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Following the electoral victory, the " Ma, Ma ..." attack phrase gained a classic rejoinder: " Gone to the White House.
However, it was not until the advent of romantic nationalism in late 18th century Europe that nationalism gained sufficient prevalence for the phrase ' country of nationality ' to become practically meaningful, and for people crossing borders to be required to provide identification.
She was misinterpreted by many as claiming the doctrine as a direct origin of the phrase and the connection gained currency in 1982, when the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a report on wife abuse, titled " Under the Rule of Thumb.
But the French phrase laissez faire gained currency in English-speaking countries with the spread of Physiocratic literature in the late 18th century.
The phrase has gained enough fame to appear many times outside typography, including:
The phrase gained popularity as a feeling of nuclear optimism emerged in the 1950s in which it was believed that all power generators in the future would be atomic in nature.
The phrase gained prominence after its appearance in 1835 in Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville, where it is the title of a section.
Since 1905, " middle name " gained a figurative connotation meaning a notable or outstanding attribute of a person, as in the phrase " ________ is my middle name.
The phrase " The Sudan " is also used to refer specifically to the modern-day country of Sudan, the western part of which forms part of the larger region, and from which South Sudan gained its independence in 2011.
Scotty's operation of the Enterprise transporter system inspired the catchphrase " Beam me up, Scotty ", which gained currency in popular culture beyond Star Trek fans, even though the exact phrase is never spoken in any live action episode or film in that exact way, although it is used frequently in the animated series.
The phrase gained currency in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2003, when BBC defence correspondent Andrew Gilligan filed a report for BBC Radio 4's Today programme in which he stated that an unnamed source-a senior British official-had told him that the September Dossier had been " sexed up ", and that the intelligence agencies were concerned about some " dubious " information contained within it-specifically the claim that Saddam Hussein could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes of an order.
The phrase gained further currency after William Manchester's comment that members of this generation were " withdrawn, cautious, unimaginative, indifferent, unadventurous and silent.
Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons ' Def Comedy Jam, where he is credited for creating or uttering before a televised audience, the phrase " booty call ", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sex.
She gained nationwide fame with her " You don't have to be afraid of me " phrase.
Its effect when a Japanese person uses it to refer to a Chinese person is very similar to the American connotation of the word " negro ", a word that has harmless etymologies but has gained derogative connotations due to historical context, where the phrase 支那人 ( shinajin ; Shina person ) was used during the war to refer to Chinese.
Conversely, neutral quotes may indicate that the word or phrase in quotes has changed in meaning since its usage in the specific instance, especially if the word or phrase has gained a controversial or pejorative meaning.
More recently, the phrase has gained currency beyond its usage in communist phraseology and has been adopted by the broader diplomatic world.
The phrase describes a situation where the opportunity cost of decision analysis exceeds the benefits that could be gained by enacting some decision, or an informal or non-deterministic situation where the sheer quantity of analysis overwhelms the decision-making process itself, thus preventing a decision.
The speech is also well remembered for his use of the phrase " the few " to describe the Allied aircrew of Fighter Command of the RAF, whose desperate struggle gained the victory ; " The Few " has come to be their nickname.
" Cheese-eating surrender monkeys ", sometimes shortened to " surrender monkeys ", is a satirical and insulting phrase referring to the French, which gained notoriety in the United States, particularly in the run-up to the Iraq War.
The latter gained their name after critic Louis Vauxcelles described their work with the phrase " Donatello au milieu des fauves!
The phrase is beginning to be used more often as gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgendered sexuality becomes more readily accepted, and the phrase has gained international use as well.

phrase and added
What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character.
In 1998, under the distinctive bat logo, the phrase " company founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1862 " was added.
One detail has been added to the inside of the collar: the phrase " Keep Pounding ", in honor of the late Panthers player and coach Sam Mills.
Furigana may be added by character, in which case the furigana characters that correspond to a kanji are centered over that kanji ; or by word or phrase, in which case the entire furigana word is centered over several kanji characters, even if the kanji do not represent equal shares of the kana needed to write them.
Other signatories added their own touches, including Saadia Kobashi who added the phrase " HaLevy ", referring to the tribe of Levi.
( The Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus ), Nichiren added to the title the word Namu ( devotion to ), and declared on 28 April 1253, the chanting of the phrase Nam ( u ) Myoho Renge Kyo as his basic practice for revealing one ’ s Buddha nature in daily life.
" Ed Valenti, founder and seller of the Ginsu knife added the word, " Now " to that phrase in the 1970s.
This phrase was not included by the manuscripts: Codex Vaticanus ( added by second corrector ), Codex Cyprius, Codex Washingtonianus, Codex Athous Lavrensis, f < sup > 1 </ sup >, f < sup > 13 </ sup >, 28, 700, 1010, 1079, 1242, 1546, 2148, ℓ 10, ℓ 950, ℓ 1642, ℓ 1761, syr < sup > s </ sup >, arm, geo.
Some elements of Sharia law were re-introduced, and the ritual phrase " Allahu Akbar " (" God is great "), in Saddam's handwriting, was added to the national flag.
In the second edition of January 1860, Darwin quoted Kingsley as " a celebrated cleric ", and added the phrase " by the Creator " to the closing sentence, which from then on read " life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one ".
On 28 March 1981 Powell gave a speech to Ashton-under-Lyne Young Conservatives where he attacked the " conspiracy of silence " between the government and the opposition over the prospective growth through births of the immigration population and added, "' We have seen nothing yet ' is a phrase that we could with advantage repeat to ourselves whenever we try to form a picture of that future ".
" The offense occasionally was added after this phrase, for example, " Book ' em, murder one.
In particular, if the Kingdom of Christ shall have no end, then it will not terminate after 1000 years, and it is argued that it was with this intent that the phrase was added.
" The women added the phrase " and women " to make "... all men and women are created equal ..." A list of grievances was composed to form the second part of the Declaration.
Because the authorities were required to read the proclamation that referred to the Riot Act before they could enforce it, the expression " to read the Riot Act " entered into common language as a phrase meaning " to reprimand severely ", with the added sense of a stern warning.
Corridors of Power added a phrase to the language of the day.
George MacPherson Docherty ( May 9, 1911 to November 27, 2008 )-pastor who helped to get the phrase " Under God " added to the Pledge of Allegiance.
The later phrase Seven Ancient Capitals of China includes Kaifeng ( added in the 1920s as the fifth ancient capital ), Hangzhou ( the sixth, added in the 1930s ), and Anyang ( a proposal by numerous archaeologists in 1988, after which it finally became the seventh ancient capital ).
His mother the Dowager Queen of Norway had added the phrase " the true heir of Sweden " to Boguslaw's list of titles at his coronation.
Because it is a tonal language, expressing emotion by changing the pitch of the sentence or phrase would make the meaning of the sentence different ; therefore, many particles have arisen that can be added to the end of the sentence to express emotion.
Ivan Shapovalov is said to have added the second phrase of the chorus, " Мне нужна она " ( Mne nuzhna ona, meaning " I need her ").
But at about the same time the name " Jesus " was also added, to specify who was meant by the phrase " the fruit of thy womb.
The county added to the description of these lands, the phrase: " but now by annexation in the County of Renfrew.

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