| The sword of Damocles that hangs over our heads is suspended by a thin and flimsy thread, indeed. |
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| Christmas day duty, which was being held over our head like a fiscal sword of Damocles, would be no different than any other day. |
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| They can dangle like the sword of Damocles the notion of the death penalty from a treason charge over this guy's head. |
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| Clearly Murdoch intends to keep the issue dangling over the government's head like a political sword of Damocles. |
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| The sword of Damocles in this push is legislation that would subject software vendors to product liability claims. |
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| This sword of Damocles was hanging over his head and could have fallen at any time during the election and broken our campaign. |
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| Based on a survey of the ministry of Labor and Social Security the shortage of migrant workers has developed into a sword of Damocles. |
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| For years, my permanent record hung over my head like the sword of Damocles. |
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| The uncertainty about funding which is like a sword of Damocles hanging over the organisation's head puts that at risk, she says. |
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| Nursing staff often have to make on-the-spot decisions and must continue to do so without the sword of Damocles hanging over them. |
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| This is a real sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, but we still keep promoting the reactor, because we know we will make a profit from it. |
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| Russia's recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia is a sword of Damocles, that we knew was there. |
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| This fatal equation is the sword of Damocles under which virtually all of us work. |
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| It is like a sword of Damocles the federal government is dangling above Quebec's head. |
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| In addition to the financial problems we are grappling with, there is that sword of Damocles that is hanging over our heads. |
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| It relieved them of the sword of Damocles, which the Americans were dangling over their heads. |
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| Like a sword of Damocles, it hangs over not only the Union, but over the whole world. |
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| These things are worth doing even if we did not have the sword of Damocles hanging over our heads. |
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| On the other hand, nuclear power will always be a sword of Damocles, always. |
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| The spectre of a conflict in Iraq hangs over us all like the sword of Damocles and that is something that we all need to have in mind. |
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| Such was the case with Mr Dimas in environment, who refused to see the sword of Damocles above our heads. |
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| The sword of Damocles that being laid off represents has been hanging over the heads of thousands of Airbus employees since January. |
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| They can then safely continue to sell to us without having a sword of Damocles hanging over them. |
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| The murder charge is going to be dangled out there kind of like a sword of Damocles on this defendant, with the hope that they will produce the body. |
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| For the rest White will stick with what has served him for the past few weeks, although the sword of Damocles could be hanging over several players. |
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| Then as now, the majority of Americans had little interest in examining the nuclear sword of Damocles their fear had wrought. |
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| At various times during baseball's labor disputes, certain labor-friendly senators have held the repeal of the exemption over the owners heads like a sword of Damocles. |
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| Nonetheless, the sword of Damocles continues to hang over the régime. |
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| The sword of Damocles looms for commissioners and providers alike. |
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| A formidable sword of Damocles thus hangs above our cultural policies. |
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| Indeed, the framework agreement between the European Commission and Parliament which is due to be voted on tomorrow is hanging over us like a sword of Damocles. |
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| It was the ever-present sword of Damocles. |
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| I did, however, see it as a sword of Damocles that the European Council is threatening to call it a day after all if we do not bring our requirements under control. |
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| But that particular sword of Damocles has floated off into the ether. |
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| But few focus exclusively on the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of New Brunswickers regarding their precarious economic outlook. |
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| The threat of falling out of the Football League hovered over them like the sword of Damocles. |
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| Fast forward a few years and you might start feeling that declaration is hanging over you like a sword of Damocles. |
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| Maybe this ability was sharpened by his acute sense of the loss of two children and the sword of Damocles hanging over a third. |
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| Thirdly, the rise in public deficits is hanging over our heads like a veritable sword of Damocles and reducing these deficits will inevitably slow down growth over the long term. |
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| For instance, are workers governed by the Canada Labour Code not more vulnerable when their demands concern working conditions and wages, in view of the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads? |
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| Of course, if we can mix our classical references, Russia has its Sword of Damocles to cut this Gordian Knot. |
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| More importantly, as a result of melting of glaciers due to global warming, a Sword of Damocles remains hanging over our heads in the shape of floods. |
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