Liberal Democrat AM Eleanor Parrott called for domain names to be launched with a "bang not a whimper" to encourage businesses to use the new names.
"He is the same as a son to me, " the woman sobbed, her voice fading to a cracked whimper.
The German-born millionaire, womanizer, photographer, art collector and man-about-globe had followed the fast-living course of his life to its end: Better to go out with a bang than with a whimper (Sachs was believed to have Alzheimer's disease).
In other words, if America ever abandons the death penalty, it is likelier to be with a whimper than a bang.
Japan's efforts to tackle these problems have resembled a big whimper (see article).
While the revealed internals might be disappointments to those who were hoping the PS3's possible sendoff would involve more of a bang than a whimper, they do hint that Sony might have breathing room if it wants to advance the design any further.
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On Friday, when Gramm rose to block the measure, it was more with a whimper than a bang.
On Saturday, the Boston Celtics will come to New York, where they finished off a sweep of Anthony and the Knicks in 2011, back when critics who felt the Knicks gave up too much to acquire the All-Star forward needed only point at the players who remained around him to make their case as the season ended with a whimper.
And the response of the national elite, the people Paul Krugman refers to as "very smart people" or I like to call the "chin-scratchers, " was a barely audible whimper.
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Copenhagen ended last December with a whimper, these new proposals in Bonn unabashedly call for the U.N. to be the main revenue raiser to fight climate change.
Instead the frustration belonged to Burton, who have had a successful first season in the Football League but are ending the campaign on a whimper after seven games without victory.
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