It marks a nail in the coffin of democracy in this country that this is presented as a serious exercise in policy-making.
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European Union energy and environmental leaders may still pledge sprawling strategies to reach 2020 sustainability goals and beyond, but on the local level, the challenge of reigning in spending without putting a nail in the coffin of the domestic industry has left many in limbo.
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While the fact that the manufacturing sector is growing in Europe is hardly a surprise at this stage of the game, the data seemed to put a nail in the coffin of those espousing the idea that global doom and gloom would emanate from the Eurozone.
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As a final nail in the coffin of his once-clean image, Oakley dropped Mr. Armstrong immediately upon hearing the news from the International Cycling Union.
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However, Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two earned a disappointing 59% on aggregate site Metacritic, which to many publishers is a proverbial nail in the coffin.
The final nail in the coffin was the lack of a built-in optical drive.
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We urge parliamentarians to force a debate and vote on this issue to prevent another nail in the coffin of a publicly provided NHS free from the motive of corporate profit.
The WWF said the death of every tiger is now another nail in the coffin of the species as a whole.
However, one campaign group described the government's direction on the issue as "another nail in the coffin of the life chances of a generation of children".
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Last month against the Heat a team that cut him in 2009 the 5-foot-11 Lucas scored a career-high 24 points, including nail-in-the-coffin jumper over a startled LeBron James.
Whether that'll happen remains to be seen, but either way, this is the final nail in the Zune's coffin -- not just as a device, but as a thing in the world.
This would not only do untold damage to the prospects of success for Obamacare, it could prove to be the final nail in the coffin for a union movement already hanging on by a thread.
The lively Johnson all but put the final nail in the coffin when he doubled the home side's lead with a low strike from the right-hand edge of the box.
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If this ends up being the proverbial nail in the coffin for any of these banks it will come with a heavy dose of painful iron because the U.S. government that bailed them out just three years ago may send them back on the path toward failure.
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It is the final nail in the coffin and it is a horrible feeling.
And, having demolished these three pillars of the so-called mid-life crisis, we can see the final nail in its coffin comes when people are asked if they have experienced such a crisis.
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