Mr Gibson told MSPs the committee would be analysing the Scottish government's consultation on the 2020 Challenge for Scotland's Biodiversity against a back drop of world failure on biodiversity targets and with "biodiversity in decline".
And his latest book called The Best of Worlds is set in Barcelona, but in a way he merely uses Barcelona as a kind of back drop for the black humour which has made him famous.
Such ABM-related activities take on even greater strategic significance against the back-drop of a wide array of other Soviet defensive measures.
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Reports today that in the stadium where the main opposition party were to hold their rally, that Robert Mugabe supporters have taken it over, that there are people armed with clubs on the streets outside, how can you run an election against that back-drop.
However, Inter will argue they deserved their slice of luck, and the match-up of Mourinho against Bayern boss Louis van Gaal, one of the men under whom he served his apprenticeship at Barca, provides a fascinating back-drop to what will be an hotly-contested final next month.
Now star centre Hook is willing to drop back to fill the void left by Byrne.
Of course, stocks could drop back to the May lows but that does not look likely now.
An ability to read the game, beat a man, find the killer pass and drop back to defend.
This increases the chances of a drop back towards more important support before the long term uptrend resumes.
Sometimes power-play guys drop back a little, and I took advantage of it.
If we do get a deeper correction in May, the number of bulls should drop back to the 20% level.
Usually, Mr. Tomlinson said, Mr. Brady will drop back and fire the ball without hesitation, his actions quick and decisive.
Harrington and Hamill both bogeyed the final hole in regulation play to drop back to three under par with McGrane.
Still, the OBV looks ready to drop back below its WMA, and a break of support (line b) would be more negative.
Less therapeutic and more just cool, the Orbit flies up when you concentrate and can drop back down when you break concentration.
But inflation should then drop back, as the contribution from retail energy prices wanes and the margin of spare capacity in the economy increases.
Inflation, at 3.1% in the fourth quarter, is only a tad above the bank's target, and it is forecast to drop back this year.
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If the investment rate were to drop back to its 2007 level, for example, the demand shortfall would run to over 6% of GDP.
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Or do you just scale back benefits or drop coverage altogether?
The insistent electric guitar that had been quietly coloring the sound behind the tandem acoustics starts to build, and the other instruments drop back and let it fly.
He was not so lucky after a similar drive on the 17th however, and in the end did well to scramble a bogey five to drop back alongside Warren.
Of course, if you thought the tender offer were going to fail then it was not such a good deal, since you would expect the stock to drop back down to the mid-twenties.
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However, Woods had a double bogey six at the fourth and then found further trouble with another double bogey at the par-four seventh to drop back to one under and out of contention.
For example, during his three seasons as the Florida Panthers' head coach, DeBoer often had his defensemen quickly drop back into their own zone, either to retrieve the puck or guard against an odd-man rush.
However, Argentina hit back with a drop goal from Juan de la Cruz Fernandez Miranda and a string of five penalties from Federico Serra and Juan Martin Hernandez to lead 18-3 before Browne and the pack rumbled over.
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The index tends to climb in the fall, when new federal budgeting plans gain visibility on Wall Street, then to drop back in the beginning of a new year--unless a terror attack occurs, such as the March 2004 Madrid train bombings.
But that increase is only temporary, and as AEI health policy scholar Joe Antos has pointed out, the policy merely elevates Medicaid payment rates to 77 percent of private rates for two years, after which they will drop back to 58 percent.
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That appeared to be the end of the danger for the first set as Murray moved smoothly to 5-2 but his first serve went missing when trying to close it out in game nine, and the more attack-minded Tsonga broke back with a drop volley.
Already, things are shifting in South Korea: the Pentagon announced in June that its 15, 000 troops on the front line along the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea will drop back to a spot a bit closer to (though still north of) Seoul, the South Korean capital.
It should rescind the national sales tax increase that raised it to 5% and drop it back to 3%.
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