This deal was of a piece with other actions taken by Moscow and Beijing to water-down the UN sanctions resolution to the point where it was virtually a dead-letter even before it was adopted.
"When my parents were my age, their parents were dead and they were having fun white-water rafting down the Snake River and here I sit -- two houses down, " said Jones.
Benito Ramos, of the Office of Civil Defense, was inspecting the situation in the town, and warned that more water - flowing down from the nearby Cordillera mountain range - could exacerbate the problem.
While paying lip service to the idea, will President-elect Obama use his political skills to sidetrack or, more likely, water down this un-American proposal, made easier by Democrats not gaining a filibuster-proof Senate?
"You don't ruin expensive landscaping to put down water-hogging grass so your kids can play on a busy street, " I answer.
The group's global programmes director, Christiaan Poortman, said he hoped the weight of the financial crisis would not lead policymakers at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh to water down corruption-fighting efforts.
He reasoned that by adding the least reactive ingredients of his potion first and by using broken-down water molecules instead of intact H2O, he could prevent the premature gelling that had plagued his peers.
The Avalanche comes, standard, with a three-piece hard, water-tight cover that latches down over the bed.
Competition suits customers, but it also carries the risk that clearing-houses will water down standards on the amount of margin they demand, for instance to win deals.
We took a tester Rover through the nastiest muck, up snowy mountainsides and down the other side, through streams and headfirst into 4 feet of standing water down a 45-degree mud slope.
Now a score of water-related startups are laying down roots here, too, spun off from local universities or encouraged by new state financing initiatives, the proximity of skilled labor and, above all, a booming business opportunity.
In the US, it may also derail attempts by banks to water down the post-crash prohibition on how they trade for their own benefit in the drafting of the detailed rules for the implementation of the so-called Volcker Rule.
And certainly you can expect doctors groups to try to water it down during the rule-making process.
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We got Marines and aid workers and helicopters and food and clean water facilities -- we got those down in record time.
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Next, the denim manufacturer incorporated ozone processing to give its garments the washed-down effect sans water (when ozone decomposes, it reverts to free oxygen).
Soon after, the capital was inundated as a wall of water cascaded down, destroying one-third of its housing and leaving many of its 1m inhabitants homeless.
Critics see the move, on which the government is consulting until April 20th, as another Conservative-led bid to water down employment rights in the name of boosting efficiency.
"In Chokwe, one of the hardest hit districts -- the normally vibrant streets now lie under water --all business brought to a standstill and social services shut down, " the United Nations said.
Who knows: If Republicans take control of Congress in the November 2010 midterm elections, perhaps they will water down some excess in Dodd-Frank Fin Reg.
The glossy black fin and back of a minke whale rose a hundred yards astern, two yellow-striped dolphins broke water and plunged down again, and then the flow of the turned tide could be seen as a chop on the water, small standing waves that indicated the Minch was reversing its direction.
However, the government does not have the necessary two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto, and thus may have to water down initiatives in order to garner enough support to pass its pro-business policies.
With the touch of a button, water cascades down the foyer's 24-foot oceanfront windows, creating sheeting water walls.
Some deride the stripped-down H20 as "dead water" because its natural minerals have been eliminated along with the chemicals.
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One is to build ponds to capture rainwater so it filters down to replenish underground water stores - aquifers.
If you are going self-service, follow this up with a loofah-and-soap rub-down and douse yourself with water from the marble basins.
The notion is that by doing so, Obama could convince the Palestinians to water down the even more radically anti-Israel positions they are advancing today at the UN General Assembly that Congressional pressure prevents him from supporting.
Speaker Gingrich wants to water down the bill, and House Republicans -- there have been those suggestions.
The following year, Congress threatened to take away its standard-setting powers if it did not water down its proposal.
Deep-frying the tortilla drives down its water content from 40 percent to about 5 percent and replaces the rest with fat.
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