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Most people can't make a dent in such a pile, so they either read at random or discard much of it in frustration.

Indeed, decreased Western consumer demand will dent China's economy as well as that of any that relies on exports.

Joker: You know, for a while there, I thought you really were Dent.

And the invasion of Humboldt squid seems to be making a noticeable dent in the local population of hake , experts note in a new study.

Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most student have hardly made a dent in the word so far.

It notes the United States will grow by less than three percent, not enough to make much of a dent in unemployment rates.

The image in the Canon is of a solid wooden door: a ball of string thrown at the door won't leave a dent at all.

But cost does not seem to be the explanation: previous hikes in tuition fees did not dent demand from rich or poor.

"Hurricane Ike threw us a hard punch, but it did not dent our spirit, " he said.

To put a dent in the total number of cats, at least 71 percent of them must be fixed, and they are notoriously hard to catch.

One positive consequence of our current national crisis may be at least a temporary dent in Hollywood's culture of violence.

Haley, though, is not optimistic that Western companies will be able to make much of a dent in the way China's real estate market operates.

The only callus on his thumb from all the text messaging he engaged in. There was also a dent on his index finger from where he wrote.

Whatever the dent to national bravado, or to the free-enterprise ideology, the phrase "too big to fail" suddenly carried an American accent.

There was another loud crash and another big dent popped out in the door.

the doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent.

Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

The past decade made a disappointingly small dent in poverty, but it may be the best time the poor will know for many years.

But to make a real dent in auto pollution, these plug-in cars will need to scale up to hundreds of thousands per year.

In its World Economic Outlook report the IMF also said that growth was not strong enough to make a "major dent in high unemployment rates" .

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But even the most horrible tales seem to do little to dent the hopes of Yolande, 21, who works as a maid and hairdresser.

Such a scheme could put a noticeable dent in British carbon emissions, but greens concerned about the local environment are unhappy.

nbsp; A woman got a dent in her car and took it in to the repair shop.

Or something like Giff: fish-pale, naked, bloody dent in his head, squinting, holding his glasses in one hand.

Mr. El-Erian and Pimco founder and co-CIO Bill Gross say that the package did little to make a significant dent in the U. S. deficit.

SPOILER: Early in the film, a witness on stand pulls a gun out on Harvey Dent (Two-Face) during the trial and tries to shoot him.

If it fails, with delays in reconstruction or other problems, it could dent the military's reputation.

There were other experiences like this, where I tried to dent that I really wanted to wear female clothes.

Continuing joblessness, years of weak investment and higher public-debt burdens, in turn, will dent economies' underlying potential.

Over the years, plenty of companies have labored to put a dent in that massive market share.

Even if things do come in and make a dent on the mind, you're going to know it, you're going to see it because you're right there.

The lifting of the ban is only a small dent in Syria's wide-reaching controls on freedom of expression.

Mitsui officials showed pictures of a large square dent on the rear starboard side of the ship's hull.

I'll try to help you make a dent in some of that work.

On the home front, almost two years of controls on the real-estate sector have finally started to dent investment.

As well as a heavy financial blow, the collapse of the venture would dent Fortis's ambitious China expansion plans.

Lucy: John is going to go crazy when he sees the dent I made on his new car.

Tools vendors are committed to making a dent in this space, however, in large part because analog is no longer a separate world.

The president acknowledged at his first cabinet meeting that the new effort wouldn't put much of a dent in the budget deficit.

You sure that was the truck? I got a look. There's not even a dent.

They'll be licking their chops if they get Dallas, but Portland won't have enough scoring inside to put a dent in the other Western powers.

The International Energy Agency had reported that high oil prices had begun to dent consumption growth.

But a pandemic would dent hopes of a rapid recovery from recession, by providing yet another reason for gloom to continue.

He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.

I'm trying to pop out this dent, but it's not really working.

Despite where one buys music, the players are likely to hold the key to who may eventually put a dent in Apple's dominant market share.

Experience shows that higher capital requirements do dent credit growth, at least in the short term.

Will large developing nations such as China make an effort to put at least a dent in their soaring levels of pollution?

Whether these measures will do much to dent the allure of car ownership in Beijing or elsewhere in the country remains to be seen.

A third candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, hopes to make a dent in a few Southern states.

To make a serious dent in poverty, India needs to keep up economic growth of around 8% a year.

although it could make a major dent in malaria deaths, researchers are hoping for something far better in the long run.

Neither Yahoo nor Microsoft, nor any of the myriad of search startups, has made a dent in search advertising. AdWords reigns supreme.

Even if none of the food on diners' plates is from Japan, ongoing fears could dent the popularity of Japanese-style cuisine worldwide.

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The economy needs to grow by at least 7% per year to make a dent in high unemployment and poverty levels.

To this Hsieh Ling - yun answered that when a stu -dent is still in the realm of Yu, whatever he does is learning, but not Enlightenment.

But beyond that, officials investigating a huge dent in the side of the M. Star are still some way off establishing exactly what happened.

None of this movement stuff has ever made much of a dent in our larger network.

Nonetheless, the report noted "weaker prospects for North America, where high oil prices may have finally begun to dent oil demand" .

And if I go get a warrant for the investigation of Harvey Dent's murder?

More importantly, creating this network is highly unlikely to make much of a dent in transportation mode splits.

I don't expect this result to dent confidence any more than any bad result does or any end to a good run dents your confidence.

Reflecting the possible dent it could put in profitability, bank shares tumbled, pulling stockmarkets down sharply around the world.

That dent is not big enough to be worth hammering out.

Were you in a leading position when you were a college stu-dent?

Though the USDA's goals seems wholesome enough, few believe the guide has made much of a dent in the country's burgeoning obesity epidemic.

The results will put a dent in the capital that banks have been raising from governments, sovereign funds and shareholders.

It reckons its new rules will boost the economy in the long run and only slightly dent it in the short run.

No, you merely need enough to stay in business, to keep moving, to make a dent.

I've been working all day, and I have hardly made a dent in my work.

A cup of water upset into a dent place on the ground only can float a small piece of grass or a leaf.

Recently my teeth have needed attention and I've been going to the dent-ist pretty frequently.

Though unlikely to make much of an economic or political dent, al-Salman says it reinforces the protest's new, more subtle message.

The embarrassing stories about his past made quite a dent in his reputation.

That could dent margins and compromise the sense of freedom its managers so obviously enjoy today.

We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here? --Steve Jobs.

Then you let Dent take your place. Even to a guy like me, that's cold.

Growth will not be measured against the worst of the slump; and faltering recovery in the G3 will dent exports, however well China does.

Our dreams of the quadruple took a severe dent when we surprisingly squandered two points at home to a depleted Bolton side.

A big dent popped out in the door, knocking Zedd to the ground.

And Evra says he has been warned by the United boss not to report back to Carrington if France put any dent in Scotland's qualifying hopes.

One reason for the nasty mood on Capitol Hill is the voters' angst amid a slow recovery that has failed to dent the unemployment rate.

The boy shoveled and shoveled, but he didn't seem to make a dent in the pile of sand.

Bartender: Dent! I thought you were dead! Harvey Dent: Half. . .

Perhaps Hulu just wants to stay in the black while hoping to make a small dent in the number of users rampantly pirating video.

The rise in coffee prices is just the latest dent to a country already dealing with rising food and utility costs and higher mortgages.

But side effects are a problem, and it's unclear whether the findings will make a dent in an addiction that affects millions of Americans.

After failing English exams, Chen's first five doctorate stu-dent candidates failed to obtain their degrees. In art.

Through experimental investigation, the critical loads for different dent lengths and different cylindrical shell lengths were obtained.

Although raw materials continue to climb, an economic slowdown in China could dent prices significantly, he said.

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A: We worked all day and still didn't make a dent in this paperwork.

1000 inmates in Blackgate Prison as a direct result of the Dent Act.

Were here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?

Let me tell you the truth about Harvey Dent.

The additional boost from new projects that are yet to be started will not make a big dent in the economic picture.

We'e here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?

The encyclopedia's bosses retort that such concerns are overblown and that taking advertising would dent its appeal to users.

When aluminum is hit, you can see a dent. Composites, though, spring back to the original shape, which could hide internal damage.

But average paychecks have remained flat, which means higher gas prices could put a serious dent in consumer spending.

Attempts to shift the oil by road and rail have made only a small dent in rising inventories.

So far, none have managed to make a dent in the search market.

By rallying support for their cause, separatist leaders may hope to dent turnout at the next state election, due by November.

A large stack of little tasks can feel overwhelming, but often just a few minutes of work can make a sizeable dent.

And it may be unable, in spite of its much fuller coffers, to make a serious dent in the problems of the global economy.

After many weeks of work, he had scarcely made a dent in the number of combinations that must be tested.

He redirected his negative thoughts into positive ones, and set a goal of earning 3 times the money needed to fix the dent.

Beijing had aspirations of turning its railway companies into global champions, but the accident is expected to dent their export prospects.

Beijing had aspirations of turning its railway companies into global champions, but the accident is expected to dent their export prospects.

A US recession would dent Chinese GDP growth by 1 per cent, he said.

Firms' spare capacity also means that investment will continue to fall, while rising unemployment threatens to dent consumer spending.

The only dilemma is that consumers are yet purchase these recycled items in enough quantity to even make a dent in the waste problem.

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I'd like an estimate for repairing this dent.

on him. It was not a crush, it was a dent.

The dent is not big enough to be worth hammering out, we can fill it in.

The increase for individual items seems small but has put a dent in their fixed pension income, they said.

The bigger threat now is the reverse: that slower economic growth and inflation dent corporate earnings growth, sending share prices lower.

The shrinking of the financial sector may have caused a permanent dent in the public finances.

This will further dent backing in the West for an increasingly bloody military entanglement .

Corruption and bureaucracy was far too entrenched in the economy for legislation to make a dent in the economic crisis.

Removing even the most brilliant entrepreneurs of the drugs business does little to dent the forces of supply and demand.

Another limitation on production is underinvestment as lower oil prices dent profits and companies struggle to get credit lines.

But this won't make much of a dent in the bilateral trade balance or bring back jobs.

In fact, I would be a dent in Tyler's fender if he hadn't acted so quickly.

True, negative chatter about copyright violations continues but has done little to dent business growth or investor appetite.

A disputed ranking, or the recent slump in orders, is not about to dent Donggaocun's ambition of becoming China's violin mecca.

Such tensions are unlikely seriously to dent the institutional protections built around central banks in recent decades.

A bigger concern could be that writing down underwater loans wouldn't make enough of a dent in the problem.

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The Great Depression made not a dent in this exponential progression.

European stocks drifted lower Tuesday amid concerns that China's latest effort to tighten lending rules could dent global growth.

This forced almost every professor to order new textbooks and that really put a dent in our wallets.

Barbara's comments are another dent to Berlusconi's image, with polls showing the summer of scandals has helped push down his popularity.

The increase in the quarterly contract price will either push up steel prices or dent steelmakers' profit margins.

But he's skeptical that traps can ever catch enough mosquitoes to make a serious dent in populations.

That is not enough to dent a rising unemployment rate, which is now close to 15%.

By these figures, it doesn't appear like Google is making too much of a dent in the market.

Tom was worried that his parents would go bananas when they found out that he had put a dent in their car.

The cost of climate protection would barely make a dent in that growth.

In this paper, contact analysis was used to form local dent on riser under spherical indenter.

Even a mild pandemic, we discovered, would likely make a noticeable dent in global economic output.

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But exercise may be an inexpensive way to put a dent in those statistics, the study says.

The Montreal Protocol and subsequent amendments have made a major dent in the problem by banning the use of most CFCs.

What's more, far from making a dent in your wallet, dried cranberries cost mere pocket change -- just 50 cents a cup.

Since then, Google has launched Google Voice and Google Chat but has barely made a dent in Skype's market share.

Here's the car I rented last week. Sorry about the big dent in the door.

Still, Joffe does not believe that the loss of a drone helicopter will make much of a dent militarily.

China's households might not be broke, but if the value of their property falls they will feel poorer. Will that dent consumption?

The spot gas market, it argues, is too small to dent Gazprom's position; shale gas production has big environmental risks.

To make a real dent in unemployment would require a lot more money.

A sustained increase in the price of oil certainly could dent demand from major trade partners.

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Executives, however, refuse to draw conclusions about a slowdown that only recently started to dent earnings in the past quarter.

Peter studied all evening, but hardly made a dent in his homework.

Remember the day i borrowed your brand new car and i dent end it?

For ordinary Chinese the new rules and restrictions have put an unmistakable dent in the city's Olympian zeal.

It is shown that the strain strengthening will obviously improve the strength of sheet steel and the local dent resistance.

Luckily, flaw ground put out to tear still so to the dent.

The front of the car has a dent in it.

"This will make a big dent on industrial production for the month as capacity could be down quite a lot and price will likely rise too. "

Nothing made a dent in my stubborn conviction that I hadn't been there when he'd needed me the most.

Ms. Rice's goal was to make as small a dent in study time as possible.

A second obvious worry is that the current financial-market flap will end up making a serious dent in the growth of the world economy.

But cashing in its gold would barely make a dent in Portugal's government debt, which represents 93% of GDP, according to IMF data.

Rising joblessness and dwindling car sales could badly dent consumption later this year.

He didn't win the states he needed to win if he was going to make a dent at John McCain's lead.

The machine adjusts to bronze special to bronze press dent for wood , plastic, buff and printing cloth.

The spike in demand is working in the cartel's favour, as stronger consumption starts slowly to dent the world's bulging oil inventories.

However, the harsh marine environment makes submarine pipes inevitably produce dent, crack and other damage.

Is the time of 50 to 70 milliseconds based on an estimate of the size of the dent?

Big birds or flocks of birds can disable wing tips, dent the fuselage, foul the motor or break windshields .

Google will need a lot more than Sony's relatively small computer market share to make a dent.

Losing the match make quite a dent in his ego.

These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

Satin and silk-blend fabrics don't dent your face, adds Lindsay, "and they're really great for your hair" .

There are many reasons to love the mighty True Blood and my colleague Grace Dent has already nailed many of them in this brilliant piece.

Harvey Dent: Rachel's told me everything about you. Bruce Wayne: I certainly hope not.

That could put another dent in the BoE's economic outlook and encourage policymakers to keep rates for longer.

Matt Damon was Christopher Nolan's first choice for the role of Harvey Dent but turned it down.

Then put your two thumbs on opposite sides of the dent, and gently pull apart the shells.

"We haven't made much of a dent, " admits Sergeant Tomasello.

Arthur Dent is rescued just before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway.

But even that deal won't dent Microsoft's ability to keep generating cash and rewarding shareholders.

Stocks already are at a 15-year low, so any dent in production would ripple through the market.

But to make a dent in the cleaning, you'd need to dedicate a whole month's worth of weekends.

Harvey Dent's uncompromising stand against organized crime.

There was a large dent in the passenger door.

telling the truth about Harvey Dent.

With China's manufacturers running just-in-time production processes, any delay will dent output.

mental He got mental when he saw the dent in his new car.

Good links improve your webpage's equity on the World Wide Web and bad links make a dent in your equity and credibility.

Second, no conceivable revaluation of the renminbi is likely to make a dent in China's exporting prowess.

Gregory . You got dent sole in my sofa. Gregory . You sit in one spot. And can you drink out of one glass?

When he saw the dent in his fender, he almost lost it.

Dubai's woes may dent the odd bank, but aggregate corporate earnings will barely be dented.

I think we've made a dent in the problem, and it may point to success in treating depression and anxiety on campus.

The stagnant global economy will dent China's export growth for years to come.

The move puts yet another dent in the dollar's status as the world's premier reserve currency.

A deal, if made for cash, would make little dent in Microsoft's cash reserves.

Cross a new car off the list because the chances of a new driver putting a dent in it, or worse, are roughly 1 in 4.

They also planted dent corn to grind and use to make their own cornbread and tortillas , and grew beets for the first time this year.

All right. It wasn't a crush, it was a dent.

It erodes confidence in supply chains and may dent overall production.

There will be less market moving releases on tap this week and the data are unlikely to dent recovery hopes.

Obviously news flow from Japan has the potential to dent sentiment along with any further news from the Middle East.

dent: to damage somebody's confidence, reputation, etc.

Such contact can result in scraped paint, a scratched canopy, a broken antenna, or a slight dent in the fuselage.

The results put a digital dent in some human theories about catnapping.

A strict one-child policy, applied without exceptions countrywide, would have made an even bigger dent in China's population.

Excellent condition, no dent, no scratch, no burn phosphor.

The stimulus must be large in order to make a substantial dent in unemployment.

Snow blew. "Can't see! " Fred flew. Hit tree. Sled bent. Fred's head got dent. Poor Fred.

Not only did her teacher's car fail to dent in any manner, but there was not even a scratch, while the other car appeared severely damaged.

Titanium jewelry will not bend, scratch or dent.

And instead of screaming abuse, there's the passion to make a dent in the universe.

That would dent demand for both coal and electricity.

The battle to dent the dominance of Apple's iPhone will intensify next month.

but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

But would dropping the winger now simply just dent his confidence?

The KM-1 features a well balanced zinc alloy body with low handling noise and a durable mesh steel grille that is dent resistant.

By simplified model, the effect of strain rate upon dynamic dent resistance is analyzed.

Yet, despite the tremendous social pain, this approach will make no dent in their large and rising debt overhang.

Worry put a big dent 9 in my first season of racing, but early in the second year I had a great change of thought.

She has made a dent in her thesis.

As evidence, they cite the alleged failure of the yen's rise in the 80s to dent Japan's surplus.

We had made a dent in the problem by doubling the Earned Income Tax Credit.

The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.

My brother flipped when he found a dent on his new car.

There has been some speculation that they could dent sales of low-end PCs, including Apple's MacBook.

By painting the 35, 000 square feet of rooftops white they will be making a dent in the urban heat island created by the Big Apple.

More lightly go properly natural can absorb magic dent.

Don't rubbish other company's products (it will dent your reputation).

Oddly, one possible way of making a big dent in the problem has been sitting under people's noses for years.

Harvey Dent: The night is darkest just before the dawn . And I promise you, the dawn is coming!

Diagnosed with prostate career in 1991, Dent began his journey to death several weeks ago.

That may dent their expected profits for 2011 but will not eat into capital.

Those who knew me were putting a dent in the Reverend Jackson's efforts to bring a big majority of New York's black voters to Brown.

This table-tennis ball has a dent. How can you make it round again?

Colonel Dent and Mrs. Dent must have the river view.

He sent ten men to mend the dent in the engines of the tender.

Here's my card. - Bruce, this is Harvey Dent . - Rachel's told me everything about you. - I certainly hope not!

None seems poised to dent the governing party's hold on power.

This plant got its name from the French dent de lion--lion's tooth--because of its jagged leaves.

Recently it makes a sizable dent in this prediction.

Ecuador's Presi-dent Rafael Correa said Wednesday that 25% of the country's territory is flooded.

The failure may dent the insurer's ability in the future to raise capital in the region, say some analysts.