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phrase and gained
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.
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 gained added resonance during the reign of Charles's son, King Philip II of Spain.
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 further
In some examples the meaning is further obscured by adding a second iteration of rhyme and truncation to the original rhymed phrase.
If the status code indicated a problem, the user agent might display the reason phrase to the user to provide further information about the nature of the problem.
" (...) In general, the word " materialistic " serves many of the younger writers in Germany as a mere phrase with which anything and everything is labeled without further study, that is, they stick on this label and then consider the question disposed of.
This phrase can be further broken down ; a prepositional phrase functioning as an adjective can be identified:
Some further categories are listed here: AP ( adjective phrase ), AdvP ( adverb phrase ), PP ( prepositional phrase ), etc.
The correct way to say " I'm embarrassed " in Spanish is using the phrase tengo vergüenza ( meaning " I have shame ") or the more formal phrases me da vergüenza or estoy avergonzado .< sup > 2 </ sup > Yet, in Spanish, there also exists the adjective embarazoso, meaning the same as " embarrassing " in its denotation of something that causes a sensation of unease, but not of shame .< sup > 3 </ sup > Complicating the issue further, embarazada can sometimes also mean " hampered ", or " hindered ".< sup > 4 </ sup > This more closely mirrors the original meaning of the English word embarrass .< sup > 5 </ sup >
Organizations such as the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the United Bible Societies, have resulted in availability of the Bible in 2, 100 languages, which has further lent an identification with the phrase among Christians themselves.
The phrase " leader of the new school ", coined in hip hop by Chuck D in 1988, and presumably given further currency by the group with the exact name Leaders of the New School ( who were named by Chuck D prior to signing with Elektra in 1989 ), remains popular.
Upon a demise of the Crown ( the death or abdication of a sovereign ), the late sovereign's heir immediately and automatically succeeds, without any need for confirmation or further ceremony — hence arises the phrase " The King is dead.
Widening further, it became a politeness for all men, as in the phrase Ladies and Gentlemen ,... and this was then used ( often with the abbreviation Gents ) to indicate where men could find a lavatory without the need to indicate precisely what was being described.
The term was first used in 1924 to coin a phrase for Rudolph Valentino ; it was further used in news publications, demo reels, and print covers for the likes of Elvis Pressley, Grace Kelly, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and Monique Alexander.
In 1943 the committee issued its report ; it determined racism to be a central cause of the riots, further stating that it was " an aggravating practice ( of the media ) to link the phrase zoot suit with the report of a crime.
Her authority was unquestioned, and her characteristic phrase, " Ah has spoken !," signaled the end of all further discussion.
Without any further qualification, the phrase usually means closed in this sense.
* The phrase further appears in Cormac McCarthy's novel Blood Meridian when the character Tobin informs The Kid that the phrase is the name Judge Holden has ascribed to his rifle, noting " A reference to the lethal in it.
Although the phrase has its origin in the Baroque period, when it refers to perspectival illusionism, use of trompe-l ' œil dates back much further.
The symbol " R " beside a word denotes a Read-along Reference ™ which lists at the end of the verse other passages which have similar meanings or further bearing on the word or phrase indicated.
Upon discussing it further, the two men agreed such a phrase was metaphorically suited to Frank's situation at the end of the novel.
Even further, " AT-class " became a term describing any machine which supported the BIOS functions, 16-bit expansion slots, keyboard interface, and other defining technical features of the IBM PC AT ; in the case of the expansion slots, the term is largely synonymous with " ISA " ( when the latter is not applied as a retronym to XT-class machines, as in the phrase " 8-bit ISA slot ".
These specifiers are so called because they further qualify the category of the head-in these examples nouns and adverbs-in the phrase.
* The further organization of such a measure, by repetition and variation, into a true musical phrase having a definite rhythm and duration that may be implied in melody and harmony, defined, for example, by a long final note and a breathing space.

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