When I was traded to the Wizards, the political significance of coming out sunk in.
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It would, though, be a mistake to imagine that this was a day shorn of political significance.
Whatever the answer to that, an institution supposedly free of political interference is certainly making decisions of major political significance.
It did have political significance for the superpower stand-off, but it was even more important for the sustenance of Russia's internal dictatorship.
While it may attract a bigger crowd, the contest is unlikely to carry the same political significance of King's encounter with Riggs in 1973.
Mr Sharon argued that the fence is purely defensive to keep terrorists out and will have no political significance once the final border comes to be drawn.
Central Myanmar is also of greater economic and political significance than Rakhine, and the town of Meikhtila houses important military bases, including the air force's central command.
And one target has disappeared, it's departure carrying political significance.
One leading GOP strategist who has worked on several recent high-profile races in the state said Republicans have failed to grasp the political significance of the Florida's growing Hispanic population.
Greater political significance attaches to the tests for 11-year-olds in England, because they are published towards the end of the year and form the basis of the primary school performance tables.
The political significance seems greater than the financial significance.
The fact that Obama recognizes the political significance of the developments in Egypt signals that he too may be willing to consider adopting a different policy towards Egypt in the months to come.
And the BBC's Hugh Pym said that while it was unlikely to have a huge market impact, the downgrade was very much a moment of political significance because the UK had not lost its AAA rating since the 1970s.
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The four-day visit was originally planned as a chance for the Vatican to reach out to Turkey's dwindling Orthodox Christian community, but it took on greater political significance after Benedict gave a speech in September which many Muslims found insulting.
The Center for Security Policy has long opposed "framework agreements" because they frequently are imbued with political significance or legal status they should not enjoy particularly insofar as they prove to be less than faithful templates for the treaties that follow.
Was the political significance here that Welsh Labour's manifesto written for May's Assembly election said that Labour had delivered on a pledge to "eliminate the use of private sector hospitals in NHS Wales and will continue to rule out the use of PFI in health services"?
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He said the Maze must be developed taking account of its political and historic significance.
At the January unveiling, a museum curator suggested that the statue showcased Confucius's political and cultural significance.
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The political and psychological significance of such a withdrawal can hardly be underestimated.
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Because the areas of land involved in non-cropland agriculture on all continents are so vast, the economic, the political and military significance is simply mind-blowing.
It is debatable whether the semi-factual story can shoulder the burden of political and historical significance the author gives it, and the result is more muddled than revelatory.
Winchester, however, ought to convey a political message of greater significance than who's currently up and who is down.
But the sort which arose from the effort to find political and even constitutional significance in the popular reaction to the princess's death was unforgivable.
But its role and significance in the political life of the country is unacceptably low.
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Let's reposition the notion of apology and give it the significance in our political discourse it rightly deserves.
An estate agent by profession, Peter Robinson married Iris Collins in 1970 - the partnership later took on political as well as personal significance, when the two became a husband and wife team at Westminster.
She had been one of the first political leaders to recognise the significance of climate change and, despite her Atlanticist instincts and staunch patriotism, she had "participated in one of the most profound periods of European integration".
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