| He sat down on a convenient Corinthian capital, first divesting it of its resident goose, and put his lovely head in his hands. |
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| Six soldiers moved among the ranks of her scouts, divesting them of any visible weapons. |
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| Every day is spent divesting myself of yet more assets to cover the interest on debt repayment. |
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| Recently, the company has been divesting itself of those businesses to concentrate on its core TV technologies. |
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| Grabbing and groping commenced as the women began divesting the hapless men of their cumbersome armor and battle dress. |
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| He asserted that the government had no scruples about divesting a majority of its shares in the telecoms companies, as long as it would increase their benefit to the country. |
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| When divesting, the Fund would, as far as practical, consult with its main investment partners and give due consideration to their views. |
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| Braman said FFI's analysis showed that investors divesting from fossil fuels in recent years would not have lost money. |
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| When will it stand with science by divesting from fossil fuel companies that undermine it? |
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| That spotlight can feel harsh when media debate takes an easy, black and white line: are they divesting, or are they not? |
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| This enhances the prospective value to be derived from divesting this late-stage program. |
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| This cash flow is the total source of cash both from operating the company's assets and from the divesting of assets. |
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| Some observers have asked whether divesting school boards of this much authority will cause the public to question their role. |
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| Two German utilities are divesting themselves of their transmission systems because they have realised there is better value in doing that. |
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| In parallel, we created the necessary focus on these two business groups by divesting Consumer Imaging. |
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| While this may simply be a blip, if people are seriously divesting from the country because they don't want to be exposed to a trillion dollar deficit, it spells big trouble. |
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| In this way, using the device of acquiring and divesting subsidiary companies, the policy of large companies has alternated between diversification and focusing. |
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| However, we remain confident and plan to maintain our commitment to reducing fixed costs and debt, while continuing to leverage the same growth drivers: improving margins, generating cash and divesting assets. |
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| I think that this amendment, which is part of the committee's report, assures us that the government will not be divesting itself of its responsibilities even though a safety management system is being put in place. |
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| Inspections cannot work effectively as long as the Iraqi regime remains bound and determined to hold on to its weapons of mass destruction instead of divesting itself of these terrible items. |
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| The value of assets is established using methods long employed by the Commission to ensure that it is divesting of its used assets at a fair price. |
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| Whatever safety management system is put in place that enhances safety, the government will not be divesting itself of any responsibility and will thus be protecting the safety of the entire population. |
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| If it did so, it would be possible for a person or other entity which controls a corporation to give the appearance of divesting itself of control by giving to some other person an option that will never be exercised. |
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| Nonfiction is best at divesting yourself of this lie. |
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| The Group continued to pursue its strategy of divesting directly-held equity investments, in particular selling off its holdings in Eiffage, as well as its equity investment in Carbone Lorraine in the first part of the year. |
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| The Life Insurance segment benefited from divesting businesses with lower profitability and was impacted by the redesign of the group pension business model in Switzerland. |
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| Ethically, the federal government has a duty not to extend its regulatory reach any further into the GM food world without first divesting itself of its current, conflicting roles, of promoter of, or financier for, GM foods. |
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| The Kremlin, however, may lean on him to stay on. Never felt more like singing the BluesChukotka aside, he has been divesting himself of his Russian interests, including big stakes in Aeroflot and Rusal, an aluminium firm. |
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| In contrast, other managers held the view that divesting of the harbours through grants was not really contributing cost savings to SCH since the grants were used to divest harbours for which repairs had a very low priority. |
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| In May 2008, GE announced it was exploring options for divesting the bulk of its consumer and industrial business. |
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| Upon divesting its stake to ADCB, the EPF will cut its shareholdings in RHB Capital to 57 per cent from 82 per cent. |
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| Furthermore, wherever possible, enterprises avoid divesting themselves of the skills which will be necessary for the development of their activities once growth revives. |
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| Lithia Motors on Monday announced what it described as a major restructuring, including divesting itself of 10 to 15 stores, because of lower sales. |
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