are still willing to shell out 137 euro for a grand dish of rock lobster.

He gave a grand party for friends and relations.

Arthur Ashe was also the first African-American to win the men's singles competition at a Grand Slam event.

Yesterday's hearing was the military version of a grand jury.

Such professional groups should be doing more to tackle bribery on a grand scale that was facilitated by some of their members.

Tomorrow will be the opening of the fall exhibitions organised by the Beijing Morning News show, a grand-scale , comprehensive services.

This was neither a grand nor a comfortable house, within and without it was antique, rambling and incommodious.

Liu's season began auspiciously this month with a dominant victory at a Grand Prix event in Osaka, Japan.

The construction of modern sports power is a grand goal of sports development since the reform and opening up.

After standing aside for months, Mr Obama took the opposite approach: nothing short of a grand bargain would work.

After reaching the last eight of a Grand Slam for the first time, Murray cannot wait for Wimbledon next year.

But he was tried and found guilty of lying to a grand jury and was sentenced to prison.

On the day of the marathon, there was a grand parade of all the competitors.

It was a grand seven - hour spectacle consisting of songs , comedy acts, and acrobatics .

Sometimes we all expect our birthday to be a grand, joyous occasion and then it turns out quite flat.

However, in 1939, there was still no major political constituency for a grand system of highways to link the nation more tightly together.

It is a grand goal and a very arduous task too realizing Central Plains economy rising to prominence.

The construction of harmonious society is a grand systemic engineering, which needs the public participation in legislation.

When completed, it was the largest and costliest library building in the world and a grand showcase for knowledge and learning in America.

This happens more as a result of delivering software more frequently than as a grand social media or collaboration strategy.

A Delan Mabo have been deeply moved by the unique dance steps, inviting him to attend a grand ball.

For this helpless king, the monk provided timely help . So a plan that building a grand temple started hatching in his heart .

Among many attractions, it has a five-star hotel, a grand concert hall, an upscale shopping mall and Asia's largest revolving restaurant.

A few days later, Colonel Amos and together held a grand party.

Warmly invite you to visit the owner held a grand welcome and will express my sincere gratitude.

But gradually Chinese visitors began staking out a grand tour of their own design.

They are like the all-important first notes to a grand and bold symphony.

The modern Olympic Games are a grand event of peace and friendship for people around the world.

By reading this page, we hope to take you on a grand tour and let you experience fun and culture around the world.

The king of the Netherlands remained head of state until 1890, when Luxembourg gained a grand duke of its own.

They celebrated it with a grand community feast wherein the friendly native Americans were also invited.

These tickets have a grand history: Lotteries were used to fund the American colonies and helped bankroll the young nation.

Both Alonso and Briatore, however, agree that claiming victory in a Grand Prix will be an almost impossible task this season.

First, I am very grateful to the manager of Pan-Asia Trading Company for his graciousness in holding a grand reception like this.

Li Na, the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title, has seen her best form since opting out of the state-run system in 2008.

A grand total of a few minutes spent in the outside world, even when the weather is good.

And for all we know, this could be part of a grand tourism plan.

People with a Grand Cross in the natal horoscope have protection, but too high to conjecture a direct attribution.

For, in marked contrast to many of his colleagues, Koren produces his cartoons on a grand scale with intensity and passion.

When the fisherman got home, he found his new house had become a grand building, with trees surrounding it.

Remember that you are living out an illusion, and that it is holographic in nature and it is more like a grand game of life.

Chinese tennis star Li Na became the first person from Asia to win a Grand Slam on Saturday with a stand-out individual performance.

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is a grand celebration of sport, a grand celebration of peace and a grand celebration of friendship.

Foremost among them is Tian Di Yi Jia, which occupies a grand old courtyard house in a lane just east of the Forbidden City.

Christian theology sees the end of the world in certain terms, with a grand God coming to reward the good and to punish the wicked.

But there is a clear danger with such a grand vision, of rushing into anything and everything.

Later, South African President Mbeki headed the cabinet ministers to hold a grand welcome ceremony in the Presidential Palace.

This ship was a grand and beautiful one, and not knowing any better at the time, I was lead to believe this was heaven.

But his days are numbered. Plotters are seeking to replace his government with a "grand coalition" .

Its members could strike a grand bargain that deploys the ECB's balance-sheet and some form of Eurobond in exchange for fiscal integration.

Seeing Latin America as a grand strategic prize rather than the object of congressional politicking is Obama's fundamental challenge.

Here he has taken a dramatic but simple image of nature and elevated it to the status of a grand metaphor for humanity and history.

Many scientists are understandably nervous about tinkering on a grand scale with the atmosphere and the oceans.