It took thousands of years for society to settle on the fact that slavery was wrong.
Mental-health experts cautioned against trying to settle on an explicit cause when someone kills himself.
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, has yet to settle on a clear position.
Once the Democrats settle on a candidate, the Catholic vote seems wide open in November.
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Police said they were expecting snow to settle on Haldon Hill, near Exeter, on Tuesday night.
This is the amount we would advise a seller or buyer to settle on.
The Chinese and the two firms have yet to settle on iron ore prices this year.
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Then if investors file a lawsuit alleging excessive fees, the fund companies usually settle on secret terms.
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Mr. Tennent, the designer, says he doesn't think the industry will ever settle on a single solution.
When it came time to buy a place, she was quick to settle on the Sengokuyama Residence.
Mr Fukui's term ends on March 19th, and somehow Japan's warring political parties must settle on a successor.
The SEC did not settle on their behalf, so they launched a shareholder lawsuit against the parent company.
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As people flock to Lilongwe in search of jobs, they increasingly settle on the farmland that surrounds the city.
The same chill will settle on many of their Democratic counterparts if the subject shifts to funding the troops.
Non-Muslim scholars, too, see signs of a conscious, but not wholly successful, effort to settle on a definitive form.
And the reason for that is the inability of different countries to settle on an international standard for reporting.
If regulators were to settle on 8%, Greek banks would be hardest hit.
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In particular, a group of investment firms and hedge funds failed to accept reasonable offers to settle on their debt.
Each school uses different factors some throwing out home equity, for instance, but others counting every dollar to settle on the final package.
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They have a knack for sorting through large amounts of information and opposing points of view to settle on a decision.
In recent years, Newman talked about doing another film with his friend Redford, but the two couldn't settle on a script.
Soon the GOP truculently will settle on a nominee, ending the 2012 nomination drama long before the general election drama is ripe.
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It seems that Microsoft has decided to settle on a single look.
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No matter who they settle on, that player won't be good enough to fully Spackle over the hole left by Granderson's loss.
Gerlan and her team agree that the yellow dress is too short for the 5'11 model and settle on the blue coat.
If the Republicans take the White House, they may be willing to settle on more favorable terms than the Klein brigades would.
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After some casting about, as it were, I settle on the 300-square-mile High Lonesome Ranch on the western slope of the Rockies in DeBeque, Colorado.
So the Security Council tends to settle on the lowest common denominator.
The molecules settle on the crystal and can then be spied on.
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