They cease to be interested in learning more or hearing perspectives that challenge their decisions.
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Within a year, it is claimed, Colombia may cease to be an important source of drugs.
But none of this means that the court will cease to be a lightning rod.
When these functions are disabled, then you cease to be part of a single currency.
Now, the successful, immensely popular product will cease to be because of bad management decisions.
Because if we fail to do this, sooner or later society will cease to be civil.
And the sea, as Rudyard Kipling said, does not cease to be the sea.
By accepting millions of so-called "Palestinian refugees, " Israel would effectively cease to be a Jewish state.
Without US assistance, the PA would cease to be a political factor in the region.
But sooner or later, good publicity alone will cease to be sufficient motivation for firms.
France, for example, never imagined that French would cease to be the international language of diplomacy and business.
If either of these trends go into reverse, consumer banking would cease to be such a reliable money-spinner.
Break with those commitments and it is predictable that that kind of force may cease to be viable.
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France, for example, could never imagine that French would cease to be the international language of diplomacy and business.
This begs the basic question: When does information cease to be time sensitive?
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And as copying gets harder to regulate, it may cease to be the most effective means of doing that.
Unless a genomic functionality is actively protected by selection, it will accumulate deleterious mutations and will cease to be functional.
America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
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He also announced that from "this moment" he would cease to be a member and president of the Irish Labour party.
But something like 50 feet below the surface, they cease to be the owner and somebody else can buy those rights.
But if these regimes want to get into the creditors' club, as it were, then they must cease to be debtors.
"History tells us that measures to advance gay rights cease to be controversial almost as soon as they are passed, " said Kellner.
In other words, defense equities cease to be a useful hedge against downturns in the commercial business cycle if they are over-exposed to it.
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He has already said the Welsh Development Agency, the Wales Tourist Board and the post-16 education body, Elwa, will cease to be by 2006.
Staff working for the assembly itself - as distinct from the assembly government - will cease to be members of the Welsh government's civil service.
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Eventually, these patches become so tiny they cease to be efficient.
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If we constrain government spending, reduce the burden of regulation, and assure the value of the dollar, the national debt will cease to be a threat.
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The little-loved Bowl Championship Series will cease to be after January 2014, and will be mourned about as long as a rat caught in a basement trap.
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Israel cannot do anything that will guarantee that its adversaries cease to be hostile or guarantee that its Arab neighbors will have responsible, law-abiding and stable political leadership.
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